We’re already 10 days into March, but have you given any thought to which engraved Gerber knives you will choose to give to your customers this month?
In no particular order, here are the best styles to give you a jumpstart on making your customers smile:
If you are looking for a reliable pocketknife to engrave with your corporate logo, your search is over. Engraved Gerber Knives are by far one of the top brands out there. Here are 4 of our top picks for February from this notable brand:
1. Gerber® Ultralight Lockback 6050
2. Gerber® Affinity Knife 30-001867
3. Gerber® Fuse 30-001874
4. Gerber® Mini Paraframe Knife 8485
Many of you are looking out your windows today, on the Winter Solstice, watching snowflakes fall from the sky. But for those of us in warmer climates, we need this calendar date to remind us that it is, in fact, winter.
Engraved Gerber knives are also a good reminder that it is winter. Perhaps you are going hunting or camping for the holidays and need the perfect pocketknife. Maybe you need a last-minute gift for your employees. Whatever the reason, engraved Gerber knives are the safest bet you’ll probably make all year!
A good company is only as good as its relationship with its customers. What do your customers want? What do they like? In order to keep them shopping at your business, you need to offer them something that your competition doesn’t.
That’s when the famous “swag bag” comes into place. Who doesn’t love a goodie bag filled with free stuff?!
If you’re at a loss for what to put in your promotional swag bag, don’t worry, we have you covered:
News of August 2022:
Engraved Gerber knives will have you waiting a longer time for your order. The manufacturer, Gerber, must be really busy. They take longer to make and send us their blank knives, so we can engrave your logo on them. Nevertheless, Gerber has many fans around the world, and they usually don’t mind waiting for a good product.
May 24th is Brother’s Day. It gives us another day to celebrate “brotherly love”. How can you and your brother observe this day?
The first Friday in March is National Employee Appreciation Day.
How do bosses show their appreciation?
How do you find out what kind of appreciation your employees prefer? Ask them. Amazingly, I have found out that a $10 ham is cherished more than a $20 bonus check. This survey was done at a local shop a couple years ago. I was shocked at the response.
In any case, it pays to show your appreciation to your employees on a regular basis. It pays in productivity and longevity.
When new, you shouldn’t have to sharpen
engraved Gerber knives. But after some use, you will have to sharpen them. The best advice is “Easy does it”. The gentlest but most effective knife sharpener is the R119 by “American Made Cutlery”. It is made of two wheels of hardened steel, that are placed close enough together to provide an ideal angle of sharpening. It sharpens both sides of the blade at the same time. You want to draw the knife blade through the opening smoothly and gently, as if you were slicing something. Other sharpeners are on the market for more rugged sharpening jobs. We’ll get to them next time.
There seems to be some lingering effects from the Covid-19 lockdown of year
2020. In that year, production levels of many products decreased. This was caused by the reduction in the workforce due to “social distancing”. Other effects were a reduction in the availability of raw materials. Shipping materials and finished products from China suffered as well.
Currently, the production time for engraved Gerber knives is 15 or more business days. Normally the production time used to be 10 business days. This additional 5 days may not be too important in the month of July. But, when the Christmas rush begins in October, those additional 5 days could affect the Christmas deadline. Imagine having a company Christmas party, and the gift knives haven’t arrived yet. My advice is to plan ahead, so you don’t get caught with this sort of inventory problem.
Gerber has introduced a totally new design of engraved Gerber knives last year.
The Quadrant. What makes this knife stand out of the crowd?
