Name Plates

Try a custom trophy shop in or around your hometown. Here in Missoula MT I use All-American Trophy and Engraving

 

Kevin Rasmussen does mine. Found him on the web years ago. email him what you want, and pay him via paypal. His 1 x 3 nameplates are $1.50 each. He does excellent work, and will have them to you in a few days. He's in Idaho. Here is his email

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I have always ordered mine from Van Dykes. They're on page 473 of their catalog. When you order on line, you place the item in your cart and the boxes open up to fill in the information you want engraved. Easy.

 

I'm a one stop shopper when possible and I too order my T-plates from VD's. Once McKenzie took them over though their prices went up considerably, but my customer's pay for them. And on the flip-side the errors are now almost non-existent. VD (trophy plates) use to be a crap shoot before McKenzie... Joey's guy sounds like a heck of a deal. Not sure how the guy makes any money from it though! If I had a lot of trophy plates to do I'd five him a call!

 

I once ordered from Van Dyke. When McKenzie bought them out, the nameplate prices doubled, or tripled. I've been using this guy for 10 years. He's 100% legit. I usually add $3 for priority shipping. I order plates once a month, and buy 5 to 30 some months. IDK how he makes much out of it...that's his business, not mine. I use black aluminum that's engraved so the type is silver (aluminum colored)

 

Joey - I like the black/aluminum too and have been pushing those for years. You can read them without getting super close to the mount AND they don't scratch as easily as the solid brass ones many opted for in the past. Of course, my customer's choose which they want but I prefer the black aluminum plates too!

 

On the bronze plates, if you will rub some soft black wax, like KIWI shoe polish over it, then wipe it off, the lettering appears in black, and is much more legible.

 

Ahhh good to know - thanks Joey! Kinda like putting grout between tiles eh? ha!