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9 Questions You Should Ask Before Buying A Fruit Knife For Your Customers

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So you want to have your company logo laser engraved on each fruit knife you give to your customers. What questions should you ask before placing that order?

Are the knives resistant to citric acid?
Are the blades stainless steel?
Will your logo be laser engraved on the blade, or imprinted on the handle?
Will your customers actually use the knives, and appreciate them?
Will the knives arrive in time for your deadline?
Will you have enough quantity for all your customers or employees?
Do you want to order a few more for people that you may have overlooked?
Have you chosen a reputable online knife company to do the job?
Do you have a hi resolution art file to make your imprint look good?

If you have good answers to all of these questions, then your fruit knife promotion should go well. You may even decide to do it again next year.

The Next Revelation in Buck Knives

Buck Knives started in 1902 with a new way to make a knife blade stay sharp longer. Their history got a shot in the arm with the ever-popular Buck® Folding Hunter Lockback 110 in 1964. From then on, Buck® introduced other designs like a flat stainless steel handle (model 327 Nobleman), synthetic handles (Bantam 283BK), camo handles (Bantam BBW Camo 284cmo) and the tactical style (Black Bones 870-BK).

In 2019 Buck® came up with 2 new designs. The Buck® Graduate 328 and the Buck® Alumni 524. The Graduate has an attractive burlwood handle, which appeals to the collector.

Buck® Graduate 328

The Alumni knife is a re-invention of the flat stainless steel handle of the 327 Nobleman. But this time, the handles are anodized aluminum, available in four colors. Blue, Black, Gold, and Grey. One of these colors is likely to coordinated with the corporate colors of a business owner. Their logo would be laser engraved on the handle.

BUCK® ALUMNI KNIFE 524

What will Buck® come up with next?

A Dynamite Advertising Idea–Personalized Knives

A Dynamite Advertising Idea

Impress your workers………Give personalized knives as safety awards.

Personalized knives are engraved knives with a person’s name on each knife. They are designed to be personal custom gifts to each special recipient. Everyone likes to see their name on their possessions. Why not take advantage of this human trait, and advertise your company on the knives, too.

Choose a quality stainless steel knife with an attractive handle.
Order from a reputable online knife company.
Pick out your best, simplified corporate logo.
Prepare a list of your personalized names on an Excel worksheet.
Order a few extra knives without a name, for recipients that pop up in the near future.
Personalized Pocket Knives

See The 3 Best Pocket Knives of June 2017

Someone Say Pocket Knives?

The 3 best pocket knives of June 2017 are the most popular sellers for us.

The openness of the Gerber Mini Paraframe’s handle is the biggest attraction for knife lovers. It not only looks good. It makes the knife lighter, and a better EDC (every day carry) knife.

Gerber Mini Paraframe Knife 8485

2. Camo has been big, and still is this month. Dako knives are made in China, which makes them more affordable. The stainless steel blade is sandblasted for that attractive foggy look.

Dako “Special Forces” Pocket Knife 7144

3. Kutmaster designs and makes some unique patterns in pocket knives. Rescue knives are popular with police, firemen, and emergency medical personnel. This knife is the answer to their need for a compact version of a rescue knife. The black blade goes with the black handle very well. Nice job, Kutmaster!

Kutmaster Compact Rescue Knife 95-1832L

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.

The Best Pocket Knife Award for March 2017

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

The best pocket knife for March 2017 was chosen for its high quality of material and workmanship. It also has these main features:

Beautifully designed camo pattern throughout the handle
Assisted opening system, called Speedsafe
Safety tip lock to guard against accidental opening
Perfect size for your pocket
420hc stainless steel blade
Made in the USA
Full color one piece gift box

Our pick this month is made by Kershaw, an American company.

Kershaw “Scallion” Knife, Camo 1620

The 7 Best Personalized Pocket Knives in the OPPA Cleveland Show 2017

The Ohio Promotional Products Association had their semi-annual Cleveland Ohio show last week for distributors of promotional products. I am partial to pocket knives, so here are the best personalized pocket knives that I found in the show. Kent Getsee and Paul Rizzo represent Compass Promotions at the shows. All of the knives are offered with your company logo laser engraved on the blade, and sometimes the stainless steel handle.

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Buck Bantam BLW Blaze Camo Lockback Knife 285cm9.
Buck® Silver “Bones” Pocket Knife 870-S
Dako “Aristocrat” Gift Pocket Knife 2640
Kutmaster Compact Rescue Knife 95-1832L
5 3/4 Stainless Fruit/ Vegetable Knife 95-113ss
Small Rosewood Pocket Knife-Silver

Starline Metal Buck Knife MK1

The Newest Engraved Pocket Knives From the OPPA Show in Cleveland Ohio

Brian Debottis-New Camo Knife MK117

Brian Debottis of Starline is showing off the latest engraved pocket knives at the promotional products show in Cleveland. January 26 in Cleveland was a great day for seeing all the new promotional ideas for 2017. Many suppliers were there showing new and popular advertising specialties.

The knife Brian is holding is the new Camo Survival/Rescue Knife MK117. Your company logo can be laser engraved on the stainless steel handle. It shows up as a white image against the camo background. It has all the features you can want in a survival knife. Keep one in your car. It has a partly serrated black blade, seat belt cutter, window breaker, flint fire starter, and a small flashlight.

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).

What is the Difference Between Personalized Knives and Logo Knives?

Personalized Knives

Logo’ed or Logo Knives are pocket knives that have your corporate logo laser engraved or screen printed, or pad printed on the blade or handle or bolster.

Personalization is a term used for putting a person’s name on each knife, so that each knife has a different name. This is great at Christmas time, when you are giving a logo knife to your employees, and you don’t want them to accidentally get switched. Having personalized knives in your shop will make sure a person can identify his very own knife in case he lays it down somewhere.

Not all knife engravers are capable of doing both of these processes. Some can do only one.

Knife that is Both Logo’ed and Personalized

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Buck® Graduate 328

Kershaw “Scallion” Knife, Camo 1620

Dako “Aristocrat” Gift Pocket Knife 2640