Steel Will out of business?

[mantzao]

Hello guys,

I've been trying to get a mini Gekko and it's really hard to find, specially here in Europe.
While searching for the knife i realised that they haven't released any new models lately?
Are they out of business?
Have you guys heard anything about it?
Thanks

 

[johnny99]

Their website is up and running in the U.S. You can try to reach out to them there.

 

[unwisefool]

Whatever happened to their ant lock? I think one knife came out and that was the last I heard of it.

 

[jstn]

Whatever happened to their ant lock? I think one knife came out and that was the last I heard of it.

Must not have caught on. I had the Tasso and really liked the lock. I’d hoped they would incorporate it into more models.

 

[unwisefool]

Must not have caught on. I had the Tasso and really liked the lock. I’d hoped they would incorporate it into more models.

You can't just make one knife with it and hope it gets big. They should have had multiple models in different sizes with it.

 

[Silent H]

They're definitely not out of business. They announced a few new models for 2022 on their instagram in early January.

I think there was some sort of issue with manufacturing the ant lock, which is why it took so long between announcement and production models to appear, and why there were so few of them. I think they've also been hit pretty hard by all the current materials shortages and manufacturing backlogs, since they appear to only use OEMs rather than having their own production facility.