chiral.grolim
Universal Kydex Sheath Extension
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The Entry Period Is now over. Please do not attempt to send me funds for the give-away.
The drawing will be tonight, as soon as I get time to download the recording software, record the video, and upload it to youtube. Stay Tuned!
Congratulations to Guy and Ellie!! Survive! Fans raised a total of $1,550 USD for the 'newly-weds'
Thank you to all who participated!
Here's the details:
This fundraiser is dedicated to the Seiferds.
Guy Seiferd founded Survive! Knives (http://surviveknives.com/), a company dedicated to producing the highest quality production-level knives in the world while keeping the price affordable.
Ellie joined Survive! Knives as an employee to help Guy build his company. She moved across the country with him, from Pennsylvania to their current location in Idaho. Her work-ethic and dedication is witnessed by all who frequent the Survive! subforum on bladeforums.com: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/909-Survive!-Knives
Ellie and Guy were married about a month ago, unbeknownst to the online community of bladeforums, and have been working tirelessly at meeting deadlines and satisfying customers without ever taking the time for a honeymoon or vacation or recognizing their new official designation "married" and Ellie's name change to Seiferd.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1370905-It-s-the-22nd!?p=15795303#post15795303
But now that the news has reached fans of Survive! Knives, it seems fitting to offer congratulations to the couple! As such, this thread has been created to raise funds as a belated wedding-gift to Guy and Ellie. May they find peace and joy in each other as they traverse the myriad challenges of life, and may their time together be blessed.
The goal is to raise $1000 for Guy and Ellie. As part of this campaign, there is also a GIVE AWAY! Each donation of $10 USD will enter your name into a drawing to receive a rare product from Survive Knives!:
an Old-spec GSO-4.1 "test knife" sent to chiral.grolim / Chamdar17. The knife is made from CPM-3V steel heat-treated and finished in a special way to improve edge-performance and corrosion-resistance. This heat-treatment improves upon the industry standard used for the previous (pre-2016) knives from Survive!, but comes before the latest protocol being used for the new (2016) models with CPM-3V steel. Very few of these knives were made, it is a rare piece of Survive! Knives history.
It is also a highly functional piece of equipment, made from high quality materials and subjected to rigorous durability testing, demonstrating exceptional performance against other knives in its class. The handle scales are "camouflage canvas" micarta. The leather sheath is made by Sagewood Gear, designed for horizontal "scout" carry or vertical carry by means of the modular attachment pieces.
Market price for the sheath alone, new, would be $125+shipping. Market price for an old-spec GSO-4.1 in CPM-3V is ~$230.
Again, this knife+sheath is used, the knife experienced testing including and beyond what is shown in this video, and has since been resharpened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tusmZwVfgM4
The knife was also used to butcher a couple of chickens and a whitetail. The sheath has been worn and carried.
Each $10-worth of transaction will be considered an entry into a drawing for the knife and sheath. Donations of $20 will be considered 2 entries, $30 = 3 entries, etc.
Donations will ONLY be collected via PayPal 'friends & family'.
Through your PayPal account, indicate that you are sending money to friends or family, include as the ONLY comments the words "Seiferd Wedding". You can add your Bladeforums username if desired, but you do not need to be a member of BF to participate. Let your friends know! Anyone with a Paypal account who can be contacted after the drawing can participate in the drawing. If you want to act as a proxy for someone, that is fine as well, include the name of the participant in the comments. No anonymous entrants, no withdrawing entries after the end of the drawing.
Please note, any transactions sent via "goods" will be refunded without your inclusion in the give-away.
The goal is to raise $1000 for the Seiferds, but I plan to hold the give-away open only until Easter (March 27th, 2016) with the drawing on March 28th, so you have two (2) weeks to get involved.
At the end of the two weeks, all transactions for this effort will be refunded, the details listed in this post will be removed.
