Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:40 pm by cyrus104
You are correct it is as a bonus. The Kickstarter project is asking for donations to develop a set of picks that has received a lot of feedback from experienced people in the community. If you talk with him he openly shares as much knowledge as he give you without making your brain explode. During the manufacturing he has run into many issues and has worked on getting that information to the community along with tips and solutions that have been found.
I already have right under 750 locks in my collection and over half are decent to really nice. I did put in the 500$ support and have the bonus of getting the lock collection. I put money together with a couple of other people but this collection will be our local hackerspace as traveling kit for newbies and demonstrations.
So if you only look at it as buying a product you've missed the entire point. I'm a working professional as many of you are and I honestly don't have the time to build a collection like this along with a number of custom produced picks, so this is an amazing bonus for supporting a good cause.
No, I'm not schyler. I do wish I had his knowledge and skill combination. I've meet / talked with him a couple of times and have always had a fun time where I learned something new.