A Guys Name On The Knife :barf:

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I was going to get a BM 553 until i discovered that the name Mel Pardue is on the blade. That makes about 3 BM knives i would have bought but i don't want a guys name on my knife! A family name like Case is ok because it includes the whole family. Cant BM design their knives? Even if Pardue was world famous knife maker i wouldn't want his name on the knife. It is enough to know he designed it. If Jane Doe designed it and had her name put on it that would be alright. My knives are babes. I don't have any ugly ones. I dont have any that are masculine either. I'm not going to buy one and polish that name off either unless it is very easy to do.

Does anyone have experience polishing names off one side of the name with semichrome? How long does it take? How hard is it to match the satin finish on the other side? I was intending to get the black one. What material do they use? How hard is that to get off? If it is easy and i end up with a nice looking blade i might get one.
 
I guess I am looking at it from the other side of the issue! I would love to have my name on a knife that I designed that was being made by a big knife company!

It also doesn't bother me to see other guys/gals names on the knives as it is paying respect to that maker. I guess I really don't see the big deal with a designers name on a knife.

With that said if it really bothered you I would contact a knifemaker and pay to have them regrind your knife and put a plain satin finish on it.

Good luck on your search. Don't look at customs though...they all have someones name on them:D

Tom
 
I have a knife that says Krein on it and another on order. I don't have one that says Mayo but would sure like to. I dont have it anymore but once had one that said Pardue on it. You could cover it with duct tape if it bothers you. Oh yes, Pardue is a rather famous knife maker.
 
Names on knives don't bother me a bit, have quite a few from both Benchmade and Spyderco, and they are all beauties. It doesn't seem to have any effect on how they cut.

What does bother me is that I don't have one that has Krein or Mayo on it.
 
I know what ya' mean.

I used to have a really cool hunting knife except it had some guys name on it.

what wazzat name?

oh yeah, Bill Morgan....oh, no..wait..it was Bill Moran!

thank God I had a good six inch bench grinder to get that thing off of there.

It looks much better now.
 
LOL, funny thread...The name on the knife shows whos design it is...like it has already been said its not only "props" lol to whomever designed it but its kind of like advertisement...I guess some people like custom knives, but can't afford them so they will maybe get a design from their favorite maker that a production company makes...Its an interesting view though...and Im not sure how it would look polished off unless you polish the whole blade....
 
are your knives for cutting, or reading. my opinion is that you let 3 good knives slip by. Anyway i doubt that the average person knows or cares whose name or what brand of knife you carry .
 
Perhaps you'd like it better if there was a girl's name on the knife. lol

quote:: " I dont have any that are masculine either" :rolleyes: Z
 
Credit where credit is do, sog. If that was knife number three then that means you are drawn to Mr. Pardue's designs. The man doesn't deserve the credit because his designs ROCK?

IMO, if you like the design and it works for you, then get it and forget about the maker's name on it.
Or find a maker who'll grind it off for you. If your ambitious, you can get some sandpaper and do it yourself. There are tutorials on the 'net to take you step-by-step thru the whole process. You'll come out with a nice satin or mirror polish that you did all by yourself. That's something to be proud of.
 
There's a term that I can't think of right now that refers to a knife with no name or markings on it. It's used by the Dark Ops guys, so when they leave their knife in a guy it can't be tracked down to them. What iis that word?
Maybe that's what soggy wants.

Or maybe he just doesn't want another man's name on his girls. :confused:
 
Well, if I designed a knife that was then put out by a factory I would want my name on it because the knife is a product of both parties and both should be acknowledged accordingly. Not everyone would neccesarily know a factory knife might have been designed in collaboration with someone else just by looking at it as you and I would based on our personal knowledge.
 
I don't think the original poster is saying he doesn't think the name should be on there. I had one of the BM Mel Pardue knives in my shop today for work and I believe I understand. I think what he means is that there is a difference between having your initials and/or mark on a blade you made or designed and having it smeared big time all over the blade. I know the Applegate folder by Gerber is a very good looking piece to a lot of people but a lot of posts have been made about all the writing taking up about 3/4 of the blade.

I see the way Kabar did the logo for Bob Dozier's design on the Thorn among others he designed as an example other companies should follow and perhaps even makers should too when working with a company. I know if I was so fortunate to have my name on a blade or knife I designed that was made by a big company I'd insist that my name or initials be small, out of the way, but still easy to see yet no more so than the writing on the blade we have all been accustomed to by the manufacturers.

What good does it do to have your name on there in big letters if it increases the chances of it just being bead blasted, or sanded off? I'm not really a religious man but I was forced to go to Catholic school so I remember some of the things taught to me there. There is a saying Jesus came up with that goes something like this. Humble yourself with others and you will find that you are exalted by them. Exalt yourself and you will soon find that these same people want to humble you. That seems to pan out when it comes to bigger signitures and logos on knife blades from what I've seen. And this seems to be true whether it be an individuals name, logo or a manufacturers. Lettering too bold seems to be too much of a statement of ego or something. I saw that knife Ken Onion did that was absolutely beautiful to me. What was the Seagal one. I forget the name. But the logos on the blade turned a lot of folks off. I remember reading them and thinking to myself. If they had just been a little less bold about the claiming of the knife and a little more modest people may have taken to it more easily and it might have even sold better.

Just a thought.

STR
 
PhilL said:
There's a term that I can't think of right now that refers to a knife with no name or markings on it. It's used by the Dark Ops guys, so when they leave their knife in a guy it can't be tracked down to them. What iis that word?
Maybe that's what soggy wants.

Or maybe he just doesn't want another man's name on his girls. :confused:
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the term is "sterile"
its 75% more tactical. :D

Although I've passed up on one or 2 because of a hideous blade etch.
 
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