Maglites have always had knurled handles, to make a better grip. But the trouble was that doing a full color imprint on the handle showed some unevenness in the coloring at the edges of a logo. This problem has been solved by making these 2 Maglites available with a smooth barrel. Now your full color imprint will look magnificent.
Maybe you never used a pipe measuring tape, but your boss does. His customers use them, too. And your boss wants you to order some Pipe measuring tapes with his corporate logo to give out to his best customers.
W616PDC Lufkin Diameter Tape, 100ths
If you want to impress your boss, here are 7 points about these tapes that will help you get some brownie points with your boss.
Google “pipe measuring tape” and the website will help educate you on this arcane subject.
Order a brand name, like Lufkin, which is known all over the world for quality tapes.
Use a distributor that has an easy-to-use website. This will make your job easier.
Telephone the diameter tape distributor and ask questions about the quality of the tape and the quality of the imprinting method.
Send a vector art file to the distributor. If you don’t have one, a good distributor will be able to convert your neatest looking artwork into vector format. Vector files will make a professionally neat looking imprint.
Ask for a virtual proof before production begins, and have your boss look at it and approve it.
Ask about the warranty. A good diameter tape distributor will warranty for the product workmanship and material.
Happy hunting. An make your boss happy by solving his problem about getting some pipe measuring tapes with your logo for his clients.
Personalizing pocket knives is an art, because it’s not the same as using a color office printer and printing on a piece of white paper. Knives present a unique set of obstacles such as:
Color of the material
Type of material (wood, metal, bone, synthetic)
Irregular surface contour
Required durability of the imprint
These problems are not usually a direct concern of the customer unless his company logo has a lot of detail or requires a color imprint. Each logo imprinting request is handled one at a time. When our art department receives your logo, the artist looks at these questions:
Does the logo contain too much detail
Does the imprint contain text smaller than 6 point
Are the lines in the imprint thinner than 1 point
Is a color imprint required
These problems can be solved by our art department or yours. A complex logo can be simplified to eliminate the detail problem. Small text can either be eliminated or re-arranged somehow. Thin lines can be broadened. A black and white version can be made of your logo if needed.
Most pocket knives are laser engraved on the metal blade, metal handle, metal bolster, or the wooden handle. Laser engraving doesn’t offer color. However, laser engraving on stainless steel looks black or dark. Laser engraving on anodized aluminum handles looks white. And if doing this same method on a blackened metal blade or handle will look white.
Some knives can be pad printed on a handle in color, or screen printed on a metal surface.
Color added to laser engraving: Gold, white, silver, black, red, yellow, blue, or green.
Another imprinting option is Electro-etching, which looks dark on a stainless steel blade. This method of making personalized pocket knives is considered semi-permanent. It doesn’t go as deep into the metal as machine engraving and laser engraving. This leads to a final method of imprinting knives, which is machine engraving. This is like using the engraving machine that jewelers have to engrave your initials on a pendant. It is good for lettering only. It is permanent.
Most promotional items have their share of printing problems, but Pocketknives have a unique set of hurdles for the imprinter. That’s where Advantage-Advertising.com and Logo-Knives.com can use their experience to make your folding knife a cherished gift with your corporate logo.
K3A Mag-Lite® Solitaire & Color Imprint and Smooth Barrel 
M2A Mini Mag-Lite® with Color Imprint and Smooth Barrel 
