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Offline rockydbull

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #50 on: Sat, 29 August 2020, 20:34:34 »
Does anyone have a link to novelties with the rows next to them?

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #51 on: Sat, 29 August 2020, 21:39:18 »
Does anyone have a link to novelties with the rows next to them?

It appears to be KAT R5, R4, R3, R2, R1, R1 from top to bottom, but I've been wrong before.

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #52 on: Sun, 30 August 2020, 00:46:03 »
Does anyone have a link to novelties with the rows next to them?

Does anyone have a link to novelties with the rows next to them?

It appears to be KAT R5, R4, R3, R2, R1, R1 from top to bottom, but I've been wrong before.

You are correct dvorcol,thanks!! hope this helps rockydbull, if not maybe jump over to discord to clarify any specifics or ask here to clarify what you need!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #53 on: Sun, 30 August 2020, 09:46:46 »
I'm now in for Alphas, Icon mods, ISO, Numpad and Novelties  :p

Congrats on a great set!

I really shouldn't leave these things so late in future, Paypal was falling apart and erroring out while trying to log in, but we got there in the end!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #54 on: Sun, 30 August 2020, 15:01:58 »
Does anyone have a link to novelties with the rows next to them?

It appears to be KAT R5, R4, R3, R2, R1, R1 from top to bottom, but I've been wrong before.

You are correct dvorcol,thanks!! hope this helps rockydbull, if not maybe jump over to discord to clarify any specifics or ask here to clarify what you need!

I have a question about KAT's vertical 2U keycaps.  Are the numpad "+" and "Enter" exactly the same shape, like how SA profile is?  Or are they two different shapes, like how Cherry profile is?

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #55 on: Sun, 30 August 2020, 19:41:13 »
I have a question about KAT's vertical 2U keycaps.  Are the numpad "+" and "Enter" exactly the same shape, like how SA profile is?  Or are they two different shapes, like how Cherry profile is?

They are different shapes. You can see that in this photo:


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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #56 on: Sun, 30 August 2020, 23:22:15 »
I have a question about KAT's vertical 2U keycaps.  Are the numpad "+" and "Enter" exactly the same shape, like how SA profile is?  Or are they two different shapes, like how Cherry profile is?

They are different shapes. You can see that in this photo:

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So numpad "Enter" and "+" are different shapes.  Are both vertical 2U keycaps in the Novelty kit "Enter" keys?  In the kit picture they span R2 (home row) and R1 (shift row), which isn't "Enter" or "+".

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #57 on: Mon, 31 August 2020, 10:05:12 »
I have a question about KAT's vertical 2U keycaps.  Are the numpad "+" and "Enter" exactly the same shape, like how SA profile is?  Or are they two different shapes, like how Cherry profile is?

They are different shapes. You can see that in this photo:

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So numpad "Enter" and "+" are different shapes.  Are both vertical 2U keycaps in the Novelty kit "Enter" keys?  In the kit picture they span R2 (home row) and R1 (shift row), which isn't "Enter" or "+".

Great catch dvorcol this should be numpad enter and should sit one row lower to start at the bottom row

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Final Day(s) depending on vendor Dont wait any longer!!
« Reply #58 on: Mon, 31 August 2020, 10:24:00 »
Final Day(s) for KAT Iron, US will end tonight, other vendors will end at varying times. Dont wait if you want in


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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Final Day(s) depending on vendor Dont wait any longer!!
« Reply #59 on: Mon, 31 August 2020, 12:44:53 »
Hello rusted Latin, hello gradient Phoenician, see you in 2021 :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Final Day(s) depending on vendor Dont wait any longer!!
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Final Day(s) depending on vendor Dont wait any longer!!
« Reply #61 on: Mon, 31 August 2020, 22:19:26 »
Sodiecaps raffle is live https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5Qu9R86h6RywTzyi1-R-rQ3rnlx5kJwV468QS9y8tqw1KUw/viewform
3X better chance of winning for KAT Iron buyers!!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Final Day(s) depending on vendor Dont wait any longer!!
« Reply #62 on: Wed, 02 September 2020, 23:05:00 »
Sad to say I missed out on this one, hopefully can catch it when extras come around. I really love the colors you chose and the novelties. Awesome work with this set.

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Final Day(s) depending on vendor Dont wait any longer!!
« Reply #63 on: Thu, 03 September 2020, 09:41:16 »
Sad to say I missed out on this one, hopefully can catch it when extras come around. I really love the colors you chose and the novelties. Awesome work with this set.

Well not to advertise after its supposed to be down but it is still live on Zfrontier last I checked and they do ship everywhere as far as I know  :eek:

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Over 180% MOQ, less than one week left!!
« Reply #64 on: Thu, 03 September 2020, 18:33:37 »
So numpad "Enter" and "+" are different shapes.  Are both vertical 2U keycaps in the Novelty kit "Enter" keys?  In the kit picture they span R2 (home row) and R1 (shift row), which isn't "Enter" or "+".

You are correct. This will be addressed in the final production files that get sent to Keyreative. Thanks for catching that.

