Makers Marks

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Hello,

I am now at a point where I am semi-satisfied with my work and I slowly gain confidence that I can reproduce what I have made work for myself in my shop.

So where am I going with this? Basically I want to start marking my work...I have drawn up some makers marks for some time now and I was never satisfied.

I also talked to a friend of mine who makes logos and stuff some time ago and we worked something out...a few weeks later I scrapped that logo prototype because it just didn't feel right yet.

I wanted to ask you all what inspired you to choose the makers mark that you proudly put on your knives? Is it "just" your initials, is it a symbol that has a certain meaning to you or a combination of both?

Just to be clear, I don't want anyone designing my makers mark for me...I just thought if I ask other makers why they chose their specific makers mark, I could maybe get some inspiration from that.

Best regards
 
If I had a friend who was a graphic designer, I'd have them do it.
 
A.McPherson said:
If I had a friend who was a graphic designer, I'd have them do it.
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Maybe I explained myself poorly. Sometimes I feel I struggle with the english language.

My point was not to ask for technical advice on how to make a logo, I wanted to know what inspired you to choose your specific makers mark.
 
Look up sword maker's marks on a Google image search and see what you find. It was a Solingen sword maker's mark that was my inspiration.
 
I chose this because there is zero question who made it. Logos become worthless as time marches on and they go down the memory hole

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For me it depends on the style and size of knife. I have one logo that is a logo along with my name, and another that is just my name. Lately I have been doing just my name on most of my EDC type knives and the full logo on kitchen knives that have more room for a bigger logo.

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My logo is Morse code for my company's initials (SC - Stark Creations). The dashes are a spoon and a knife since wooden spoons were the first product I made and sold and now I mainly do knives.
 
My advice would be if you are going to go with a logo other than your name keep it simple. Overly complex logos or overly big ones usually do not look great on the side of a knife.
 
i think knives should have a name and location. i have seen many posts asking to identify a knife with only a sign or symbol on it.
 
Your (readable) name is the best logo. I chose a sunfish many years ago because I made many Sunfish Pattern folders & I love to catch Bluegill. It works for me, but to do over I'd just use my name. I did add my name with the fish & use it on traditional folders.

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Yeah. Don's the sunfish. I'm the icefish. He's all about warm summer days, pleasant memories, dipping feet in the water on the edge of the dock, laughing and catching bluegills by the dozen. I'm about bitter winter days with 3 hours of sun you wish you could forget, fighting through the snow and wind, to drill through 24" of ice over and over until maybe, maybe you catch as many fish as digits you lose to frostbite, but with enough brandy you can convince yourself it's worth it.

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kuraki said:
Yeah. Don's the sunfish. I'm the icefish. He's all about warm summer days, pleasant memories, dipping feet in the water on the edge of the dock, laughing and catching bluegills by the dozen. I'm about bitter winter days with 3 hours of sun you wish you could forget, fighting through the snow and wind, to drill through 24" of ice over and over until maybe, maybe you catch as many fish as digits you lose to frostbite, but with enough brandy you can convince yourself it's worth it.

:D
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Good post & if I lived up in the frozen tundra I'd be an icefish also. :D
 
Mine's pretty straight forward.

My lastname is Strömberg, followed by the Swedish flag. The dots on the swedish letter ö is replaced with a kings crown as a homage to the Kingdom of Sweden.

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Don't try to be overly clever. If you are not a designer or do not have an innate sense of design, do not try to design logos. Use your name. Keep it clean and legible. Use a distinctive but classy/timeless font. If you wake up one morning two years from now with a vision of the most awesomest design ever conceived (yeah, that's a word, cuz I said so) you can always have a new stamp or stencil made.


currenthill, I like your mark. Any relation to the Bond villain? ;)
 
this is mine and as much as i love it i still use use my name on smaller knives because the logo takes up a lot of space. i have smaller stencils but even the small one is more bulky then just my name.
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