Supplier Listings Application Form
My web site provides Direct contact information and Web site Links to knife Material
Suppliers & knife related Services
Over 100 web pages in all include pages with actual materials, available dimensions, handling and other tips.
Services valuable to a knifemakers include:
Knife repairs, refurbishing, sharpening, metal coating/plating, laser/waterjet cutting/carving, specialty casting, metal trademark stamps, machining, blade heat treating etc.,
Knife arts - engraving, etching, scrimshaw, jewelry and other knife embellishments
I will not be buying any of your products for re-sale, nor do I re-sell any products samples provided for the listing.
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Please, do read all the following fine print, it seems to be necessary.
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If you are providing any of the above listed Services, or are a
Supplier of
materials which can be used for knife making
Plain or exotic, natural or man made - including metals, wood, synthetics, gems, horn, bone, leather, adhesives, sharpening supplies, knife lubricants,fasteners, buffing and polishing wheels and compounds, sanding belts and abrasives etc., -
and would like to have your business and products listed in the
Master Index of knife making materials, services and
suppliers:
The samples of real commercial product, in
standard sizes and
pairs*, will be required in exchange for the listing.
Samples are expected to be shipped without
unreasonable delay.
To avoid any misunderstanding, listing will be worked on and activated only upon receiving the approved
samples.
Must read:
Instructions for Shipping Samples
If you are looking for a Fast Free Adds, this is NOT the place, and there
is no need for you to proceed.
Thank you for your interest
There is some specific information I will
require from you:
- If you have a printed catalog or flyer for your
products - (I will require most currently printed one)
how many pages it has, if it is free, free with purchase or how much do you
charge for it.
If your catalog has is only Online, it's web page URL
- Is your shipping limited to UPS or Federal Express only, or are you flexible enough to ship by other ways like regular mail,
Air Parcel Post ( PO Box address accepted) etc.
(Not everybody has courier deliveries, not even within 100 miles, this includes myself).
- Do you accept credit cards, what type
- If you do not accept credit cards, what other type of payment do you accept,
do you ship C.O.D, cash in advance etc. Write a note.
- do you only sell wholesale, minimum quantities, or retail
- If you have an Internet web site
do you have online store, with secure credit card transactions
- Summary of your products / services -
a paragraph of 3 to 6 lines.
- Permission to use some of your own pictures of products/descriptions (from your website or catalog) at my discretion,
on a condition that they are used only
when your company is listed as a supplier of that product.
Color scans of your received free samples will be properly accredited to you
if displayed, with link to your company's contact information or web site.
Be generous - a lots of work goes into listings - it just may pay off by winning
the Supplier of the year posting.
Remember - picture is worth a 1000 words, this is to say that it is in your
best interest to send as good looking samples as you can. They may be displayed
next to your competition samples.
Additional / New samples are required only for the line of your products not yet
listed.
Prices will not be listed.
Banner size limitation is 50K and will be displayed in New stuff only for a
couple of month.
Listings on my web site will be posted indefinitely (except listing in the
"NEW stuff") and your links and information will not cycle out as on
FAA and some other web sites.
Listings are arranged in alphabetical order.
Your privacy - I will not sell or
exchange any of your information to various mailing lists, third parties, nor
does my web site place any cookies on your
computer.
No garbage - SPAM like "You have subscribed to" junk mail, No porn, No pop-ups, No opt-in or Opt-out lists.
You are responsible for any change of address and such information to keep
your listing current.
I do reply to ALL queries usually withing 24 hours. If you do not hear from me within this time, there may be technical problems with mail delivery.
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