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Utility Pen Update, The future of Wastük...

I've received some requests for order status on the utility pen project and thought it was time to address some major changes that have been happening the past few months at Wastük and E3 Manufacturing. Wastük was started as way for us to develop our own products for fun with the hopes that eventually the brand and product line would be strong enough to support my family. As a lot of makers out there know, it is very hard to take on this task. Countless hours are spent designing and making items that we think people will be interested in and once we get something we are proud of and want to share with the world, the bigger task still lay...

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Expedition Wallet

This month, in addition to the release of the Utility Pen, we are re-releasing our EDC wallet with a new look, a new name and best of all a new price!! We had great success with version 1 but as with most things, we just couldn't leave well enough alone. I spent the better part of a year and a half developing this wallet and during that time, I think I got carried away. The function of the wallet is unrivaled. it's a pleasant experience to open and close. Easy to retrieve your cards. Slim in your front pocket. Light-weight and safe.  Where I got carried away was in the finishing processes. Tumble, glass bead blast, hard coat anodize, oiled finish....

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Utility Pen now on Kickstarter

We launched the Utility Pen Kickstarter project at 7:00 am mst on 3-14-17. As with all Kickstarter projects I have been apart of, the excitement is incredible! You go into these thinking you have developed the best thing the world has ever seen! And then the hours tick by... and tick by... and tick by... What do you mean we didn't raise $100,000 in the first 30 minutes? Is thing on? Is the internet down? 24 hours after launch we've raised $792.00 towards our $3500 goal. A far cry from what you lay awake at night dreaming about. But the truth is, it's $792.00 worth of validation. An amazing number if you consider how incredibly small of a company we are...

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