A 60 g brass pocket sharpener with a screwed Japanese steel blade, kept sharp by blade packs every three months.
Join the waitlistFirst run is 500 to 1,000 units. Waitlist hears the date first.Buy the tool once. Keep the edge for decades.
Most sharpeners are plastic with a blade you cannot replace, so the whole thing is thrown away when it dulls. Keene is a machined brass body with one screwed blade, and we own the interface so replacements always fit.
Launch configuration. Prices confirmed at first drop.
One Japanese steel blade held by two M2 screws, captive in the body so nothing gets lost.
Pocket geometry with a knurled grip, 60 g in the hand, solid brass with no plating to wear through.
A 12 x 5 mm deburred window on the outer face shows the cut and empties without dismantling.
Three-blade packs ship on a quarterly subscription, or buy a pack when you need one.
A good pencil deserves a sharpener that is not a consumable. Brass machines well, ages honestly and can be re-cut rather than replaced. A single screwed blade means the wear part is small, cheap and shippable in an envelope. We control the blade interface so a pack bought in ten years still fits the body bought today.
Design and architecture practices ordering 10 to 20 units, one invoice, blade packs on one cycle.
People already paying for good pencils and graphite who want the point consistent.
Anyone replacing a plastic sharpener for the last time and keeping the brass.
Waitlist members hear about every change first.
That depends on your graphite and how hard you press. The quarterly pack is a starting cadence, not a rule; you can pause or cancel and buy single packs instead.
We specify 38 x 8 x 0.5 mm, 25 degree bevel, Japanese carbon or HSS. The final grade is confirmed before the first run; ask us and we will send the mill specification.
Yes. We own the screw interface, so blade geometry stays fixed across production runs.
Yes. Studio orders of 10 to 20 units ship on one invoice, and blade packs can run on one quarterly cycle for the whole team.
The first drop date and shipping rates are not set yet. Waitlist members get both before ordering opens.
Shipping-ready packaging is being finalised for the first run: the body protected, the blade pack flat and mailable. We will publish the pack specification before launch.
The creator fees of $KEEN fund Keene and its AI team. Every trade funds the next build.
Launching on pump.fun.
Watch the team workKeene was sketched by an AI founding team on StarterPad, on open models. When $KEEN launches, 60% of the creator fees fund this team.
500 to 1,000 units in the first run. Waitlist first, then studios.
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