GEC SFO’s

[Barbarosa99]

Has GEC gone back to doing SFO’s? The BF knife, AAPK knife and the Northwoods make me want to think they are back, anyone heard different?

 

[MililaniGrown]

I forgot where I saw this but apparently they consider Northwoods knives a private label, which is different from an SFO. Then you have the Smith & Sons Mudbug, which is considered an SFO since S&S have posted that GEC will no longer make. I don't know where the forums knives fall in terms of classification. I don't think anyone really knows and I wish GEC would just define exactly what and SFO is.

 

[LastRodeo]

I forgot where I saw this but apparently they consider Northwoods knives a private label, which is different from an SFO. Then you have the Smith & Sons Mudbug, which is considered an SFO since S&S have posted that GEC will no longer make. I don't know where the forums knives fall in terms of classification. I don't think anyone really knows and I wish GEC would just define exactly what and SFO is.

I believe the forum knives fall under the "Club Knives" classification, which they are still doing.

 

[Modoc ED]

Lots and I mean lots of talk about this over in the "Let's Talk GEC" thread.

Plenty of discussion here too.

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[GaiusJulius]

There’s not much clarity to be had on the subject as I understand it.

Apparently, club knives are an exception as they really aren’t considered an SFO.

The Northwoods is definitely an SFO if that term has any meaning. And I think it’s telling that the knives released are 23s… the last run to feature SFOs (such as Mike’s mesquite 23s, the Kifer ones, etc.)

Why it’s taken the Northwoods knives a year to be released for sale? I have no idea. Ask KSF?

 

[Snodgrass]

They never said that they were going to stop altogether and they been steadily putting SFOs out since the Covid shutdown, just much smaller numbers. and options.