Survive! GSO 5.0 factory 2nd's are in stock!

Silver Needle said:
Finally, someone who makes sense! Don't tell Cipriano, Tex or redwood that you like the handle. They all said "the handle of the GSO 5 is like gripping a 2x4 except more square. The only thing more boxy than the handle of the 5 is an actual box" :p:p:p

Guy really makes you work to find the flaws in the seconds, it's kind of a fun game. But remember, Ellie said they did toss some factory firsts in at the second price just to get rid of them.

I'm super jealous. I will order a GSO with natural micarta and a coyote sheath at some point. It has really grown on me.

Can we get an updated family photo?

Also, my heart skips when I see this thread title pop up thinking they found more 5's to sell! Enjoy your 5!!!!!
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I have to say that I was just on the S! website drooling over the apparent ergos of the next gen 5.1. With two in the collection already, I think I might have to get the next generation as well. I am fortunate enough to have rarely sold a knife. Even if the next gen 5.1 displaces my current one in every day use, I will not give up my original numbered 5.1. That is unless somebody wants to trade a GSO 12 straight up for it.

The family has not changed too much. The 5 is the latest addition. I will likely update a family portrait once the next gen 4.1 arrives. I was planning a comparison to the original any way. I am down a jimpless 4.1 that I gifted to a colleague a while back in 3V, which is another reason I ordered the next gen in 3V. I prefer GSO knives with jimping for my applications. I had picked up the jimpless version because it was available, but gifted it because I determined that the jimping was something that I did want on this knife.

Last thought is that the next gen models should come out much faster because Guy does not have to obsess over getting the screw heads aligned perfectly. But, he might try to align the torx heads perfectly, then my theory goes out the window.
 
McVeyMac said:
Ok, I got to open this today:





I did not get to give it a thorough inspection, but at first blush I cannot see why it is a second. This is a very stout medium sized blade that will take a thumping. Well balanced and fits the hand very well. I am a huge fan of the 5.1, and this is my first 5. I hope I get a chance to take it out and become familiar with it. I definitely see a place for it in my rotation.
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Congrats and awesome color combo!
I hope it'll make its way into the rotation.
 
MVM, congrats! Honestly filled with envy on your 5. Beautiful, just so beautiful it is!
 
SN is correct, Coyote Brown and Natural Canvas. Interestingly, the belt/MOLLE clip on this is black. This is the first S! knife I've received with this configuration. Does anyone know if Guy is moving to all black clips, or is this sort of a one of in order to get the last of GSO 5s ever out the door? It sort of looks good against the Coyote.
 
Kiah might have some valuable input along with Ellie. It seems the last few runs of old spec stuff all had black clips. Works for me. Hopefully much easier for all those involved.
 
McVeyMac said:
SN is correct, Coyote Brown and Natural Canvas. Interestingly, the belt/MOLLE clip on this is black. This is the first S! knife I've received with this configuration. Does anyone know if Guy is moving to all black clips, or is this sort of a one of in order to get the last of GSO 5s ever out the door? It sort of looks good against the Coyote.
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A little while back we swapped over to a thicker kydex for the clips, to help with some common breakage issues. Since the thick stuff isn't as readily available in colors, we just stick with black clips now.
 
McVeyMac said:
Ok, I got to open this today:





I did not get to give it a thorough inspection, but at first blush I cannot see why it is a second. This is a very stout medium sized blade that will take a thumping. Well balanced and fits the hand very well. I am a huge fan of the 5.1, and this is my first 5. I hope I get a chance to take it out and become familiar with it. I definitely see a place for it in my rotation.
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Awesome looking knife McVey!! I've only used mine to cut a rock solid Spaghetti squash for my wife the other day. None of the kitchen knives would due, so I brought the 5.0 out and batonned through it..lol I also have a 5.1 and love it and the 5.0 is definitely going into the rotation. It's very well balanced and I'm surprised it's being discontinued. Funny thing is I went over to a buddy's house over the weekend and brought one of my 4.1's to show him. He has some Benchmades in 440c, but wasn't familiar with Survive or CPM3v. He couldn't get his outdoor fireplace going because he didn't have kindling or tinder. I broke down some wood for him and got the fire started, which he was trying to start with a blow torch with no success. Knife was hair popping sharp after battoning and making quick feather sticks. He just stood their saying "No way" and you're not worrying about breaking the knife? To say the least the next day he was shopping online to buy his first Survive! Congrats on your 5.0!! :)
 
Technically, it is a GSO-5, not a GSO-5.0. I can understand why it has become colloquial, 5.0 was used in an early newsletter by persons who are no longer with SURVIVE! for various reasons. Then it was perpetuated by some youtube reviews. I can suffer in silence no longer, lol.
 
SURVIVE! Ellie said:
Technically, it is a GSO-5, not a GSO-5.0. I can understand why it has become colloquial, 5.0 was used in an early newsletter by persons who are no longer with SURVIVE! for various reasons. Then it was perpetuated by some youtube reviews. I can suffer in silence no longer, lol.
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Thanks Ellie for the correction. Love the GSO 5 :)
 
SURVIVE! Ellie said:
A little while back we swapped over to a thicker kydex for the clips, to help with some common breakage issues. Since the thick stuff isn't as readily available in colors, we just stick with black clips now.
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Random comment, but the lack of 0.125 kydex in other colors is an annoyance. The UKE 2.0 are all in black because of this. My original models were bi-layer 0.080 which is available in a lot of colors, but I have trouble finding time to put them together and maintain decent quality outcomes - switching to a single-layer version was MUCH simpler, but the 0.093 kydex is too flexible for my design, as is bi-layer 0.06 kydex, so I'm stuck with all black 0.125 or running bi-layer 0.080 colors. *shrug*

Anyway, awesome score, MVM!
 
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