I will then record my desktop as I calculate the total funds received in this endeavor and transfer it to Ellie via the S!K paypal address. I will also record transfer of the $10-transaction amounts with usernames onto an excel sheet, then transfer that list onto a randomizing list (https://www.random.org/lists/) and click 'Randomize' 12X - the name at the top of the list on the 12th click is the winner. I will send an e-mail to this individual requesting a mailing address and provide that individual with a tracking number for their prize.
That's it! To enter the drawing, simply send funds in multiples of $10 USD through this link (removed) and Thank you for your participation!
By the way, if we reach the $1000 goal, I will add a couple more prizes to be detailed in later posts.
Important note: I am undertaking this effort through my personal account so as to defray costs of using an outside fund-raising vendor. As such, do not participate if you do not trust the methods I have detailed above.
IMPORTANT EDIT, another knife has been added to the giveaway!
Guy and Ellie witnessed the generosity evinced in this thread and have presented me with a new, unused, Guy-sharpened, Pre-Production SK-4.7, not yet available for sale and steel not yet revealed. This... this is an awesome knife... I'll save further comments for the review-thread i intend to make, but here are pics:
The SK-4.7 will include a UKE 2.0 to increase the variety of carry options for the winner, and also a sticker. There will also be a separate UKE 2.0 +leg-strap for another individual.
So FOUR prizes in total:
1) GSO-4.1 test knife
2) GSO-4 original concept art as a piece of Survive! history
3) SK-4.7 Pre-production Sample Knife + UKE 2.0
4) UKE 2.0 +leg-strap
Winners will have a choice of prizes, top slot gets first choice, one prize per person (if you get the top two slots, you get only one prize, one choice). Remember, Give-away only goes through Sunday with the drawing on Monday! If you aren't already in, get in now.
EDIT to add:
Drawing complete, and here is the list of winners:
1- Tony RENFROW
2- azwelke
3- ROD SMITH
4- bowie lurton
Here is the video:
[video=youtube;yiUeoqEvckI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiUeoqEvckI&feature=youtu.be[/video]
The drawing will be tonight, as soon as I get time to download the recording software, record the video, and upload it to youtube. Stay Tuned!
Congratulations to Guy and Ellie!! Survive! Fans raised a total of $1,550 USD for the 'newly-weds'
Thank you to all who participated!Here's the details:
This fundraiser is dedicated to the Seiferds.
Guy Seiferd founded Survive! Knives (http://surviveknives.com/), a company dedicated to producing the highest quality production-level knives in the world while keeping the price affordable.
Ellie joined Survive! Knives as an employee to help Guy build his company. She moved across the country with him, from Pennsylvania to their current location in Idaho. Her work-ethic and dedication is witnessed by all who frequent the Survive! subforum on bladeforums.com: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/909-Survive!-Knives
Ellie and Guy were married about a month ago, unbeknownst to the online community of bladeforums, and have been working tirelessly at meeting deadlines and satisfying customers without ever taking the time for a honeymoon or vacation or recognizing their new official designation "married" and Ellie's name change to Seiferd.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1370905-It-s-the-22nd!?p=15795303#post15795303
But now that the news has reached fans of Survive! Knives, it seems fitting to offer congratulations to the couple! As such, this thread has been created to raise funds as a belated wedding-gift to Guy and Ellie. May they find peace and joy in each other as they traverse the myriad challenges of life, and may their time together be blessed.
The goal is to raise $1000 for Guy and Ellie. As part of this campaign, there is also a GIVE AWAY! Each donation of $10 USD will enter your name into a drawing to receive a rare product from Survive Knives!:
an Old-spec GSO-4.1 "test knife" sent to chiral.grolim / Chamdar17. The knife is made from CPM-3V steel heat-treated and finished in a special way to improve edge-performance and corrosion-resistance. This heat-treatment improves upon the industry standard used for the previous (pre-2016) knives from Survive!, but comes before the latest protocol being used for the new (2016) models with CPM-3V steel. Very few of these knives were made, it is a rare piece of Survive! Knives history.
