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We are still working on updating all of the information pages on the website so bear with us while we get everything finalized.
Follow this link to the full details.
The shorter version is:
We are going to be transitioning away from our craft production model… kind of (You folks can probably guess where this is headed). The SK Series is being introduced as our main line of knives. They are being produced off-site (but still in the USA) and will be shipped to us, where Jordyn or I will check for major defects before boxing them up and shipping them out. This line is for the folks who want us to make more, faster.
To the people who are worried right now because they believe our knives are worth some patience, the GSO Series will continue with all of the hand finishing, customizing, and crazy QC standards as always. Though, there will be some changes as availability decreases and prices go up.
There is a lot of time and care that goes in to each GSO Knife, a process which we are not planning to scale up. In order to grow SURVIVE!, we will be offering the SK Series as our high-end production line.
Don’t freak out, the GSO preorders will not be negatively affected by the SK Series. The first SK Series runs are being made with the extra steel that was originally intended to increase the run sizes for the GSO knives, along with investment that was specifically pegged for SK production. In reality, the introduction of the SK Series will speed up overall production by allowing the SURVIVE! Workshop to focus solely on fulfilling preorders while someone else is working on the remaining materials.
Those of you who continue to call and email asking us to take your preorder or have been looking forward to regular ordering for a particular model, we will be running last chance preorders for the models as they are getting ready to start production. These preorders are your last opportunity to lock in a GSO knife. In the future, the GSO knives will not be readily available, the prices will increase, and I can't guarantee if some of them will ever be made again.
Our goal is to have the SK Series be regularly in stock and available for immediate ordering and delivery. In order to get to that point as quickly as possible we would like to know how many of these knives we should be making. To gauge interest levels, we are asking people to let us know they want one. The initial runs for the SK Series knives are available for preordering with only a $25 nonrefundable deposit. Though if you choose to pay up front we will give you a 5% discount since we won't have to deal with the extra time to contact you for the final payment.
I know there will be the blowback from some people about another preorder, but we were trying to come up with a way to make it fair for the folks who actually don’t mind preordering and really want a GSO. We are expecting it to become very difficult to order those in the future.
If you don’t like the options we are setting out, don’t order and please be considerate toward the people who do. This is a necessary transition phase and we hope you will come back to check out SURVIVE! knives once the SK Series is fully up and running.
Follow this link to the full details.
The shorter version is:
We are going to be transitioning away from our craft production model… kind of (You folks can probably guess where this is headed). The SK Series is being introduced as our main line of knives. They are being produced off-site (but still in the USA) and will be shipped to us, where Jordyn or I will check for major defects before boxing them up and shipping them out. This line is for the folks who want us to make more, faster.
To the people who are worried right now because they believe our knives are worth some patience, the GSO Series will continue with all of the hand finishing, customizing, and crazy QC standards as always. Though, there will be some changes as availability decreases and prices go up.
There is a lot of time and care that goes in to each GSO Knife, a process which we are not planning to scale up. In order to grow SURVIVE!, we will be offering the SK Series as our high-end production line.
Don’t freak out, the GSO preorders will not be negatively affected by the SK Series. The first SK Series runs are being made with the extra steel that was originally intended to increase the run sizes for the GSO knives, along with investment that was specifically pegged for SK production. In reality, the introduction of the SK Series will speed up overall production by allowing the SURVIVE! Workshop to focus solely on fulfilling preorders while someone else is working on the remaining materials.
Those of you who continue to call and email asking us to take your preorder or have been looking forward to regular ordering for a particular model, we will be running last chance preorders for the models as they are getting ready to start production. These preorders are your last opportunity to lock in a GSO knife. In the future, the GSO knives will not be readily available, the prices will increase, and I can't guarantee if some of them will ever be made again.
Our goal is to have the SK Series be regularly in stock and available for immediate ordering and delivery. In order to get to that point as quickly as possible we would like to know how many of these knives we should be making. To gauge interest levels, we are asking people to let us know they want one. The initial runs for the SK Series knives are available for preordering with only a $25 nonrefundable deposit. Though if you choose to pay up front we will give you a 5% discount since we won't have to deal with the extra time to contact you for the final payment.
I know there will be the blowback from some people about another preorder, but we were trying to come up with a way to make it fair for the folks who actually don’t mind preordering and really want a GSO. We are expecting it to become very difficult to order those in the future.
If you don’t like the options we are setting out, don’t order and please be considerate toward the people who do. This is a necessary transition phase and we hope you will come back to check out SURVIVE! knives once the SK Series is fully up and running.
). Maybe that's going to be a possibility once the other preorders are filled and new steel is cut. Or maybe even an SK version?