The compact and lightweight yet powerful hand axe designed for your outdoor adventures
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Survey delays
almost 2 years ago
– Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 12:34:42 AM
Our questionnaire is ready and we would like to send it to you but unfortunately Backerkit takes a few days to check our questionnaire before it can be sent out. Unfortunately it is the weekend and holidays and we hope that once we get the green light we can send you the survey so that you can choose the options you like best, purchase additional products and fill out the shipping address.
Once again we apologize for the inconvenience.
While we're waiting we've already prepared all the styles you can choose from
We promised that we would let you create your own version of the axe and at the moment we have made all the possible options from the materials that we provided.
Now instead of 5 options we made 20 that will be available in the survey.
As soon as we hear back from Bakerkit we will let you know and hopefully we can send you a survey very quickly so we can move forward with production
Best,
Viking Forge team
Survey coming this Sunday
almost 2 years ago
– Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 02:17:15 PM
Hi everyone, just a quick update.
We are preparing a survey which will be sent out on Sunday July 2. You will be able to choose your style of axe, give us your shipping address and order an additional axe if you wish. Please stay tuned
Cheers,
Viking Forge team
Stretch goals update and few other things.
almost 2 years ago
– Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 02:48:36 PM
Hi everyone, coming to the end we wanted to add some more information about the updated stretch goals and some other information.
1. Updated stretch goals
The new version of the plain axe without leather weaving.
For the last week we have been getting suggestions about making a variant of the axe without the leather weave, we decided to add such a variant for anyone who wants a simple axe.
Mix and match
Also we decided to give the option to choose the color and wood at your choice. Now you can create your own style by combining different colors of leather and wood.
We will send a survey with the help of Backer kit in which we will give you the opportunity to create your own version of the axe, specify an address, as well as other things.
2.We must remove the option of donations from our budget.
As you may have noticed in our last update we touched on the topic of aid to Ukraine. Without much experience, we missed an important Kickstarter rule about donations.
While nonprofits are welcome to launch projects on Kickstarter, projects can't promise to raise funds to donate to a charity or cause. Funds raised on Kickstarter must go towards facilitating the project outlined by the creator on the project page.
At the moment we transferred 10% that we wanted to allocate for "Help Ukraine center" in the group of unforseen expenses. Even though we have to step back from our initiative, we realize that we will still have an extra budget after the end of production. We will be able to provide more specific information after we start shipping.
New design, production, and more
almost 2 years ago
– Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 02:15:35 AM
Dear Backers,
As we near the end of our project, we would like to say a few words from our team.
When we started our project, we didn't even expect the heights we were able to achieve with your help! We were hoping to raise about $10,000 at most, and had no idea that by the end of the project we would have raised over $300,000 to bring our project to life.
We are eternally grateful to everyone who decided to support us and give us this opportunity, together we were able to turn a small project into something really big and meaningful.
And as many know, with great success comes great responsibility, we have received many questions and suggestions about our project, now we would like to provide some details on what we have been working on lately.
New design
One of the first decisions was to improve the design of the axe itself and refine the weak points. With about a month to go, we started working on a new design for the production, finalizing the smallest details.
We decided to use a new way of mounting the axe head, which makes the axe much more durable. To do this, we had to narrow the handle and widen the head itself so that the axe could be mounted from the bottom up.
Our new design makes it possible to keep the head fit very firm even after long use. The new axe geometry simply does not allow the head to become loose.
We also adjusted the sheath. Now it's much easier to release or insert the axe into the sheath with only two pins.
Production
One of the many questions we were asked was about production.
Initially we were ready to open a small production facility in Ukraine. With small volumes it would have been possible, plus it could create new workplaces for our people in the country. But the further we went and saw our project growing day by day, we realized that at the moment when martial law has been extended and when no one can predict what to expect tomorrow to produce such a batch can turn into big troubles.
After much consideration, we decided that the best option would be to move the main production to Poland, so we can cope with this volume and minimize the risks associated with production in Ukraine. Over time, as the situation in our country improves, we are looking forward to relocating the entire production back to Ukraine.
Having reviewed our expenses after we've sorted out production and other things, we can now show a breakdown of our budget.
Help
And perhaps most importantly, because of your support, we are able to contribute together and help those in need.
Having calculated the costs, we decided to donate about 10 percent of the total amount raised to purchase medications and other necessary humanitarian products with the help of Help Ukraine Center, which provides logistics of humanitarian cargoes from Europe to Ukraine and also fundraising in Europe and around the world to buy humanitarian and medical aid for Ukraine.
Welcome to the team!
almost 2 years ago
– Sat, May 28, 2022 at 07:37:14 PM
Hey everyone!
As first time Kickstarter creators, we are blown away by your tremendous support!
We have officialy been live for 24 hours and we already get 1235% funded!
You guys are the best!!! We're so grateful for your support during those times.
You are all a part of our growing team and without your help we would not have made it this far.
Thank you so much!
We are looking forward to start production right after the project is done so we can deliver our axes on time.
Please feel free to send a direct message or leave a comment, we are happy to chat with you guys:)
