The GSO series of Knives by SURVIVE! CHECK THIS OUT!!!

Here are some first photos and a short video of the first GSO series prototypes. These are prototypes and the final versions of each will be of a higher finish quality than these. The GSO-4,5 and 6 will be available for purchase in 2 weeks.
These will all be marked "prototype" since each of these have been hand convex ground by Bark River and aren't to production specs. If you like the knives and what I'm trying to do, please consider purchasing one of these first models from me so I can continue to make neat things in the future.

The prices will be as follows: Updated Prices for these prototypes!!!! THIS IS A BLADE FORUMS MEMBER OFFER ONLY!
GSO-4 $155
GSO-5 $165
GSO-6 $175

These prices include a custom Kydex sheath, made by Kiah.
All knives are CPM 3V, heat treated by Peters Heat Treat to 59-60rc.

I only have a limited number of each so get them fast if you see something you like.

UPDATE! Let me put this in the first post also, so nobody misses it. Before they are even finished, I'm officially sold out of GSO-6's. If someone backs out and you would like to be notified for a second chance offer, please email me at: [email protected] Second chance offers will be handled on a first come, first serve basis. Some GSO-5's and a few GSO-4's are still available. Just drop me an email to lock in a spot. If you have already contacted me about a GSO-6 and I have written a response confirming your reservation, please disregard this message.

 

Ok, now I have some coffee in hand. All of my GSO-4's are the same size, right about 8 5/8" OAL. I am working on a new model to replace this one, the EDC-4. I made the new design based on blade forum user feedback. It is slightly longer and a bit more sleek looking than my original GSO-4. This first run of GSO-4's will be the only ones ever made, so if you like one please pick it up. Only 30 of these will ever exist. If nothing else, that would be a fun thing to brag about. :thumbup:

Several handle configurations will be available and will include canvas micarta and G10 materials. OD green canvas, natural canvas, black G10, camo G10, camo canvas, orange G10, and coyote brown G10 will be available. A few others will get thrown in there just to keep it interesting. I will be offering some with glued and pinned(corby bolts, heads ground flush) handles and some with bolted handles that can be removed.

I know in your email you asked about a military discount. Just to keep it fun, I would consider an additional 5% discount to active duty military and LEO. Just be ready to show me a copy of your current ID. I know it's not huge but it is something. And when you factor in that I include shipping to the lower 48 in my price, it's not a bad deal at all.

 

Toward the end of next week I could do something like that for you. The materials should actually be showing up in the next day or two and will be getting worked on toward the end of this week/early next week. I can always take a photo of them all and you just pick the one you want when they are finished. I will be shipping the knives to Kiah to have a sheath made individually for each knife. Since these knives are all hand ground, I want to make sure the sheaths fit each knife perfectly. I'll see if he would be willing to drop ship the knives after they have sheaths made for them. And yes, paypal is fine.

 

I'll make sure you get an email when the ones for sale are all finished. I'll be selling these on a first come, first serve basis so you are up at the front of the line.

 

Here is some more testing. Not scientific at all but it was fun. lol I am very impressed with the peter's heat treated CPM3V.
Just to be very clear though. It took 3-4 feet of leverage on a 6 foot pipe to finally make the knife totally fail.
Any other type of abuse testing you people would like to see? I'm doing my best but am always looking for fun, new ideas!


[video=youtube_share;GKPcUiROFC4]http://youtu.be/GKPcUiROFC4[/video]

And here is some more traditional knife testing, using the GSO-4.

[video=youtube_share;tSYJTloGLj4]http://youtu.be/tSYJTloGLj4[/video]

 

If you happen to be a member of facebook, stop by my SURVIVE! page and become a fan for your chance to win a free GSO-5!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/SURVIVE-wwwsurvive-gearcom/136994133038219

SPREAD THE WORD!!! Tell a friend to "like" the SURVIVE! fan page today! If this page reaches 200 fans by Christmas, one lucky person will be randomly selected to receive a FREE GSO-5! The drawing for the free GSO-5 will be held on new year's eve BUT only if we have 200 fans of the page. Already a fan? You are already entered for a chance to win a free knife! Tell a friend now!!!

 

These will be good to go in about a week and a half. Anyone wanting one right away will be able to get a knife with no sheath immediately. Those wanting a sheath can have their knife drop shipped right after having a sheath made for it. I'll have plenty of photos for everyone to check out as soon as they are finished. And yes Atama, right around the 18th. I caught your edit.

 

Thanks for the kind words! It has taken some time to get everything moving but it is finally rolling. All the design time and hard work has paid off. The knives are looking great and cut like crazy!

 

Guess I should make this official in the form of a post. Before they are even finished, I'm officially sold out of GSO-6's. If someone backs out and you would like to be notified for a second chance offer, please email me at: [email protected] Second chance offers will be handled on a first come, first serve basis. Some GSO-5's and a few GSO-4's are still available. Just drop me an email to lock in a spot. If you have already contacted me about a GSO-6 and I have written a response confirming your reservation, please disregard this message.

 

No worries, you won't get stuck with orange. I picked up handle materials from Tracy at USA Knife Maker. They include camo G10, camo canvas, od green canvas, orange G10, black G10, coyote G10 and natural canvas. Even if you don't get first pick, you won't have a lack of options. We can save the orange for someone who wants it.

 

Ok, a little about the configuration of my knives. Since releasing my test videos I have had an outpouring of people asking me to beat them through cinderblocks, steel plating, hardened bolts, bowling balls etc... I designed my knives for efficient CUTTING and to that end they feature a convex grind down to a thin zero edge. These knives have tremendous cutting potential and bite very deep. They have fairly thick spines to handle batoning and the twisting forces of hard use. The CPM-3V has been hardened to rc 59-60, for a good balance of toughness, edge holding and ease of resharpening. These knives are designed for a lifetime of use as a cutting tool, even under the most trying circumstances.
If you primary concern is being able to hammer through hardened steel or cinder blocks, please look elsewhere.
I just had to throw that out there because the focus seems to have shifted away from a knife being used for cutting and more towards a knife being able to be used as a wrecking bar. I certainly could make wrecking bars. The problem is they don't work too well for cutting anything.