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #65 on: Fri, 11 September 2020, 15:38:19 »
Artkey and Fraktal Kaps collabs info in OP dont miss out!!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #66 on: Wed, 23 September 2020, 12:26:41 »
Final numbers


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<-- without extras


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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #67 on: Wed, 23 September 2020, 14:46:27 »
Final numbers

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More
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<-- without extras

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Thanks so much for all the work on the grapsh dvorcol it is greatly appreciated and they are fantastic as always!

Thanks to everyone who supported the set and drove us to these amazing numbers, I am overjoyed at how well this set has done.

And last but certainly not least thanks to everyone who helped bring this set to life or supported the set along the way including all the artisan collaborators, everyones excuberance for the set and colourway has been phenomenal  :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #68 on: Wed, 02 December 2020, 15:41:47 »
I want the phoenician keycaps! I only just discovered that a) they exist b) somebody is making them, and c) I missed the boat by several months. If there is another run of these amazing caps, how do I make sure I get notified?

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #69 on: Wed, 02 December 2020, 15:57:04 »
I want the phoenician keycaps! I only just discovered that a) they exist b) somebody is making them, and c) I missed the boat by several months. If there is another run of these amazing caps, how do I make sure I get notified?

All vendors will have extras, you should follow or reach out to your regional vendor and just make sure you keep up with when they announce extras  :thumb: Glad you like the phoenicians, was such a fun group effort putting those together!!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #70 on: Thu, 03 December 2020, 13:22:51 »
All vendors will have extras, you should follow or reach out to your regional vendor and just make sure you keep up with when they announce extras  :thumb: Glad you like the phoenicians, was such a fun group effort putting those together!!

That is good to know! Regionally, I'm USA (California) so I'll keep my eye on TX. Thank you! These are just gorgeous. I was thinking Phoenician keycaps would be amazing. I recently traced back the roots of the Latin and English letters to Phoenician and discovered a wonderful trove of fascinating twists and turns and derivations. Well done!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #71 on: Wed, 23 December 2020, 19:36:47 »
All vendors will have extras, you should follow or reach out to your regional vendor and just make sure you keep up with when they announce extras  :thumb: Glad you like the phoenicians, was such a fun group effort putting those together!!

That is good to know! Regionally, I'm USA (California) so I'll keep my eye on TX. Thank you! These are just gorgeous. I was thinking Phoenician keycaps would be amazing. I recently traced back the roots of the Latin and English letters to Phoenician and discovered a wonderful trove of fascinating twists and turns and derivations. Well done!
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I'm going to try and snatch a set of "rusted" best brown keycaps I have ever seen.

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #72 on: Sat, 26 December 2020, 09:15:43 »
Awesome!!!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Group Buy closed, Fraktal Kaps and Artkey collabs!!
« Reply #73 on: Wed, 13 January 2021, 11:29:28 »
You will likely see this across a number of completed KAT GB posts, but thanks to Eski on the KAT Lich GB thread he has shared the very large update from Keyreative posted on ZFrontiers website.

https://en.zfrontier.com/blogs/project-updates/202101-kat

While this could lead to some delays, it is very re-assuring and to me shows how serious Keyreative has taken all the complaints/issues and they are doing everything and more to vastly improve their entire production operation.
As soon as I have more details specific to Iron you can be sure I will be sharing here, and on my discord. Thanks for your patience and support.


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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Colours approved, still waiting for manufacture timeline
« Reply #74 on: Sat, 20 March 2021, 23:50:17 »
Colours approved, see OP

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txtkeyboards is now mekibo. I do not see KAT on their tentative schedule page. I really hope this is an oversight. I really want to get my hands on these.

Offline Zamoth

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So the last update in March said more should be known in April and it's almost June. Have I missed something or has there been no update since the last one of the colour samples?

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No updates. Given Keyreactive’s accuracy on updates, im not sure we’re missing out, and FBC’s been good telling us concrete milestones. KAT Atlantis ran last March and hasn’t shipped yet, and per Tyson is likely to fall to Q3. Iron ran 5? months later with plenty of sets in between. Would be shocked if this was in my hands Q3 and wouldn’t be surprised at all if it didn’t arrive in Q4 either. Least it isn’t behind KAT Mizu…

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No updates. Given Keyreactive’s accuracy on updates, im not sure we’re missing out, and FBC’s been good telling us concrete milestones. KAT Atlantis ran last March and hasn’t shipped yet, and per Tyson is likely to fall to Q3. Iron ran 5? months later with plenty of sets in between. Would be shocked if this was in my hands Q3 and wouldn’t be surprised at all if it didn’t arrive in Q4 either. Least it isn’t behind KAT Mizu…

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So the last update in March said more should be known in April and it's almost June. Have I missed something or has there been no update since the last one of the colour samples?

txtkeyboards is now mekibo. I do not see KAT on their tentative schedule page. I really hope this is an oversight. I really want to get my hands on these.

Sorry all, there really hasnt been a lot of update to provide but I should still comment here, Q3 is what I am being told loosely based on the sets in front of KAT Iron. My apologies for the delay and poor updates frequency here. As soon as I have better info I will share immediately

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It's finally Q3!

