marking blades and my last name

rotor

rotor

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i just got some stamps mike cooper handed them to me said merry christmas have i mentioned that he's one hell of a guy well here's my situation my last name has 10 letters and if you add the first initial, whew you get the picture. theres no room for error i marked a few blades scheringer and numbered each even at 1/16"
just my last name is 3/4" long so i was thinking of using my forum name(ROTOR) a hell of alot shorter and if i ever get there and advertise i am gonna use ROTOR BLADE'S or ROTOR'S BLADES for my business please tell me what ya think
 
I'll have to admit Scheringer Knives has a nice ring to it, very distinctive. Besides, surely you'll be using some kind of etching device for marking your blades someday!-Guy Thomas
 
Try just using your initials until you can afford a full name stamp so It will fit on a blade properly.
Bruce

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Bruce Evans Handcrafted Knives
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Rotor,

I would keep the two interests (helocoptor repair and knifemaking) separate.

If someone does not know the frame of reference, what do you think they would think you mean???

If you want to be taken seriously, act serious.

Perhaps, when you are as famous as "the performer, formerly known as Prince...", then you might want to get a little crazy, but until then...

Use your name, be proud!!!

Bruce
 
I would recommend marking with at least your full last name. It that means spending the bucks on a stamp......then do it. Several years down the road, folks will have a difficult time figuring out who made the knife. That equate to how much value the piece will have at that time......just something to think about.

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Ed Caffrey "The Montana Bladesmith"
ABS Mastersmith
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Hmmm. Makes me think twice, now. Up to now I marked blades with my initials with a letter stamp set. I just ordered a stamp of my initials stylized the way I sign memos or sketches, but based on Ed's comments I'm having second thoughts. The signature means something to me but certainly wouldn't to a stranger, and I'm betting the paper wouldn't necessarily follow a knife through a few years/hands. Cripes! That was an expensive lesson!
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Dave Larsen
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The greatest prayer is patience
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Let's pretend I'm a knife purveyor and I'm looking over a knife that's at a trade show or something similar.... "Hmm, a fella by the last name of Rotor made this...now how to find him???" Kinda hard to find a man that doesn't exist.

When I first started selling knives at 18 I wanted to name the whole thing something like Blue Ridge Knives, or Stinger Knives....excuse me if those names are already taken... Anyway, my dad was a little offended (I am the last male with our family name) plus, he asked me what I just proposed above.

So I decided to take it to the other extreme, I added my name, height, weight, age, social security numb....oh wait...seriously though, I used my full name and my city/state. I figured that way, if a potential buyer saw one of my knives in the hands of someone who didn't have contact info for me, that person could just dial information and ask for Nick Wheeler in Winlock. It works.

Now I usually go for my full name. On the dagger I'm doing now I just put my last name, and that's the minimum in my book.

Who are initials??? They're nothing if you don't know the person.

Just my take on it after lots of thought a few years back.
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Nick
 
thanks for the imput i took it all to heart. then i took a look at one of the blades i had marked with just my last name and i came to the conclusion that your all right thanks for steering me in the rite direction.thanks again Russ Scheringer
 
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