Looking for a way to mark my blades

[bittermanbrewing]

Hello. I'm looking for a way I can sign my knives. I'm only on my first 2 knives so I want to avoid stencils, or using the car battery and nail polish method. Are there any permanent markers that might last for some time on a blade?

 

[Grayzer86]

Other than a set of letter stamps I can't think of much besides a electro chem etcher. I have seen people use a dremel engraver but it usually provides less than appealing results. A cheap set of letter stamps used on ricasso per heat treat may be an option.

 

[bittermanbrewing]

I bought the dremel engraving bit and was less than pleased with the results. luckily I was just marking the tang before sending out for HT. Thanks for your input!

 

[Jason Fry]

I've used sharpie as a resist for a ferric chloride etch. There's an old tutorial on my website, from back in the day. I use an electric etcher now.
http://www.frycustomknives.com/tutorials/how-i-etch-my-name-2

 

[Bill DeShivs]

You can use a vibrating engraving tool. With practice, the results can be very good. Many big time makers started off using one of these.
Using a rotary tool for engraving never works well.
You can take your knife blades to a local trophy shop or jeweler that offers machine engraving services. They can mark them economically.