Kevin Zito
KNIFE MAKER
If you were a Dr., would you put it on your maker’s mark... totally hypothetical ... I’m just curious.
What if the dr was in engineering or something else that could very easily influence the product??? Just being devils advocate?that title is worthless on a belt grinder....mastersmith? That means something....
You make very good points sirOK, so I looked at your name, and here's what I would do if my name was Zito....assuming that's your real name
I would take the lower leg of the Z and bring it below and across the bottom of the letters ITO.
then I'd have a stamp made and call it day.
OK, so I looked at your name, and here's what I would do if my name was Zito....assuming that's your real name
I would take the lower leg of the Z and bring it below and across the bottom of the letters ITO.
then I'd have a stamp made and call it day.
I like it a lot. But I am wondering now what printed font would look like. How do you get the ellipse to be so perfect?!? Looks fantastic!Sumpin' like this? (quick freehand..needs work...lol)
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Over two years ago I was thrashing through the whole makers mark issue...I had come up with "Zayin knives" a hebrew word for "sword or sharp knife". Ed made the same points as above along with the point that some folk/collectors want to see a name of the maker not the name of a company(a perception of quality thing mostly)...no matter how clever. Then the whole searching for the maker by the logo thing...I thought about it and felt that Ed was making good sense...So I changed my company name to "Hauser Knife"...after checking if I had legal issues with a custom maker who uses "Hauser custom knives". I don't as mine are limited production knives not custom...etc,etc.The keys that many miss, especially those who use "logos" as markings on their blade is this..... the "mark" on a blade is essentially a business card..... you want to use something that allows others who might want one of your blades to find you, with as little effort as possible. I'm fortunate in that there are no other knifemkaers out there with the last name "CAFFREY" (at least that I know of), and I am sure there are no other Knifemakers out there with the last name "CAFFREY", AND who hold the "MS" rating. So for me, all a person must do is head to google and type in "Caffrey MS" and I will pop up. In some cases, if a Knifemaker's credentials lend "value added", and is well known within the custom knife world, then I'd say add it (as I do with the "MS".
Where I really roll my eyes, is when I see folks post up obscure logos, asking other forum members' opinions. Although they might be "cool" in the individual's mind(s), they are simply shooting themselves in the foot...... I've had countless people walk through my shop door, with a knife that had some obscure logo on it, asking me to help them find out who made it, so they could order another. In 99% of the situations it's a dead end. I don't mean to be critical of those who choose to use a logo on their blades, but if your looking to sell knives, remember this...... a knifemaking career is not built on selling a single knife, to a single individual. It is built on selling multiple knives, to multiple individuals, and if they can't EASILY find you, or know who built the knife, they can't order/buy another from you, and will move on to someone they can find.