It is also a highly functional piece of equipment, made from high quality materials and subjected to rigorous durability testing, demonstrating exceptional performance against other knives in its class. The handle scales are "camouflage canvas" micarta. The leather sheath is made by Sagewood Gear, designed for horizontal "scout" carry or vertical carry by means of the modular attachment pieces.
Market price for the sheath alone, new, would be $125+shipping. Market price for an old-spec GSO-4.1 in CPM-3V is ~$230.
Again, this knife+sheath is used, the knife experienced testing including and beyond what is shown in this video, and has since been resharpened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tusmZwVfgM4
The knife was also used to butcher a couple of chickens and a whitetail. The sheath has been worn and carried.
Each $10-worth of transaction will be considered an entry into a drawing for the knife and sheath. Donations of $20 will be considered 2 entries, $30 = 3 entries, etc.
Donations will ONLY be collected via PayPal 'friends & family'.
Through your PayPal account, indicate that you are sending money to friends or family, include as the ONLY comments the words "Seiferd Wedding". You can add your Bladeforums username if desired, but you do not need to be a member of BF to participate. Let your friends know! Anyone with a Paypal account who can be contacted after the drawing can participate in the drawing. If you want to act as a proxy for someone, that is fine as well, include the name of the participant in the comments. No anonymous entrants, no withdrawing entries after the end of the drawing.
Please note, any transactions sent via "goods" will be refunded without your inclusion in the give-away.
The goal is to raise $1000 for the Seiferds, but I plan to hold the give-away open only until Easter (March 27th, 2016) with the drawing on March 28th, so you have two (2) weeks to get involved.
At the end of the two weeks, all transactions for this effort will be refunded, the details listed in this post will be removed.
I will then record my desktop as I calculate the total funds received in this endeavor and transfer it to Ellie via the S!K paypal address. I will also record transfer of the $10-transaction amounts with usernames onto an excel sheet, then transfer that list onto a randomizing list (https://www.random.org/lists/) and click 'Randomize' 12X - the name at the top of the list on the 12th click is the winner. I will send an e-mail to this individual requesting a mailing address and provide that individual with a tracking number for their prize.
That's it! To enter the drawing, simply send funds in multiples of $10 USD through this link (removed) and Thank you for your participation!
By the way, if we reach the $1000 goal, I will add a couple more prizes to be detailed in later posts.
Important note: I am undertaking this effort through my personal account so as to defray costs of using an outside fund-raising vendor. As such, do not participate if you do not trust the methods I have detailed above.
IMPORTANT EDIT, another knife has been added to the giveaway!
Guy and Ellie witnessed the generosity evinced in this thread and have presented me with a new, unused, Guy-sharpened, Pre-Production SK-4.7, not yet available for sale and steel not yet revealed. This... this is an awesome knife... I'll save further comments for the review-thread i intend to make, but here are pics:
The SK-4.7 will include a UKE 2.0 to increase the variety of carry options for the winner, and also a sticker. There will also be a separate UKE 2.0 +leg-strap for another individual.
So FOUR prizes in total:
1) GSO-4.1 test knife
2) GSO-4 original concept art as a piece of Survive! history
3) SK-4.7 Pre-production Sample Knife + UKE 2.0
4) UKE 2.0 +leg-strap
Winners will have a choice of prizes, top slot gets first choice, one prize per person (if you get the top two slots, you get only one prize, one choice). Remember, Give-away only goes through Sunday with the drawing on Monday! If you aren't already in, get in now.
EDIT to add:
Drawing complete, and here is the list of winners:
1- Tony RENFROW
2- azwelke
3- ROD SMITH
4- bowie lurton
Here is the video:
[video=youtube;yiUeoqEvckI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiUeoqEvckI&feature=youtu.be[/video]
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