Have you or would you pay for engraving on practical/tactical knives Yea or Nay?

I think you would have a ratio of 90 percent gun jobs 10 percent knife collector jobs if you did invest. I think most collectors would rather by a new knife instead of engraving. I think you could make money but you would have to invest in magazine and internet advertising to a large extent .
 
JR88FAN said:
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Sorry man, didn't realize it was THAT kind of engraving....

I think there would be a very small customer base for that kind of work.
I am not sure what the cost would be, but that would be one big issue. You can't do work like that for cheap.

So what knives would someone want to engrave with an intricate design?
That's the question that needs to be answered.
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Well as I mentioned in first post I was planning to engrave my own SOG's Fatcat & Tomcat 3.0, someone else might be interested in engraving their mid priced ZT's, Sebenza's, etc obviously not cheap $50 ones.

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Here is picture on Tomcat 3.0 Limited Edition from SOG factory.
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I have paid for engraving. Had a nephew getting his first officer commission in the Marines, so I wanted to give him something that he could use, but still have meaning. So picked up a simple Kershaw Blur with black blade. Had the USMC logo put on one side, and his name, commission, and date of commission on the other side. Pretty sure I spent more on the engraving than I did on the knife.

Not an heirloom type knife, so it could be something of meaning that he could actually carry and use. However personally I think that type of gift may have a small amount of heirloom quality down the road if it were well used, and showed it.
 
bflying said:
I have paid for engraving. Had a nephew getting his first officer commission in the Marines, so I wanted to give him something that he could use, but still have meaning. So picked up a simple Kershaw Blur with black blade. Had the USMC logo put on one side, and his name, commission, and date of commission on the other side. Pretty sure I spent more on the engraving than I did on the knife.

Not an heirloom type knife, so it could be something of meaning that he could actually carry and use. However personally I think that type of gift may have a small amount of heirloom quality down the road if it were well used, and showed it.
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Good example!
 
bflying said:
I have paid for engraving. Had a nephew getting his first officer commission in the Marines, so I wanted to give him something that he could use, but still have meaning. So picked up a simple Kershaw Blur with black blade. Had the USMC logo put on one side, and his name, commission, and date of commission on the other side. Pretty sure I spent more on the engraving than I did on the knife.

Not an heirloom type knife, so it could be something of meaning that he could actually carry and use. However personally I think that type of gift may have a small amount of heirloom quality down the road if it were well used, and showed it.
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I agree with you, some people might want to engrave knife as a present for friends or family ex: solder, cop, fireman etc.
 
It would be very unlikely but I can see the market for it. Not much different then engraving jewelry. Anyone who appreciates knives would appreciate a quality personalized engraving for them. Getting a son a knife for boy scouts, or wife who loves knives too a personal engraving. It's not a big market but a market.
 
These are NOT my work, but the type of bolster engraving I'm interested in to be done on tactical/practical mid priced knives.
Clearly from below examples we can see there is market for traditional & full custom knife engraving, but in OP I was asking if there is market for same type of work in tactical/practical area? Maybe on some mid-high-end limited edition ZT, etc?
Here is few more examples of work of some of the most talented engravers that I found on Net:
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Wolf7,

Wow!
I didn't know you were talking about that type of engraving.
Yeah, I would be interested!
 
To answer your original question if there is a market for a engraver of knives?

There is a small but growing amount of engraving on High end collectables and some users.

I make culinary knives and my style of knives does not include a bolster but I do have people's names and wedding dates engraved on some of my knifes that are purchased as wedding, birthday & Presentation gifts etc. These are engraved right on to the blade.

I haven't seen many black tactical lower & middle cost knives that their owners want engraved? Stranger things have happened? Police Dept, may be a possibly??

If you are just thinking about buying the equipment the one comment I will share is that you will need a steady hand and a bit of experience before people will be pounding on your door for engraving work!;)

Go for it if you feel it right!:thumbup:
 
That is some top notch work Wolf.

I am sure there is a market for that, but like I said, how big?!

Best way to find out is to buy the proper membership, put up a post showing your work, and see what happens....

That work is good enough to get attention for sure..
 
Just curious, and I know we can't really go here, but this is in the context of whether this could work or not...

How much would what you did on the Friedly bolster cost....ballpark?
 
This is the lock side of my next Darrel Ralph custom...

 
strategy9 said:
Completely circumstantial.
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My question of cost?

I disagree...

The LEVEL of interest in anything is always driven by cost. (Before someone goes nuts, by 'interest' I mean a major factor in going forward with a material based decision)

I can prove that.

Do that work for free.....
 
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Rhinoknives1 said:
To answer your original question if there is a market for a engraver of knives?

There is a small but growing amount of engraving on High end collectables and some users.

I make culinary knives and my style of knives does not include a bolster but I do have people's names and wedding dates engraved on some of my knifes that are purchased as wedding, birthday & Presentation gifts etc. These are engraved right on to the blade.

I haven't seen many black tactical lower & middle cost knives that their owners want engraved? Stranger things have happened? Police Dept, may be a possibly??

If you are just thinking about buying the equipment the one comment I will share is that you will need a steady hand and a bit of experience before people will be pounding on your door for engraving work!;)

Go for it if you feel it right!:thumbup:
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Thanks for advice. Do you do engraving yourself? What equipment do you use?
 
JR88FAN said:
Just curious, and I know we can't really go here, but this is in the context of whether this could work or not...

How much would what you did on the Friedly bolster cost....ballpark?
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As I said above these are just examples of engraving I'm interested in pursuing in tactical/practical area, NOT my work. Just google images "engraved knife bolsters" to find the one you're interested in.
 
I have a navy mark 3 that was issued and carried by my friend through buds.
He had it engraved and gave it to me.
Engraving a knife Is Always special.
My Navy Seal Friend that gave me his buds knife honored me with that gift.
It is just a plain knife except the engraving.
The engraving makes it a treasure.
 
This is the kind of engraving I am interested in being done to some of my titanium folders, and yes, there is a market for this kind of talent.

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Tom Ferry
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