Friday, January 2, 2009

A Personalized Money Clip To Suit Your Personality

By Ned Dagostino

The personalized money clip is a gent's accessory to hold ready cash and small documents like credit cards. It also happens to be a popular choice as a gift item. What makes it special is that it is personalized. There is such a wide range of personalized money clips that you are sure to get one to suit your own personality or that of the friend you are gifting it to.

The variety of shapes, sizes and colors is so vast that you don't have to compromise on getting the exact money clip that you're looking for. The standard round, square, oval, and rectangular shapes are augmented by fancy-shaped ones. Stylistically they range from the purely functional to diamond-studded beauties.

You have a choice of stainless steel, titanium, platinum, white gold, silver or gold for the personalized money clip. The personalized money clip is unequaled as a gent's gift item. It enjoys a high image value, and is always appreciated. The real value lies in the fact that it can be personalized very easily by engraving the person's name or monogram on it.

The magnetic money clip goes one step further by using magnetic moment to snap the clip together in place of the spring-action of a normal money clip. Two flat magnets are hinged or swiveled along the circumference. The operation and appearance of a magnetic money clip spells masculinity with a capital M.

The personalized money clip is very compact by definition. A hybrid money clip increases the amount of cash you can carry with you. It is a basic personalized money clip with a magnetic money clip riding piggy-back!

Not all personalized money clips are made of metal. Some are made of leather, and these are often called slim wallets for their close resemblance to regular wallets. Leather only serves to add charm to the handsome money clip. Leather personalized money clips are available in all the colors associated with leather - black, tan, buff, among others. You can put your mark on the personalized money clip by embossing it with your initials, or monogram.

Money clips come in novel shapes if your taste tends to that direction. Get a clip in the shape of a dollar sign, a paper clip or a horseshoe or anything that catches your fancy. More novel ideas are having a watch or a pocket knife or a compass built into the money clip. Sports fans like to get their money clip personalized with their team's emblem.

The ultimate personalized money clip is the one that you get custom-made to your own design and specifications. Let's say your initials are 'ND'. Design a magnetic money clip in the shape of the letters 'ND' in silver, with a light blue finish! Unbeatably Stunning with a capital 'S'! The only problem is that you will have to place a minimum order which can be quite expensive. This could work if you want to gift money clips to your clients, and you run a high value business like an estate agency for luxury villas over $10 million apiece.

The personalized money clip is a silent testimony to the person's nature. It tells you whether the person is a quiet type or a go-getter, whether he likes to keep things organized or he takes life as it comes, a cool blue type or a passionate red! The variety of money clips is so vast that you can always find a suitable one in the price range that you're expecting.

There are many ways of making a style statement through personal accouterments like studs, tiepins, wristwatches, and fountain pens. The most stylish, luxurious, yet affordable is the personalized money clip. Only wristwatches and money clips look good in any situation. That's why they are considered signs of masculinity. A personalized money clip is really useful on the one hand, and so stylish on the other. The personalization makes it unique. When you gift someone a personalized money clip, you can be sure that he'll appreciate it a lot. - 15634

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