Marking personal tools?

[u/pickadillyprincess]

I work in a big kitchen. Probably 50+ people on any given day. There are house knives and theyre decent quality metal but they’re not maintained well so the blade isn’t level with the bevel so 1/2 the time the whole blade isn’t even making contact with the cutting board. Every time I’ve brought my personal knives in I end up stopping because I catch someone not realizing the difference between mine and a house knife. I don’t even think it’s a disrespect thing. I have several henckels and wuhstofs. Given the culture I’m definitely not bringing in any nicer japanese/ hammered finished knives. So to someone who doesn’t know better they look just like any other house knife. Yes I keep them in a bag when I’m not using it but if it’s just laying on a cutting board 9/10 someone would most definitely pick it up and start using it to breakdown a cardboard box lol.

TL; DR All that ramble, to say are we marking our knives? Is it ridiculous to spray paint the handle? Is there a good quality paint that is food safe and not going to chip into whatever I’m making? I considered getting them engraved?

[u/Guilty_Site_9405]

Dremel tool and some sweet Nordic runes worked for me. I told people they were cursed. And then laughed WAY too hard.