How a Scottish inventor & son created a product nail enthusiasts can’t live without
By Helena Biggs | 23 January 2025 | Brands, Business, Feature
Have you ever damaged a nail opening a can, prying open the clips of photo frames or opening keyrings? It’s these nuisances that led husband and son duo, Brian and Gregor Eadie, to create Keysie: a handy device to save nails from unnecessary damage.
It was Gregor who approached his father, an inventor & product designer, with the idea. “My fiancé, Sarah, and I moved flats regularly during our time at university, and were putting keys on and off keyrings on a regular basis,” Gregor shares. “My nails and fingers became sore trying to prise open keyrings, so I thought it would be useful to have a small tool to help me do this.
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In one week, and thanks to my dad’s 3D printing skills, we drew up ideas and created a prototype. He had retired, but set up Eadie Bros & Co Ltd to house hobby projects. The Keysie fitted right in.”
Further research and development saw the Keysie evolve to include space for branding, so salons and techs can add their logo onto the product and use personally or retail to clients.
Based in Selkirk, the family firm is a vibrant manufacturing hub for product design and production, and Keysies are adored by regular manicure enthusiasts. What’s more, the end of each Keysie works as a handy trolley token, thus overing a multitude of functions.
Available in a variety of colours and patterns, Keysies clip neatly onto keyrings and can be used to peel off stickers, find the end of a roll of tape, open parcels and scrape away excess paint.
Shop Keysies at www.keysieco.com
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