Topic: Kialara Physical Bitcoins/HAVEN: Update - page 8. (Read 70678 times)

Indeed brother.

 

Whos cutting onions in here? I'm not crying you're crying.

micgoossens, thank you & welcome!

Kryptowerk, thanks! The box is a standard leatherette I found for slabs. I scaled the size of my bars down so they would be the same size as most slabbed coins, so that my customers would have more storage options for them

Perhaps one day in the near future I’ll take a stab at creating a more streamlined aluminum case w/ artwork designed for my bars or possibly other slabbed coins as well.

Hox, yes I believe these cases will relieve some anxiety for many! Myself included. See above regarding box.

Mitchell, thanks as always!

bitcoiner24h, thank you. I do want to release something this year. Nothing set in stone as of now. Please sign up for my mailing list on kialara.com if you’d like to stay informed - especially if you’re wanting some cases. I’ll send an email out when they’re ready.

Rmcdermott927, at this point anything could happen. I probably won’t have anything new available before late summer/fall, though.

bitcoiner24h, I’ve heard of a couple being opened through the forum here. And I’ve had a few customers since 2014 email me to tell me they redeemed a Kialara or ask me to help them with redeeming theirs. (fyi: bitcoin addresses never have 0’s or I’s in them)

The only photo I have on hand this second is this one: https://i.imgur.com/G45GX9x.jpg   

bavicrypto, hopefully at some point in late May.


Lastly, I am unfortunately still working on ordering replacement parts for a small number of remaining hydras… it’s more complicated than it should be. Hoping to have an answer at some point next week. I hesitate to say this as of now, but there's a small chance no more hydras will become available. At some point it would make more sense for me to just liquidate the emeralds/diamonds in them.

Thanks again, all.

I’d love to get some protective cases. When do you expect them to become available?

  thank you friends, it's really interesting 

Max commented that the paper is waterproof and even salt water, which was what I use in the tests. 

There's a picture of a cracked one out there somewhere. I think maybe Max shared it. I'll try and find it for you when I find some time a bit later on.

Has someone opened a kialara? I'm curious to see what the note with the private key is like, how it is printed, size, etc. Has anyone explored? or are there images about this? 

I'm thinking he's about to do another signature series release.   Or another custom piece.   I doubt we will get a silver series piece this early in the year but if I am wrong I will be pleasantly surprised.

They are great Max! great job 

Will there be new kialara 2019 collection?

Can we buy those boxes for our kialaras? 
It would be important to be able to access to buy those cases, for our bars

thanks

Those cases look amazing. Well done Kialara, can't wait to get my hands on them (and the boxes as well).

The cases look great, can't wait to put my bars in them. Once they're properly protected I will be a lot more comfortable showing them off to people. Will the boxes be available too?

Super yummy casings and nice box.
My bars are in dear need for them! Thaks for the update.

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didn't read it yet

but note me for the next round

all different pieces please THX



edit: gonna read your post now ......

edit: I was very late know with the KIALARA pieces but love your work, keep up doing the great work

cheers

Hope everyone reading this is doing great. Just wanted to poke my head in and share that I'm getting closer with the cases I've been working on. The 2014-2016 case design is complete and samples approved for production. The smaller 2017-2018 cases are being redesigned in the same fashion as the larger cases (without the thumbhole in the top/bottom sides), and I'll continue doing all I can to begin shipping these in June. The TPU material is really good now in terms of transparency, staying closed and being soft enough to protect the delicate and reflective metal finishes.

I will post an update here when these become available. Fingers crossed all goes smoothly.

Sample pics: https://imgur.com/a/yci4xAP

Regarding the small number of Hydra bars remaining, I unfortunately ran out of good quality retaining rings to complete them, but they are on order. I'm planning on reopening sales for these in a few weeks and will post an update here on bitcointalk first when I do.

Am feeling excited to get back to work on some fun, new projects 

Max-

Thank you for answering that Max, well done with the series and thanks for getting mine out in time for Christmas.   Now get some sleep.

Also, I’m looking forward to those acrylic cases.   Right now I’m to afraid to put my pieces on display, but when the cases come available I’ll be less afraid to take them out. 

To attempt to better answer your question, Rmc, the Hydra release came down to the final month of 2018 - and after weeks of pushing my limits I burned myself out. All coins have been assembled since late last year, but the few that remain still need to go into their housings. Cleaning & grading the parts I receive and discarding many is probably the most tedious part of what I do, even with occasional help. This has always been a struggle.

While my site lists the Hydra as sold out, I do have roughly 20 or so diamond hydras and 20 emerald hydras left - all with serials above 125. This is also assuming I have enough A-quality retaining rings in stock, as more than 50% of the pieces I last ordered have been graded B, C, etc. and are unusable. It would also be easiest for me to sell them as sets, but I will most likely sell them individually as I've mentioned - as this would likely benefit a higher number of my customers. I will also likely limit sales to one of each per shipping address - more work and shipping expense for me, but at a manageable quantity.

I am working for these to become available to you and others as soon as possible.

Many thanks,

Max-

Hi Rmc, I will provide a more detailed response tomorrow/Wednesday at some point. I've been out of town visiting family the last 10 days and just returned home today.

It won't be much longer though.

Do you have an estimated date when you will make the emerald singles available for sale?

I'm very pleased to see progress being made on the protective cases. I'm looking forward to storing my pieces in them .

Looks great, will the cases for the older bars be ready at the same time?