How to Order Company Logo Knives

Here’s a quick checklist when you decide to order company logo knives.

Decide on the quantity. Include a few extra for new employees or new customers that will emerge after you place your order.
Determine your budget.
Pick a style of knife that will be popular with your employees (or customers)
Choose a reputable online engraved knives company.
Send them your art file. Hopefully you have vector art, which is an eps or ai file. Sometimes pdf files are in vector format. Vector art is the clearest, neatest art for engraving your logo on a knife.
Ask for an email proof before your knives are put into production.
Now just wait for your order of gift knives to arrive. You’re the hero of the workforce!
Happy Employees and Customers

Which Engraved Buck Knives Are Best?

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The best engraved Buck Knives are ones that:

Show your company logo without having to open them. Laser engraving on the handle or bolster is preferred.
Reflect the quality level of your company. You don’t want to give away cheap knives if you have a high end company.
Coordinate with your corporate colors. Blue, black, orange camo, regular camo, natural wood, stainless steel.
Are made in the country of your choice. Do you prefer USA-made or imported?
Have the design style that is consistent with your company style. Is it traditional or tactical?

The Newest Invention in Personalized Pocket Knives

Your logo can be put on personalized pocket knives in just a few different ways. Here are the old ways:

Electro etching
Laser engraving
Laser engraving/color fill
Screen printing

Now there is a fifth way to see your company logo imprinted on a pocket knife…

Full color imprint on the synthetic handle. Here is an example:

rsk274 Maxam Knife with Full Color Imprint

The Next Big Idea in Company Logo Knives

Some of the great new ideas in the past for company logo knives have been:

Leatherman®-Store in Portland Oregon

A pocket clip, so you can get to your knife right away.
Synthetic handles, to keep the cost down.
Locking mechanisms to keep the blade open when you are using it.
High grade stainless steel, to keep you knife looking good.
Hollow ground edge, to stay sharp longer, and to make it easier to sharpen.
Stainless steel “air-cooled” handles, to keep the weight light.
Minimalist designs, which combine the liner with the handle. Also making one of the handles extremely narrow, just to protect you from the blade edge.
Adding your logo with electro-etching, laser engraving, machine engraving, or pad printing in colors.
Assisted-open devices to allow you to quickly open the pocket knife with one hand.
Stealth knives that look like a key.

So, what could possibly be the next big idea in logo knives?

Voice-activated opening and closing. (Phones can do this. Why not a knife?)
Warranty reduced to 90 days. Optional extended warranty available for $29 per year.
Don’t want to buy one? Rent one by the month from your favorite Walmart (not).
Do you need one delivered? Just call Juber, and they will bring you a selection of knives to purchase. $28 delivery and processing charge, plus $55 per hour while you make your selection.
Need one for just a day? Pick one up at a Knife Kiosk. Return it to any Knife Kiosk in the country. Only $1 per hour. If you don’t return it for a week, your credit card will be charged $395.
Have a better idea? Post it here on this blog…………

How To Turn Frowns Into Smiles Using Engraved Leatherman Tools

Are you a plant manager, or owner?
Do you have a long list of unhappy employees?
Would you like to turn those frowns into smiles?

Here is a plan of action:

Sad Employee

Find your company logo. Vector art is the best art (.ai or .eps)
Contact an online knife engraving company that can laser engrave your logo.
Order Engraved Leatherman Tools, enough for every employee.
Schedule a picnic or banquet, or awards program.
Give a Leatherman with your logo to each employee.
Watch those frowns turn into smiles!

Happy Employee

Will Walmart Sell Engraved Kershaw Knives?

Kershaw Chive 1600

According to the Walmart website, they already sell Kershaw Knives. According to “Promogram”, an ASI newsletter, Walmart announced in mid August 2017 its Walmart PromoShop, an online way to sell imprinted items such as T shirts for family reunions. They also reported to have pens, mugs, and bags.

