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Machined metal, heat deboss, gold foil and laser engraving, each chosen for how it wears rather than how loud it reads. Send your artwork with your quote request and we advise which method suits the leather and the piece before any tooling is made.
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Three branding methods are used on the pieces GENTCREATE produces today. Heat deboss presses your logo into the leather under a heated die with no colour added. Gold foil uses the same die with a metallic foil laid between die and leather, so the impression carries a gold surface; silver is also used. The CNC metal logo is machined to your artwork and fixed to the exterior, so the mark reads as hardware rather than print.
Which method suits a piece depends on the leather, the artwork and the size of the mark, and we recommend one when you send your logo. The name is stamped once, on the face of the piece, and the GENTCREATE mark stays small. Laser engraving, which suits fine linework and long text, is offered on selected made-to-order pieces rather than on the small leather goods in production.
Private label, where our existing designs carry your brand, and product development, where a new piece is patterned from a sketch, are handled on the same written-quote basis, and that quote confirms MOQ and lead time. The same methods are used on the cardholders, wallets and phone cases on the sibling pages.
Also in the retail range: Leather keychains
Send your artwork with the piece, leather and quantity band. We recommend a branding method; a written quote follows, confirming MOQ and lead time.
We check what your artwork will hold at plate or die size; you approve a digital proof on the leather before any tooling is made.
The die or metal plate is made, each piece is branded to the approved proof, then packed and delivered to the address on your order.
Custom branding
Four ways to put a logo on leather, each chosen for how it wears rather than how loud it reads. Which one suits your artwork depends on the leather, the piece and the size of the mark; we advise on all three before any tooling is made. MOQ and lead time are confirmed in your written quote.
A metal logo machined to your artwork and fixed to the leather, so the mark reads as hardware rather than print. It is how the GENTCREATE wordmark sits on our own iPhone cases, and how a client name is carried on the keyring clasp pictured. Fine detail depends on the size of the plate; we check what your artwork will hold before anything is machined.
Available on the iPhone cases, the slim cardholder, the loop keychain and the cigar case.
Your artwork is cut as a die and pressed into the leather under heat, leaving a clean impression with no colour added. It is the quietest of the four, and the one to choose when the piece will be carried in public and the mark should be found rather than seen.
Same die as gold foil, pressed without foil. The wallets pictured are the foil version. Available on every piece we currently produce except the real-exotic limited edition case.
The same heated die, with a metallic foil laid between die and leather, so the impression carries a gold surface. This is the finish on the wordmarks in the collaboration photographs on this page: the name is stamped once, on the face of the piece, and the GENTCREATE mark stays small.
Available on the slim cardholder, the bifold wallet, the money clip wallet and the passport holder. Gold is the standard foil; silver is also used.
Artwork is drawn into the surface by laser rather than pressed, which suits fine linework, long text and small type that a die would lose. It leaves a tonal mark in the leather itself, with no foil and no hardware.
Offered on made-to-order pieces such as coasters, golf headcovers and leather aprons; not used on our current small leather goods. Pictured: a gold-foil set.
Our designs, under your brand. You choose from the pieces we already make, specify leather and colour, and the mark on the leather is yours. The collaborations pictured on this page were made this way: the same case, cardholder and keyring, finished for each client.
Best when the product exists and only the branding, leather and packaging need to change.
A new product from a sketch. When the piece you need is not in our range, we pattern it, sample it and put it into production with the same workshops that make our own goods. Branding is decided with the pattern, not added after.
Best when construction, dimensions or hardware need to be different from anything we make today.
Frequently asked
It depends on the leather, the artwork and the size of the mark. Heat deboss is the quietest and suits a piece carried in public; gold foil gives the mark a metallic surface; the CNC metal logo reads as hardware. Send your artwork and we recommend one before any tooling is made.
The CNC metal logo is available on the iPhone cases, the slim cardholder, the loop keychain and the cigar case. Gold foil is available on the slim cardholder, the bifold wallet, the money clip wallet and the passport holder. Heat deboss is available on every piece in production except the real-exotic limited edition case.
Send your logo or wordmark as artwork through the secure upload link we include with your quote. Fine detail depends on the size of the die or metal plate, so we check what your artwork will hold before anything is cut or machined and show you a digital proof.
On standard corporate pieces your name is stamped once on the face and the GENTCREATE mark stays small, as on the collaboration pieces pictured on this page. Under private label the mark on the leather is yours; it is quoted on the same written basis.
On selected made-to-order pieces such as coasters, golf headcovers and leather aprons, where it suits fine linework, long text and small type that a die would lose. It is not used on the small leather goods in production today; those take heat deboss, gold foil or the CNC metal logo.
Yes. Product development patterns a new piece from a sketch, samples it and puts it into production with the same workshops that make our own goods; branding is decided with the pattern rather than added after. It is handled on the same written-quote basis, with MOQ and lead time confirmed in that quote.
Get a Custom Quote
Send us the products, quantity band and finish you have in mind. Our corporate team replies with a written quote; MOQ and lead time are confirmed in that quote.
Ready When You Are
Send the products, quantity band and finish you have in mind. A written quote follows; MOQ and lead time are confirmed in that quote.