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It's finally Q3!

Still no KATlantis, and you don’t want the quality of KAT Artic which just shipped. Gonna be a while…

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Colours approved, still waiting for manufacture timeline
« Reply #81 on: Sat, 04 September 2021, 22:35:48 »
We got updated that it would likely be in production in Oct.
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Colours approved, still waiting for manufacture timeline
« Reply #82 on: Sun, 05 September 2021, 12:58:27 »
We got updated that it would likely be in production in Oct.

And you said that with a straight face.   ;)

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Colours approved, still waiting for manufacture timeline
« Reply #83 on: Sun, 05 September 2021, 16:39:24 »
We got updated that it would likely be in production in Oct.

And you said that with a straight face.   ;)
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Colours approved, still waiting for manufacture timeline
« Reply #84 on: Mon, 06 September 2021, 00:15:51 »
We got updated that it would likely be in production in Oct.

…what year?

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Colours approved, still waiting for manufacture timeline
« Reply #85 on: Mon, 06 September 2021, 13:03:10 »
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Current Target production set for October
« Reply #86 on: Wed, 06 October 2021, 01:59:27 »
This is my first GB but this kind of communication doesn't seem normal to me. Is it normal in the community?
I mean I don't have a problem with waiting. Even for this long. But not knowing nor being reassured actually bugs me.
It is quite ****ty from the people who we paid money because we believed in them :blank:

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Current Target production set for October
« Reply #87 on: Wed, 06 October 2021, 19:00:32 »
This is my first GB but this kind of communication doesn't seem normal to me. Is it normal in the community?
I mean I don't have a problem with waiting. Even for this long. But not knowing nor being reassured actually bugs me.
It is quite ****ty from the people who we paid money because we believed in them :blank:

It's not typical. In this case, its the manufacturer, Keyreative (KAT and KAM sets), that is not communicating much.

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Current Target production set for October
« Reply #88 on: Wed, 06 October 2021, 19:03:11 »
As said above yeah, it's the fab that's being a black box letting runners just guess and hope their stuff gets made right.

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Current Target production set for October
« Reply #89 on: Thu, 07 October 2021, 15:34:54 »
We are trying to reconfirm the October production date. Will update again when we hear back.
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Current Target production set for October
« Reply #90 on: Wed, 03 November 2021, 22:26:39 »
Latest news from zF: production in Nov, done in Dec, shipped in Jan.
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - Current Target production set for October
« Reply #91 on: Thu, 04 November 2021, 06:31:08 »
Latest news from zF: production in Nov, done in Dec, shipped in Jan.

Thanks for the update!

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #92 on: Fri, 26 November 2021, 22:21:56 »
Production is making good progress but is now expected to finish in Jan 2022.
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #93 on: Thu, 09 December 2021, 10:17:58 »
Production teaser, rust Phoenicians anyone?


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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #94 on: Thu, 09 December 2021, 12:52:09 »
Production teaser, rust Phoenicians anyone?

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Looking good :)

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #95 on: Thu, 09 December 2021, 22:21:17 »
Production teaser, rust Phoenicians anyone?

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Looking good :)

Thanks and many thanks to you for all your help on this set greatly appreciated :thumb:

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #96 on: Wed, 29 December 2021, 11:01:56 »
Expected to ship out to vendors in Jan
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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #97 on: Wed, 29 December 2021, 14:44:18 »
I really like the colors on this one. Good stuff. Kind of wish I grabbed a set

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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #98 on: Thu, 06 January 2022, 14:02:19 »
Keyreative shared their estimated KAT/KAM production schedule - https://en.zfrontier.com/blogs/project-updates/keyreative-keyset-progress-report


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Re: [GB] KAT Iron - In production
« Reply #99 on: Wed, 09 February 2022, 23:15:21 »
I have an update, sorta bad news but their is a bright side. I received samples of the set for review (which I applaud Keyreative/Zfrontier for doing this for me/us  )  The set I think looks fantastic, super happy with things overall, novelties look amazing, Phoenicians, WOW, so good.
Now you are like ok the bad? So the numrow/R4 colour wasnt right. I actually didnt notice it right away as I needed the excitement of having the set wear off a bit. Something did seem off but I couldnt quite place it. Then when going back for a more critical review, I caught it. The caps came out a warmer colour that didnt match the sample/RAL or my vision. The other, I will say smaller issue is the R1 shift row is super  close to the bottom row, it doesnt look bad and I will take a big part of that blame with the bottom row and the shift row being challenging colours for PBT. That said keyreative is re-working that row as well to provide a better differentiation from the bottom row.
I know this set has been a challenge, and KAT sets a challenge overall, but I want to be very clear here, the Keyreative team has been extremely committed to getting this right, and to provide a quality product.  It is taking time but I hope I speak for you all in saying another bit of time (i dont have timelines sorry) is worth it to get it right. Sorry for the long post, and bad news but we are getting closer, the set does exist it just needs a little sprucing up. Thanks for your patience, kindness and commitment to this set and me as a designer! It is greatly appreciated