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WANTED: iKC product artwork, messages and ideas

I'm getting closer to selecting a turn-key e-commerce provider for iKC stuff, including our T-Shirts. If you have followed the iKC T-Shirt discussion you know I want a company to handle all aspects of taking the order (different shirts/sizes, colors, etc), secure online payment, fulfillment and shipping directly to you.

I have narrowed it down to two providers and am testing them now.

Here is where I am- I need ideas and suggestions for artwork and concepts for iKC products. The e-commerce sites already have products for us and we just put our "messages" on them for our members to order. Things like mugs, keychains, golf shirts, sweatshirts, t-shirts, caps, buttons, etc, so if you have an idea for our stuff, let's see it.

Please understand, if you submit an idea, you give it royalty free for use of the idea or image and forfeit any rights to such.

I'd appreciate your help with this. I see offering many options to give our members lots of choices of messages, wording, pictures, artwork, etc.

I'm hiring a designer to take these ideas/artwork and making them work for our items and depending on the costs of this, might only rollout a limited number of different "messages" to begin with.

Don't worry about having an image if you have an idea, then lets have it. They don't have to be iKC related either. I'll probably add an iKC logo on all items if there is room and it is cost effective, but can see some shirts with general knife collecting messages, like "I'm a knife collector," "Get the point," "Card-carrying member of ECD Club," "Knife is Good," I love my computer cause all my knife friends live it in" I think you get the idea.

Please let's keep our ideas clean, OK?

If you have questions about what we're looking for here please email me at scott@iknifecollector.com

Tags: ideas, products, t-shirt

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Scott King on February 10, 2010 at 10:24

Thanks Ed. Good feedback on the Caps. I'll check.

Keep the slogans coming! I think we can have as many as we want and you just select the one(s) you want to have put on...at least that's the way I'm hoping it works :)

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Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 10, 2010 at 17:43

Scott, I agree with Ed's comment about the velcro closures being better than the plastic type. I also suggest that the hats be plenty big or in 3 sizes. Many hats in the stores are too low-crowned for larger heads and provide no air circulation, plus they look like the old beanie hats or baseball hats from the early 1900s. I can't tell how big the ones in your photo are, but I hope their plenty roomy.

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on February 10, 2010 at 22:55

Terry's right on here too. Nothing worse than having a hat that's not sized well.
Also in appears that us older folks prefer a structured fit cap as opposed to a beanie.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 11, 2010 at 5:04

My first cut at an emblem for an iKC T-shirt

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iKC tshirt emblem.jpg, 248 KB

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Permalink Reply by Edward Imperatore on February 11, 2010 at 9:25

Hey Terry,

Good job.
Add a big monster bowie or thrower to that "wheel" and it'll be purrrrfect! :)

I gotta 1 track mind LoL.

JJ it aint us old farts like a structured fit- it's cos we gots all that useless knowledge and old tall tales stored in our heads. :)

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Scott King on February 11, 2010 at 14:56

ah, come on guys....what's the prob with a beanie or two ;)

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on February 11, 2010 at 15:33

Down here we just call those "Knit Watch Caps".

This is a "Beanie"

It'd look real good with your ti-dye.

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Scott King on February 11, 2010 at 15:41

You are definitely showing your age now, JJ. That thing you showed ain't even made anymore. Mine is what folks call a Beanie today.... I got your back.

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on February 11, 2010 at 15:49

Wanna bet?
Buy you one today.

(Young-uns!)

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Scott King on February 11, 2010 at 15:54

Oh Crap. That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Gotta get me one for my next iKC Update :) But then folks here will never take me serious again.....

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Scott King on February 11, 2010 at 16:13

Hey y'all I found a ton of possible general knife and collector related slogans, etc at CafePress one of the online stores I looking at using. http://shop.cafepress.com/knife-collector