logo help again

[butcher_block]

so i just didn t think the last logo looked ok to me when i photoshoped it on a blade
also what happenes if i want to change the logo down the road how much confusion might that cause
btw true birth name is Lloyd R Harner

 

[David Schott]

Cool! I just got mine done, too. I sent with a full name so that if I changed down the road, it would still be identifiable. Its also easier to put on different styles, as I can put it on the spine on small knives, bevels on some, and ricasso on others.

I will always have my full last name on knives, and since ironically, there was another "Schott" knifemaker, I will always have a first name there, too!

I think this one looks good to me! I might put a small R inbetween them...

 

[fitzo]

Butch, is that a "Lloyd Hale", a "Larry Harley", or a "LittleHen"? No, of course not.

I'm not being a wiseguy, either. If you are just going to make a few knives here and there, then that set of initials is not only fine, it is a nice font and looks real good. If you aspire to someday having your name known, and people seek out your knives, then go with your name so they will know who you are. Addition of your hometwon and state can also be a help until everyone who collects knives knows exactly who the Harner is who needs no more info on his logo. If you were to just use Harner alone, then it's good to get listed in a place likes Knives 200x, the closest we come to a mark registry.

Even someone so famous as to need no more than his "mermaid" still put his name on his knives. How many people on the street or newer knifemakers know who has the shooting star logo?

Just my two cents.

 

[Raymond Richard]

I just don't think you can go wrong by using your name. There have been several times I thought about going with a logo or using an RR. But railroad knives just didn't seem to work for me. I now have a stencil with my full name perfectly straight and as small as I could get that I use on the spine. One of the pluses about having it on the spine its pretty easy to change if you screw it up.

Fitzo, You mentioned Little Hen. Is Ron still making? I haven't noticed him on any forums for several years now.

 

[fitzo]

.......Fitzo, You mentioned Little Hen. Is Ron still making? I haven't noticed him on any forums for several years now.

He moved his family from Saskatchewan to Alberta (Calgary) to work in the oil fields once he found out just how much money a fulltime knifemaker can generate. He stopped into Paltalk a couple times a year ago, but that's the last I've heard of him. I hope he's well.

 

[butcher_block]

Butch, is that a "Lloyd Hale", a "Larry Harley", or a "LittleHen"? No, of course not.

I'm not being a wiseguy, either. If you are just going to make a few knives here and there, then that set of initials is not only fine, it is a nice font and looks real good. If you aspire to someday having your name known, and people seek out your knives, then go with your name so they will know who you are. Addition of your hometwon and state can also be a help until everyone who collects knives knows exactly who the Harner is who needs no more info on his logo. If you were to just use Harner alone, then it's good to get listed in a place likes Knives 200x, the closest we come to a mark registry.

Even someone so famous as to need no more than his "mermaid" still put his name on his knives. How many people on the street or newer knifemakers know who has the shooting star logo?

Just my two cents.

not taken as wisguy thats one of the reasons i posted it
thank you back to the photoshop i go i will update soon cause my tax return is goingto be and etcher and quench plates also a Machinery's Handbook Full-Size Version, 27th Edition since i cant get my Ln setup for the $

 

[deker]

Butch,

Just a quick note on the etcher. You can probably save some seroius $$ there. The actual etching setup is pretty simple (unless you want to have a fancy variable output power supply) and there's actually a guy from my blacksmith guild who makes the electrode setups. If you're free this Sunday and feel like a drive to Westminster, I can see if he can bring one of his etching setups to show you the "frugal" way to do the electrochemical etch. (My grinder will be making the trip down as well...)

-d