Where to get boxes? (and thoughts on the Misen 8")

Other than custom ordering a batch of 100+ (and probably a setup charge if not a cu$tom die too) - does anyone know where to get boxes that'll hold a typical 210mm/8.2" gyuto/chef? (Mine are about 13.5"/340mm oal.)

Not super-picky about material - corrugated ok - but would like it to either have a separate lid or a one-piece lid flap. This isn't for shipping, just for packaging/delivery/gift-wrapping.

I've looked at gift boxes for ties, necklaces, and other long/shallow things - either too shallow or too short. I've found some so-so options from China at Alibaba/AliExpress etc., but only in at least 100 quantity. Packaging mfgs like Uline have corrugated boxes near the right size but they all have a 4-flap 'packing box'-type top.

Anyone know of a source? (Preferably an actual known answer, rather than "well, maybe you could try _____"

Thanks! Andrew

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(tl;dr follows)
Background: I bought a Misen chef which Kenji Lopez-Alt on SeriousEats.com raved about - at $65 I can see why - just to see what he loved about it. It came in the sweetest box ever - heavy/stiff smooth-coated cardboardy stuff, with a magnetic flap, and a custom-cut insert. (I had something similar on a super-bright 'tactical' flashlight set of generic real-inexpensive Chinese origin.) I know I'm not gonna get that without a custom order of a lot - my point is that a nice bit of presentation goes a long way.

And as to the knife: personal opinion as a dedicated cook for 40+ years and now chefs' knifemaker: wow. Love the blade shape, love the balance, love the overall geometry, love the handle feel - especially the pinch-grip-friendly bolster, love the design. I'm not into stainless and it's a bit soft for my taste, but given that it's unrealistic to mass-market HCS, at least it's AUS-8 and sharpened at 15° so not bad. It's supposed to be HRC 58-59 (although Wired mag early on had one tested and it hit only 51 mid-blade and 56 near the tip, but that was attributed to poor Q/C in the HT process).

Overall very agile and sleek - makes a standard-issue mid-market WüstHenckels feel like a clumsy teutonic clunker. Cuts nicely, definitely designed with a bias towards good push-cutting technique although it's got enough of a belly for rock-choppers too. (Yeah, sorry, don't mean to start a religious war, and I rock-chop to mince things too, but who doesn't...?

 

I have a few of these and they work well.

https://www.chefknivestogo.com/yahikoknifebox.html

 

Very nice thought! I like those. Appreciate the specific info.

Probably not an ideal solution for me though. Besides the imprint/logo, at $40 they're way too pricey as a packaging option, unless I charged add'l for 'em. ($40 is more than the steel cost for a knife, unless I'm buying Damascus, and usually more than the scales unless it's stabilized amboyna burl!

FWIW to other folks, I've used artists' "brush boxes" (click here for link) from Amazon, which're really nice and well-made. But even at only $13, that's still more $ than what I'm looking for...sigh.

I'm just hoping for a nice but basic packaging box, somewhere in the $1-4 range. Thanks, though, Matt!

 

U line has tie boxes but they aren't really the right size, as you said too shallow
try -
Natasha Hill
Packaging Expert
www.emenacpackaging.com
1888-276.1239 x 104

another option is to group buy with several makers -> 5x100