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Custom made key rings

Custom made key rings

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Custom made key rings
Custom made key rings
Custom made key rings
Custom made key rings

The idea from Mirco & Eduardo from Georgsmarienhรผtte:

Hello, we are 4 students of the Comenius School. We had the idea to have a metal key ring (or wood).
13 different shapes and with different fonts:

Shape – lettering – color
3x Heart – Abschluss 2k18 – Red
round Smiley – Mirco – light green
Ring – Generation Azzlack – gold plated (see photo)
Heart – family – red
Heart – Rodzina – red
Skull โ€“ black and white
Rectangle
2x trailer piston (see photo) – black
Russian flag
Floor plan African continent with Angola
Floor plan African continent with Nigeria

 

 


 

 

The story of the Custom made key rings:

Negotiation phase

 

Offer from Virginia Kariuki within negotiation
Offer from Virginia Kariuki within negotiation

 

Virginia Kariuki 29 Dec 2017 7:07 am
Hi guys, Thanks for this project.
So, I will probably use brass instead of wood which will make getting the colours a bit difficult.
Also, on this project I would do the design myself then give what you have approved to a Smith to actualize it. Please let me know if that's ok.
I have some questions about the project but I'll ask as we proceed and if you agree with the above.
Thanks
Mirco & Eduardo 26 Feb 2018 8:52 am
Hello from Germany, Virginia,
You can be creative and choose your own design for the keychain.
Follwing should be imrinted:

Abschluss 2k18

Please send us the offered price. Thank you.

Greetings,
Jason,Tim, Florian, Armend

Hallo aus Deutschland, Virginia.

Sie kรถnnen ihren Ideen fรผr die Formen des Schlรผsselanhรคngers freien Lauf lassen. Auf dem Schlรผsselanhรคnger soll folgendes:

Abschluss 2k18

Bitte sende Sie uns ihr Angebot.

Liebe GrรผรŸe
Jason,Tim, Florian, Armend

Virginia Kariuki 28 Feb 2018 10:00 am
Hey guys,
I hope you're all good. Sorry I took long to get back to you.
Before I give you the price, I had a few questions that will help me meet your expectations and give an accurate price offer.
1) how many key chains do you want?
2) how many rings
3) Russian flag
Floor plan African continent with Angola
Floor plan African continent with Nigeria
Please clarify these for me.

Thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

Mirco & Eduardo 05 Mar 2018 8:06 am
Dear Virginia,

thank you for your answer. Here are our answers to your questions.
1) 13 Keychains
2) no rings only keychains
3) No flags
Design as you like. just the writing has to be as follows:

Abschluss 2K18

Greetings
Jason,Tim, Florian, Armend

Virginia Kariuki 06 Mar 2018 10:55 am
Hey Guys
Thanks for the clarification. This is the quote for all 13 keychains. The price is high because we will have to make moldings for the key chains.

If it's too expensive, I could make some for you using leather. The price would be 144.75โ‚ฌ

Mirco & Eduardo 30 Apr 2018 12:23 pm
Hello Virginia,
We would like to approve and give you the go ahead. And we would be happy if it could be done as soon as possible. We are a graduating class in a school and will be leaving mid of June. So we'd be so grateful if it could work. ๐Ÿ™
Virginia Kariuki 01 May 2018 2:18 pm
Hey guys,
Hope you're all well. Here's a design I was thinking of, and I can add a leather piece with your initials.
Mirco & Eduardo 07 May 2018 8:17 am
Hello Virginia,

we can not see any picuture.

Mirco & Eduardo 21 May 2018 10:08 am
Hi Virginia, is it in produktion? ๐Ÿ™‚
Virginia Kariuki 21 May 2018 9:44 pm
Hey guys,
Not yet just wanted you to confirm but I think am good if you like the design of the pictures I sent.

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Production phase

 


Custom made key rings within custom made realization
Custom made key rings within custom made realization
Custom made key rings within custom made realization
Custom made key rings within custom made realization
Custom made key rings within custom made realization
Custom made key rings within custom made realization
Custom made key rings within custom made realization
Custom made key rings within custom made realization

 

Virginia Kariuki 23 May 2018 7:46 pm
Hey guys,
Great I'll get right on it now that I have the go ahead. I hope you get them in time.
Mirco & Eduardo 28 May 2018 5:31 pm
Thanks.
Virginia Kariuki 31 May 2018 7:54 am
Hey guys, I did a sample of the leather strap then I'll have a sample of the brass one on Sunday or Monday.
Please give me the names/ initials of the 13 of you so I can emboss them on the leather strap.
๐Ÿ™‚
Kind regards,
Virginia K
Mirco & Eduardo 17 Jun 2018 2:11 pm
Hi Virginia, sorry for the late answer. We thought its just updates for how far you've gone. Didn't realise that you asked a question.
The names are:
Tim
Jason
Nadine
Lisa
Armend
Laura
Eduardo
Mirco
Florian
Adelina
Sophie
Jessy
Oki

