Leverage Bottle Openers: Premium Tools for Your Craft Drinks
Created by Wander Workshop
Modern bottle openers that blend functionality with elegant design. Made in the USA and cast in solid brass to last a lifetime.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Shipping – Round 2!
over 7 years ago
– Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 07:33:30 AM
Good news for those of you who have not yet received your items – today we will be receiving another shipment from our manufacturer so you should be popping bottles in no time!
We greatly appreciate everyone's patience and understanding as we get up and running. It has been extremely frustrating to us to not be able to deliver to you all sooner. Our manufacturer's overly ambitious schedule and a two week halt in production, due to a week long factory shut down for the 4th of July holiday and a temporary employee shortage, extended our delivery estimate by far more than we could have imagined, even with a buffer built in. Any one of you who has ever worked on having something made (or built) knows that, unfortunately, these types of setbacks happen more often than not.
Eagerly awaiting their bottle openers!
We will be shipping everything tomorrow so keep your eyes peeled for a shipping notification from Backerkit. We hope you love using your new bottle opener or key hook! Please share photos of yours on Instagram with the hashtag #wanderworkshop – it's such a thrill for us to see our products in the hands of others!
Shipping Begins!
over 7 years ago
– Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 01:45:23 PM
Exciting news – we just received our first delivery of product yesterday and everything looks great! The bad news is that we only received a partial amount of our order. This means that some of you will be getting your order as early as next week, while some of you may have to wait another 2 – 3 weeks for the rest of the order to arrive. We greatly apologize for any inconvenience this causes and hope you understand how incredibly frustrated we are with our manufacturer's underestimated production schedule.
We will be fulfilling orders in the order that they were received, so long as we have your chosen reward(s) in stock. We’re currently aiming to start shipping rewards on Monday, July 10. If you need to change your shipping address, please make the changes in your BackerKit survey within the next two days. After that, addresses will be locked down and cannot be changed.
If you need to review your shipping address, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://leverage-bottle-openers.backerkit.com.
If you haven’t answered your survey yet, you can still fill it out to get your rewards, but your shipment may be delayed.
Bagging up some blackened brass bottle openers.
Our new summer intern has been helping out with inventory management ;-)
Brass key hooks getting ready to be boxed up.
In other news, our new website is finally live! Please check it out and let us know what you think!
Cheers, Mike + Danielle
At long last!
over 7 years ago
– Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 02:22:38 PM
We have some exciting news to share with all of you – production will finally be starting this week! We had hoped to be shipping your rewards to you by now, but as things often go in the world of manufacturing and product development, it has taken a little longer than anticipated. We were having some issues with the production quality of the pieces, especially the wall-mounted opener because of the complexity of the geometry, but everything has now been resolved. We received another round of samples last Friday and are very happy with the overall quality (see image below). The blackened brass samples will be arriving at the end of this week.
New and improved samples
Now that all of the issues have been resolved, we have authorized our manufacturer to start full production. They have informed us that production time will take 10 – 15 working days so we should be shipping out your rewards by early July, at the latest. We will continue to keep you up to date, as much as possible, during this time.
In the meantime, we have been doing some top-secret product development to add new products to our line – stay tuned to our Instagram feed where we'll post updates on our new projects. We've also been hard at work on our new e-commerce site. The only thing we have left to do is to take new images of our products for the site once our blackened brass samples arrive. Check out the images below for a sneak peak!
Cheers, Mike + Danielle
First Production Samples!
over 7 years ago
– Mon, May 08, 2017 at 07:05:35 PM
Production Update
Our first production samples have finally arrived! They're looking pretty good, but have a few issues that need to be resolved before full production can begin. This is typical in the manufacturing process and it should only take another round or two to get the pieces to the level of quality that we're looking for.
All three Leverage Collection pieces in both the satin brass and blackened brass finish (minus the blackened brass wall-mounted opener, which we have not yet received).
The handheld openers are nearly perfect with the exception of some warping up at the top, which you can see in this image.
Detail shot of the Wander Workshop logo on the handheld openers. The wall-mounted opener features the logo on the back, and we decided to keep the logo off of the key hook to maintain a clean look.
By far the most complicated and complex of the three to make, the wall-mounted opener has a number of imperfections that need to be resolved before full production can begin.
The key hooks came out the best out of the three and had only one minor flaw. The jump ring and split ring aren't quite as nice as we'd like so we're working with our manufacturer on sourcing some better quality ones.
Last call for order updates!
The “last” day to make final updates to your order is this Friday, May 12. After this date, we will lock in your reward selections and charge cards for add-on purchases, pledge upgrades, and pre-orders. You will still be able to update your shipping address up until we lock down addresses for shipping fulfillment.
For backers who have not answered their surveys yet:
If you fill out your BackerKit survey or pay for extra shipping after the May 12th order due date, we will still receive your information, but your shipment may be delayed.
Thank you all again for being so responsive to answering our BackerKit survey—even though it may not seem like much as an individual backer, you have no idea how tremendously helpful this has been for us when trying to keep track of all 157 of you!
Thanks everyone for your support!
BackerKit Surveys + an Update!
over 7 years ago
– Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 08:00:30 AM
BackerKit surveys are coming!
We will send an email with a special link to BackerKit surveys later today. It is important to respond to your survey as quickly as you can, as we need this information for fulfilling your rewards.
You do not need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey, just click on the survey link, fill it out, and you’re good to go! You will be able to answer questions about your rewards preferences, provide shipping information, and pledge for “add-ons” if you'd like. You do not have access to this survey link yet, but it will be available soon via email!
If you decide later that you want to edit your survey response, you can go back to your survey and change it anytime before we lock down the surveys for processing.
If you use your Facebook login for your Kickstarter account, the BackerKit survey will be sent to the email you used for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you would prefer to use, please contact support at leverage-bottle-openers.backerkit.com/faq and we'll get you sorted out!
Production Update
We just received the first images of the hi-res 3D printed models of our bottle openers and key hook. The next step for our manufacturer is to use these models to create precise rigid silicone molds, which will then be used to create wax versions of our objects. Multiple copies of these wax versions will be attached together to form a wax tree so that many parts can be cast at once. Next, the entire tree will be coated in a special mixture of plaster and silica. Once this mixture has set, the wax will be burned out (lost) in order to create the final molds into which the molten brass will be poured. The final pieces are then removed from the mold and finished by hand. You can watch a video on the whole process here – it's not exactly how our objects will be made, but it gives you a pretty good idea.