Will they include Engraved Kershaw Knives also?
Will they be proficient in handling the detailed art problems in engraving business gifts? Screen printing T shirts is easy. Every town has 3 or 4 screen printers that do T shirts. Laser engraving expensive stainless steel items is an art and science. The imprinters that do those items, specialize in them. They don’t do shirts and pencils.
Will they be able to assist customers in designing a layout that is easy to read, and attractive? The current Kershaw Knives distributors are experienced in these details.

How To Search For the Most Engravable Knives

Searching for Engravable Knives

Fortunately, you don’t have to do the searching yourself. The people that do the engraving look for knife materials that will engrave well. Not all stainless steel is suitable for laser engraving. Some steel is not consistent enough to give good results when you laser engrave it. It may be a great blade or handle component of a knife, as far as durability and appearance. But it might not be suitable for laser engraving.

Here are engravable knives, pocket knives that have been tested for engraving. They all have passed the test for beautiful laser engraving.

Starline Pocket Knives With Your Logo

4 Common Misconceptions About Company Logo Knives

Maxam Pocket Knives

To keep it simple, here are just 4 misconceptions about company logo knives. I’m sure you can think of others.

The best price is what you need.
Knives are just for men.
A color imprint is the best imprint.
Chinese-made knives are junk.

Here are the answers….

This statement is an easy one to figure out. The best price may mean the worst service, or the worst imprint on your company logo knives.
Surprisingly, many females like to carry a pocket knife for protection, and to open boxes, just like men do. My pastor’s wife appreciated the multi-tool I gave her, because she does all the fixing around the house.
A color imprint may look the nicest, but laser engraving is the most permanent imprinting method. Color imprints can scratch off in time, especially if your car keys are rubbing against them in your pocket.
The quality of pocket knives coming from China is very remarkable. They are using good stainless steel, and the workmanship is very good. The price is low because of the low cost of labor in that country. Dako and Gerber and Starline knives are my favorite Chinese-made pocket knives.

How Are Personalized Knives Engraved?

Personalized Knives

Pocket knives are very popular as gift items to employees and customers. How are personalized knives made? Rather, how is your logo put on a pocket knife blade or handle? It depends on the material of the handle and it depends on the blade. Here are the answers…

Laser engraving is very popular for stainless steel blades and handles. Also wood handles are able to be laser engraved. Smooth leather sheaths and smooth bone and synthetics, except Zytel, are also able to be laser engraved. This is a permanent imprinting method. It is done by experts who laser engrave all day, every day.
Screen printing is popular with companies that have a color logo, and they want to stick with that color or colors on everything that they have imprinted. This in considered a semi-permanent process. It will scratch off if you put your knife in your pocket with your car keys. One or two colors are possible.
Full color imprinting is a new process developed about 2012. It is like your desktop printer, but better. It is not limited to cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. It can also print white. It prints directly on the handle, etc.
Electro Etching is an electro-chemical process in which the imprint areas are eaten away by acid and electricity. It is a semi-permanent method of imprinting.
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However, it is the method of choice by some knife imprinters.
Computerized engraving scratches the imprint mechanically into the metal surface. It is considered permanent.
Color fill of a laser engraving. If you want to add some color to your imprint, one color can be applied to the recessed areas of the laser engraved logo.
Personalization means that each knife is marked with a different person’s name. This is a great gift idea for members of a group. The names are usually laser engraved. If someone misplaces their knife, it is easy to identify.
Serialization. If you want to keep track of each knife in your order, each knife can be marked with a serial number. It would be laser engraved.

10 Quick Tips About Engraved Kershaw Knives

Be a great CEO and give your clients the best Kershaw Knives

Some are proudly made in the USA.
Some are designed in the USA and manufactured abroad for Kershaw.
Free setup charge if you order engraved Kershaw knives at the right place. Here.
The best and highest quality imprinting is laser engraving on the stainless steel blade.
Kershaw Chive 1600
Some Kershaw knives can be engraved on the handle with your corporate logo.
SpeedSafe® is the name of our assisted open mechanism.
For added safety, some of the knives have a slide lock to keep the blade closed.
Good things come to those who wait (2 weeks production time).
The packaging is top notch. All Kershaw knives come in a full color genuine gift box.
Kershaw Gift Box
The price includes free laser engraving of your logo in one location (if you order at the right place).