How We Work

Original GOAT designs and manufactures aftermarket components for a growing range of knife platforms. Unlike mass-produced accessories, our products are manufactured in-house in Tallahassee, Florida, with fitment, finishing, and quality checked throughout the process.

As we have grown, we have also completely redesigned how our shop operates. Our new CNC and dynamic fixturing system allows multiple platforms to share the same production equipment efficiently, giving us the ability to expand production without dedicating an individual machine to every product line.

Small-batch manufacturing lets us focus on quality, efficiency, and variety.

Original GOAT products are manufactured in organized production batches based on platform, product family, material, texture, and configuration. Rather than continuously producing every product we offer, our dynamic fixturing system allows us to efficiently rotate products through our CNC production schedule and replenish inventory as each production run is completed.

When an item is available for purchase, the base product is already in stock — no pre-order or production wait required.

Want to make it yours? Many products may also offer optional finishing or modification services. These customizations are completed after purchase and will add the processing time shown with the selected service.

This allows us to offer the best of both worlds: ready-to-purchase inventory with the ability to add select Original GOAT customization when available.

HOW WE BUILD

PLATFORM → PRODUCT FAMILY → BATCH PRODUCTION → FINISHING → INVENTORY

HOW YOU BUY

IN-STOCK PRODUCT → OPTIONAL MODIFICATIONS / FINISHING → FINAL QC → SHIPPING

A knife platform being Active does not mean every Original GOAT product for that platform is being manufactured simultaneously.

Scales, pocket clips, backspacers, conversion kits, and accessories may require different tooling, fixtures, materials, machining operations, or engineering work. Each Product Family therefore moves through its own production cycle.

For Example:

AD20/AD20S/AD20I Platform - Active Platform

Product Family - Production Status

• Pocket Clips - In Production
• Scales - Upcoming
• Backspacers - Upcoming
• Conversion Kit (Hybrid) - Engineering

This is why our Order Status page tracks production at the Platform + Product Family level.

Before a product can be machined, the machine has to know exactly where that product is.

CNC manufacturing requires precise fixturing that holds every part in an exact, repeatable position. Even very small alignment differences can affect dimensions, texture placement, fitment, or function.

Original GOAT's new dynamic fixturing system was developed so multiple platforms can efficiently share our CNC equipment. Rather than dedicating an entire machine to each platform, new products can be added through purpose-built fixture plates that work within the same production system.

That transition requires each existing product to be re-fixtured and validated once — but gives us a dramatically more scalable manufacturing system moving forward.

What this means going forward: Adding production capacity no longer means rebuilding the entire manufacturing process around another dedicated machine. Once another CNC is added to the system, validated fixture plates can move into that additional capacity with a much shorter setup process and immediately increase the capacity of ALL currently produced products.

Start with an in-stock product. Then make it yours.

Most Original GOAT products are now sold from completed inventory rather than manufactured after your order is placed. Depending on the platform, material, texture, and product selected, certain customization and finishing services may be available to add to an in-stock item.

These services are completed after purchase and add processing time before your product is ready to ship. Available services and their estimated additional processing times will be clearly identified with the applicable product before purchase.

HOW YOUR ORDER MOVES

IN-STOCK PRODUCT → FINISHING / MODIFICATION → FINAL QC → SHIPPING*

*Only when an optional post-production service is selected. Orders without additional services move directly from in-stock inventory through final QC and fulfillment.

We're moving away from endless pre-orders.

Our new production model is designed around manufacturing first and selling from known production capacity whenever possible.

Product Availability Options:

Ready to Ship — Completed inventory available for immediate purchase. modifications

Core Production — Products that remain part of our regular manufacturing rotation.

Reservations — Limited opportunities to reserve specialty configurations during an active production run.

Priority Access — Lets us measure demand for products outside the current production rotation and notify interested customers when future opportunities become available.

Special Releases — Limited materials, textures, collaborations, or seasonal production.

GOAT Labs — New concepts and products still moving through development and validation.

Archived - Products that have been retired; however, if an overwhelming interest is received through the Priority Access List, then a limited run may be produced.

If you're shopping today:

Product pages will tell you whether an item is Ready to Ship, in Core Production, available by Reservation, or accepting Priority Access requests.

If you already have an order:

Your order remains governed by the configuration and services originally selected. Use the Order Status & Production Updates page to follow your Platform and Product Family through production.

If you're waiting for something we don't currently offer:

Join its Priority Access List. Those requests help us determine which platforms and products should return to the production schedule.

If your order includes custom work:

Additional modifications and finishing occur after standard manufacturing and can extend completion beyond the base production cycle.