JeremyLP
Member
Hi all,
I have had a corporate client ask for some pens, which I am cool with. But he wants them to have the company logo on them. So I turned to those custom decal kits that you make with your inkjet. I somehow managed to make the logo and got a few practice ones to work on non-committal blanks (ones I don't care if they done work). After trying it a few times I feel that the decal is too big, as it is not wanting to conform to the shape of the pen and is leaving wrinkles, I have managed to get them out, but it is just not seeming very practical. Anyways, I got a few to look ok and sent some pictures to my client. He likes them but wants to add words which would make the decal almost twice the size.
So I am thinking.
1. The decal will be way too big and not wrap very well at all, and just be too big and difficult to work with.
2. I don't like the idea that I make these pens out of cool woods, just to be 80% covered with decal... whats the point?
I have heard some chatter about laser engraving. So I am curious.. will that work better?
How much do you think it would cost to have 25-30 pens done?
How long would it usually take? (I am on some what of a time line)
How do I go about finding a laser engraver?
Which woods work the best of laser engraving?
Apply the CA finish first, but don't assemble?
Anything else I should know?
Opps, the pens in question would be sierra style.
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Jeremy
I have had a corporate client ask for some pens, which I am cool with. But he wants them to have the company logo on them. So I turned to those custom decal kits that you make with your inkjet. I somehow managed to make the logo and got a few practice ones to work on non-committal blanks (ones I don't care if they done work). After trying it a few times I feel that the decal is too big, as it is not wanting to conform to the shape of the pen and is leaving wrinkles, I have managed to get them out, but it is just not seeming very practical. Anyways, I got a few to look ok and sent some pictures to my client. He likes them but wants to add words which would make the decal almost twice the size.
So I am thinking.
1. The decal will be way too big and not wrap very well at all, and just be too big and difficult to work with.
2. I don't like the idea that I make these pens out of cool woods, just to be 80% covered with decal... whats the point?
I have heard some chatter about laser engraving. So I am curious.. will that work better?
How much do you think it would cost to have 25-30 pens done?
How long would it usually take? (I am on some what of a time line)
How do I go about finding a laser engraver?
Which woods work the best of laser engraving?
Apply the CA finish first, but don't assemble?
Anything else I should know?
Opps, the pens in question would be sierra style.
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Jeremy