UffDa
Thanks for the reply. I just attempted to send you a copy of my invoice. Maybe that will help..................if you receive it.
I think I found it and replied to it this morning. If that wasn't you, Josh and I will be working on emails a bit today so someone will get back to you.
Lost Cosmonaut
I ordered a "thin" second recently. Is there any way I can get a sheath at the $15 price when they are available? Otherwise I don't mind paying the $20 on the site, just want to see if that will be available to previous orders.
We weren't planning on it, especially since the knives will be available with a sheath once they are in stock. As I mentioned before, we charge more for the items on their own because it costs us more. If we sold them for $15 we would be paying money to sell them.
If your order hasn't shipped we can combine the orders and refund the extra cost, but we will have to have an in house conversation about how much to refund. Usually we would only refund the shipping charge. With this situation there are a few factors to consider: the extra materials aren't being used, but it would be unfair to the people who may not get the handle they wanted because they chose to wait and order once sheaths are in stock, then there is the fact that a lot people already saved $5 on shipping. If this situation happens and we have requests for combining orders, the amount of the refund will most likely be considered on a case by case basis.
Rasco
So my point is, compared to buying a GSO 4.1 from BladeHQ, how much have I really saved?
It would be $209 for a GSO 4..1 (with custom handles, and sheath) shipped from BHQ to my door.
If I have to order the factory seconds 4.1 and the sheath separately directly from the site, and pay shipping twice, according to the math I've already done, that's gonna end up costing me $200.
No, BHQ and many other resellers don't charge shipping. That is a business practice that they have chosen to go with and so far we haven't made that choice so there are some savings there.
I did see a comment somewhere about the fact that they ship right away so in response to that: Where do you think BHQ gets those knives they send to you? They order them from us and then sell them to you once they are already built, sharpened and sitting on their shelf. I see that as trying to compare getting an SK-4 and a GSO-4.1. One is done and you choose among what is available, the other one is created to exactly what each individual orderer has specified. BHQ does the waiting for their order, instead of their customers waiting.
Stand Straight
I am really a folder fanatic but recently it became apparent to me that I have a need for a fixed blade compelling me to learn what I need to know in order to make a wise purchasing decision. That learning curve is steep and it includes sheaths.
Im really glad that I found this thread never heard of Survive Knives but after reading about 90% of this long thread and checking out several of the better known competition, it looks like a GSO-3.5 or 4.1 will become my first fixed blade. That decision of which, is yet to be made.
I would like some information about Kiahs Kydex sheaths which can be purchased on site along with the knives. Please chime in Kiah with any helpful comments or suggestions. Im left handed and would prefer horizontal cross draw (stupid?). Is a Tek-Lok needed for my application? Is that even doable with an overall length of 8-9 inches? I have two cross draw leather sheaths but they are for folders. Remember
Im fixed blade and Kydex stupid. Also, thank you Guy and Ellie for your input to this thread. Good to get a feel for the company.
With the GSO-4.1 sheath you can actually turn the clip and put it in to get the horizontal carry, but it can be a bit handle heavy depending on how tight you wear your belt. I just checked and the same can't be said for the GSO-3.5, the holes do not line up so you would need an alternative method to horizontal carry that. The people on here will probably have some good input about how best to do that modification. Personally, I am waiting patiently for a Sagewood Gear Scout sheath for the GSO-3.5.
straitr
Stand Straight...
Keep in mind, S!K normally sells new production knives one way, WITH sheaths. The talk on here for the last several pages is about blemished knives they have laying around that they're trying to sell off because they're moving to a different state. Even the normally listed factory 2nds have sheaths, mine did.
The price of these mystery blemished knives reflect not having a sheath, because more than likely, they don't have any to include with the sale.
In other words, last I heard, with or without sheath is not a normal factory option. Ellie can elaborate or correct me if I'm mistaken.
Before we ever came up with the sale idea we were planning to change the way we sell sheaths. In the past, all orders came with a sheath with the customer picking out what color they wanted. But we were seeing so many people wanting leather or making their own sheaths, we figured it would be beneficial all around to give customers an option. We don't like senseless waste and if you get our knife and end up getting a different sheath then not only are you left with this extra wasted sheath, we've all wasted Kiah's valuable time and energy. We already run that guy pretty ragged. Then consider that some of the times when our knives are out of stock it is only because we don't have sheaths for them, so how many people aren't able to get a knife because someone else has a sheath that they didn't even want (but still paid extra for)? In the future our knives will be available with the option of sheath or no sheath. Of course if we get overwhelming amounts of questions and/or comments about the practice we will go back to making sheaths a required purchase.
We were going to wait and list models once we at least had sheaths to offer but decided to list them so people could take advantage of the tiered price discounts if they chose to order without the sheath. Perhaps we should have waited on listing those, but then people would complain that we didn't have enough in stock to justify the tiered discounts (as can be seen in earlier posts on this thread and facebook comments).
Well, I think I answered everything. I guess that teaches me for trying to take a sick day on a Sunday.
