I got an email today from the guy at BladeMatrix. He wants to charge us $4 for the laser engraving that Highest Honor charges $6.25. He's sent one sample already, marked "proto", which is
okay, but I asked him to try another with different settings. I dunno if he's going to try to squeeze down his logo to fit the front of the blade, and whether that advertisingg is getting us a better deal.
When I get the next sample, if it looks good, I'll take it to HH and show them the invoice, and see if they want to match it.
I feel kinda hard-nosed about this, but it is our hard-earned after-tax dollars, and every cent goes back into more stuff for the troops.