Branded Employee Gifts Your Crew Will Actually Use

Jake Hobbs

Sep 22

3 min read

Updated: 5 days ago

Most company gifts end up in a drawer. The ones that stick around are the things people already carry to work: a lunch cooler, a tool bag, a knife, a jacket, a hat. That's what our Blue Collar Gifts line is. It's gear your crew will use every day, with your logo on it, decorated here in Temple, Georgia.

We put the list together because it's what our trade and construction customers kept asking for at the end of the year. Every piece is something we decorate in-house, either laser engraved, embroidered, or finished with a genuine leather patch that we engrave and stitch on.

What's on the list

These are the per-piece prices at 12–23 pieces of the same item with the same logo. Decoration is included.

Carhartt Quilted Flannel-Lined Duck Active Jac, embroidered: $145 (S–XL)
Carhartt 16" Molded Base Tool Bag, leather patch: $110
Carhartt Canvas Backpack, leather patch: $85
Carhartt Insulated Lunch Cooler, leather patch: $42
Carhartt Watch Cap 2.0, embroidered: $30
Bison River 13-Function Multi Tool with sheath, engraved: $45
Engraved 9-LED Flashlight with Strap: $32
Bison River Mossy Oak Camo Pocket Knife, engraved: $26
Richardson 112 Leather Patch Hat: $23.88
Polar Camel Tumblers, engraved: from $19
Engraved Leather Snap Key Chain: $12

You can browse the whole Blue Collar Gifts line here. Everything in it can be ordered online, and bulk pricing applies automatically in the cart.

How the leather patch goes on

The Carhartt bags and cooler get a round patch cut from genuine leather. We laser engrave your logo into the leather and stitch the patch onto the bag. It isn't a heat-pressed faux leather patch, and it won't peel off after a season in a truck bed. It's the same patch that goes on our leather patch hats. If you're not sure whether your logo works better engraved or stitched, here's how the two compare.

The knives, multi tool and flashlight are engraved directly on the metal. The Active Jac and Watch Cap are embroidered.

Man wearing a rope hat with a leather patch

How bulk pricing works on these

Pricing is per item, per design. Twelve backpacks with the same logo get the 12-piece price. Twelve mixed items don't, because each one is set up and run separately.

Here's the full ladder on the Carhartt pieces:

Tool Bag: $120 for 1–11 · $110 for 12–23 · $105 for 24–49 · $100 for 50–99 · $96 for 100+
Backpack: $95 · $85 · $80 · $76 · $72
Lunch Cooler: $46 · $42 · $40 · $38 · $36
Active Jac (S–XL): $155 · $145 · $139 · $133 · $127
Watch Cap: $34 · $30 · $29 · $28 · $27

The Active Jac costs more in bigger sizes: 2XL is $16 more, 3XL is $31 more, and 4XL is $47 more. Tall sizes are priced by quote.

There's no order minimum. You can order one of anything. On the smaller engraved items, 1–4 pieces carry a small setup charge built into the price. On an invoiced order, 1–4 pieces of a design carry a $15 setup charge, and it goes away at 5 pieces. The low minimums post explains why. If you want to see how our pricing compares across the rest of the shop, start with the custom apparel pricing guide.

Ordering branded employee gifts for Christmas

If these are going under the tree at the shop party, send us your logo early. A few things to know:

Logo art: if we need to clean up or redraw your logo, that's a one-time $75 charge. After that, we keep it on file.
Quotes: good for 30 days.
Rush: available at 25% extra. Whether we can hit your date is something we'll tell you honestly up front.
Payment: paid in full by card before we start. We take major cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Afterpay.
Pickup: free from the order box on our front porch at 1123 Lemon Rd, Temple, GA, any day from 9am to 9pm. We can also ship at actual cost.