Then either next to the Name or better on the other side):
Abschluss 2K18

Virginia Kariuki 24 Jun 2018 10:53 am
Hey guys,
Sorry I took forever to give you feedback, good thing is am almost done.
Am using those metal letters to punch in the names I hope you like them. But the leather key holders are ready. Am finalising on the brass part where I'll engrave Abschluss 2K18. Quick question, is there a way to shorten that?
Am planning on doing the engraving myself I've been doing some research on YouTube I'll try out on other brass pieces before I start on your key holders.
The shit looking some type of the way is the brass piece am using, so that was the patterns of the pieces then after cutting them out we burn them directly before we file them and buff them. I promise they'll be gorgeous when we're done.
Please let me know if there's a way to shorten the class name maybe use initials before the 2K18.
Hope to finish this week

Love always,
Vee

Virginia Kariuki 24 Jun 2018 4:11 pm
I mean sheet of brass
Virginia Kariuki 24 Jun 2018 8:11 pm
Hey guys,
Sorry I took forever to give you feedback, good thing is am almost done.
Am using those metal letters to punch in the names I hope you like them. But the leather key holders are ready. Am finalising on the brass part where I'll engrave Abschluss 2K18. Quick question, is there a way to shorten that?
Am planning on doing the engraving myself I've been doing some research on YouTube I'll try out on other brass pieces before I start on your key holders.
The sheet looking some type of the way is the brass piece am using, so that was the patterns of the pieces then after cutting them out we burn them directly before we file them and buff them. I promise they'll be gorgeous when we're done.
Please let me know if there's a way to shorten the class name maybe use initials before the 2K18.
Hope to finish this week
Mirco & Eduardo 02 Jul 2018 9:06 pm
Hi Virginia, I was wobderibg about the 'sheet'... ๐Ÿ™‚
You could stรถrten it to
Abschluss '18
Does that help?
Virginia Kariuki 05 Jul 2018 7:52 am
Hey guys
I think so. Still looking for some templates I hope I'll make some progress today.
Also, I had a misfortune n my pad was stolen and it's where I'd recorded the leather work part including punching your names on it so I wunt be able to access the. Apologies for that.
Virginia Kariuki 31 Jul 2018 12:25 pm
Hey guys.
Hope you're all well.
I have been trying to use salt water to etch the brass but it's not working. I'll try graphite today. If it doesn't work I'll use the punching letters. I'll let you know how it goes.
Virginia Kariuki 10 Aug 2018 8:10 am
Hey everyone,
so I've tried the etching with salt water and graphite but it's not working and even changed the size of cables I was using. Yesterday I found out it's because the voltage at my residence and workshop is controlled so it's low.
I'd like to try using industrial voltage at my smith's workshop next week Tuesday.
Will you wait or do I take them to be laser engraved professionally?
Virginia Kariuki 19 Aug 2018 11:32 pm
Hey guys,
I feel like this project has taken too long so I figured since the brass part of the key holder isn't working out, I improvised with wood and had that made for me by branding people cause it also turns out they don't engrave on brass.
Nyw, let me know what you think bout it.
Thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

Kind regards,
V

Virginia Kariuki 05 Nov 2018 12:41 pm
Hi guys,
Hope you have been well and happy late graduation.
I was hoping to stitch the wooden tags with your class number that I replaced instead of the brass tags cause it proved difficult to engrave on brass. What do you think?
Mirco & Eduardo 27 Nov 2018 5:15 pm
Hi Virginia, do as you think is best, It's ok for us.
Thanks.
Virginia Kariuki 03 Dec 2018 9:38 am
Hi guys,
Hope you're well. I started on the key holders and only have 5 more pieces remaining. I'll finish them this week and send you photos
Virginia Kariuki 20 Dec 2018 1:23 pm
Hey there guys
Hope you've been well. The key holders are ready. I hope you like them.
Happy holidays.
Regards
Virginia
Mirco & Eduardo 21 Dec 2018 5:52 pm
Hello Virginia, Thanks a lot. Looking forward to it. Happy holidays to you, too.

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The final Custom made key rings:

 

Custom made key rings
Custom made key rings
Custom made key rings
Custom made key rings

Material: brass
Reference: ON001115E-3887

Costs to realize this Custom made key rings

Price
Cost of material
102.66
Cost of labour
53.38
Cost of packaging
2.46
Cost of delivery to local operations manager
0.82
Subtotal โ€“ payout to craftsman
159.32
Customer aquisition costs (advertising etc.)
15.93
Handling fee Urban Change Lab
15.93
Coupon
0
Shipping costs from Kenya to Germany*
5
VAT (Germany)*
37.27
Total
54.95

*Shipping costs and VAT vary depending on your location.

 

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