FAQ thread???

Standard78 said:
Haha!

Second question...

When will Ellie reach through the computer screen and start choking me for asking about the damn hat?
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Ha!

SBaker34 said:
In theory you could hire more people just to assemble, handle shipping etc. But the price of the knife would skyrocket based on the quality I've seen. Personally, after seeing mine I'm willing to wait. Consider how a bear grylls gerber knife costs 50$. Wager to say most of that goes towards shipping, marketing, mass production facilities. Not a lot towards the actual knife. Whereas here, I would say 80-90% of the price of the knife goes towards man hours and materials. If that makes any sense.
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In our first big year SURVIVE! hired a lot of people who did not work out for various reasons. It was a bad model that cost us a lot of money, which should have been put toward equipment. We try to keep things as lean as possible now. Honestly, if we could find someone who can sharpen knives as well as Guy does, things would speed up considerably. The only other reason we would consider hiring, would be for help with customer service. The problem is that you can't hire someone to just answer emails. If they aren't involved in the process, they don't have a lot of the answers.

SBaker34 said:
Of course that's not the case here, every bit of the money is being used as efficiently as possible. I'm just saying I can understand how someone would wonder why they have nothing to show for their hundreds of dollars a couple months down the line. Now if they're throwing a fit for not getting a preorder within a couple week or something silly, then yeah, no excuse.
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It has happened. This is why we mention that it is a preorder as much as possible and that there is no guaranteed delivery date. We also try to be as open as possible with customers, so they don't think we just took the money and ran.

Unfortunately, it is a process and it takes time. We can probably build the knives a bit faster, if we 1: decrease demand by increasing prices or 2: lower our standards and allow quality to drop. I suppose we could pay people to care about the knives the same way we do, but then prices would have to increase. It is a conversation we have about once a week that always leads to the same conclusion: to just keep doing what we are doing.
 
SURVIVE! Ellie said:
Ha!



In our first big year SURVIVE! hired a lot of people who did not work out for various reasons. It was a bad model that cost us a lot of money, which should have been put toward equipment. We try to keep things as lean as possible now. Honestly, if we could find someone who can sharpen knives as well as Guy does, things would speed up considerably. The only other reason we would consider hiring, would be for help with customer service. The problem is that you can't hire someone to just answer emails. If they aren't involved in the process, they don't have a lot of the answers.



It has happened. This is why we mention that it is a preorder as much as possible and that there is no guaranteed delivery date. We also try to be as open as possible with customers, so they don't think we just took the money and ran.

Unfortunately, it is a process and it takes time. We can probably build the knives a bit faster, if we 1: decrease demand by increasing prices or 2: lower our standards and allow quality to drop. I suppose we could pay people to care about the knives the same way we do, but then prices would have to increase. It is a conversation we have about once a week that always leads to the same conclusion: to just keep doing what we are doing.
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That sharpening is no joke. I've never had a factory edge whittle hair before.
 
Guy must have enjoyed sharpening. With so many blades to sharpen it is no joke at all. I only wonder if he will get sick of it one day. I know I would if I have to keep doing such a mundane task day in, day out.
 
pjandyho said:
So it's Chiral? Wow! That's a darn neat job he did there trying to wear the peened finishing away. Impressive!
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Yeah, my youtube handle is Chamdar17, one of these days I'll just match them up. The new finish is stupid, all I've managed to get of rust were those few freckles on the bevel that rubbed away after rough treatment. :cool: After digging in the sand a lot and cutting apart metal cans and then rubbing the blade clean, you can see some scratches in the finish if you hold it at the right angle in bright light - I'll try to get a pic of it this weekend. My stonewashed GSO-10 shows scratches more easily, and the cerakote on my SK4 shows some wear in the coating... What I need to try is getting some grit in the sheath and then sheathing/unsheathing the knife a bunch to work the grit into the finish - THAT should show some scars...
 
chiral.grolim said:
Yeah, my youtube handle is Chamdar17, one of these days I'll just match them up. The new finish is stupid, all I've managed to get of rust were those few freckles on the bevel that rubbed away after rough treatment. :cool: After digging in the sand a lot and cutting apart metal cans and then rubbing the blade clean, you can see some scratches in the finish if you hold it at the right angle in bright light - I'll try to get a pic of it this weekend. My stonewashed GSO-10 shows scratches more easily, and the cerakote on my SK4 shows some wear in the coating... What I need to try is getting some grit in the sheath and then sheathing/unsheathing the knife a bunch to work the grit into the finish - THAT should show some scars...
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Considering what you put that knife through, especially the part where you were digging into the soil, scratches are inevitable. What is impressive is that pretty much most of the finishing still remains. Thank you so much for doing this!
 
chiral.grolim said:
Yeah, my youtube handle is Chamdar17, one of these days I'll just match them up. The new finish is stupid, all I've managed to get of rust were those few freckles on the bevel that rubbed away after rough treatment. :cool: After digging in the sand a lot and cutting apart metal cans and then rubbing the blade clean, you can see some scratches in the finish if you hold it at the right angle in bright light - I'll try to get a pic of it this weekend. My stonewashed GSO-10 shows scratches more easily, and the cerakote on my SK4 shows some wear in the coating... What I need to try is getting some grit in the sheath and then sheathing/unsheathing the knife a bunch to work the grit into the finish - THAT should show some scars...
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You really putting it through its paces!

Speaking if sharpening I know its bad timing but how should I go about sending my 5.1 In for a ferro notch and a freshly beard stroped edge? :D
 
Texas_toothpick said:
You really putting it through its paces!

Speaking if sharpening I know its bad timing but how should I go about sending my 5.1 In for a ferro notch and a freshly beard stroped edge? :D
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Haha I've been wondering the same thing! My friend Josh and I were thinking about sending 3 knives in for sharpening. The 6 needs a ferro notch plus I was hoping to see the edge could be repaired back to stock. It's sharp as hell but I think the original owner didn't know how to sharpen knives. This thing has a "thirdondary" edge now.
 
Come on guys, do you really think there will be a time when Guy and Ellie will be waiting around for work to do? :p

I had a good laugh at "thirdondary" :D
 
I'll admit that as i practice sharpening on my less beloved knives I have sent 2 knives into survive to be touched up and the turnaround is always very fast, it's also a great way to get a spare survive! box if thats a thing. Just send them some return shipping and they will take care of you!

Great Company!
 
Silver Needle said:
Come on guys, do you really think there will be a time when Guy and Ellie will be waiting around for work to do? :p

I had a good laugh at "thirdondary" :D
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Haha I figured someone would like that! It's almost as if the guy was preparing it for a convex grind.
It's still ridiculously sharp so I can't complain at all. I know they have to be swamped so maybe now isn't a great time.
 
redwood22 said:
I'll admit that as i practice sharpening on my less beloved knives I have sent 2 knives into survive to be touched up and the turnaround is always very fast, it's also a great way to get a spare survive! box if thats a thing. Just send them some return shipping and they will take care of you!

Great Company!
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That's great news! I'll probably email or call them this week.
 
Standard78 said:
That's great news! I'll probably email or call them this week.
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Sounds good. I can't imagine things will die down for awhile, right? They're going to be going from starter to starter model and then the other preorders.

You're a thoughtful guy!
 
Haha I try to be! I'm betting that there isn't any down time for them right now so I don't really want to pack more work into their schedule.
 
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