If you have a KJW KC-02 which known as KayCee than you know this small company. RogueWorx is a real fan of this great airsoft gun which was designed by Tanio Kobayashi. KayCee was designed to be a great, accurate semi-automatic only gun which like the real Ruger 10/22, fun-gun. RogueWorx are making great reinforced parts with all of the heart and skills.

This interview was made in 2021 so the timing not the best. I hope this delay wasn't a problem for you because the replies let you see how opened and heartfull are these guys.

Q1: How did you start this business?

A1: (Anthony) Arron and myself have been friends for a few years as we play on the same airsoft team, Shadow Stalkers Airsoft, in the UK. I always loved Arron’s KC-02 and how it performed and we got talking. The bolt options out there were limited and not really up to the job and the 3D printed shapeways bolt was not really usable. I had experience in 3D printing and Arron had a mind full of knowledge. We just spit-balled about how to make a better 3D printed bolt. A bit of work later and Arron had already come up with such a design that I knew we had to do more with it, so I suggested we use my knowledge of manufacturing and supply networks and make a business of it. The rest is history.
A1: (Arron) After a few years using the KC-02, I’d gotten pretty familiar with the common problems of the gun, particularly how often people were needing to replace the broken bolt carriers. I was one day relating this to Anthony during a skirmish day and saying I’d already started to make adjustements to a CAD model of the standard bolt. When Anthony suggested he could actually get the part made in real CNC Aluminium through his network of contacts, I knew we were starting something important.

Q2: Why did you choose his name for your company, RogueWorx?

A2: (Anthony) Arron came up with this name in homage to his rogueplank YouTube name.
A2: (Arron) Yeh, RoguePlank has always been my gamer tag for everything including the YouTube channel that hosts all my airsoft videos, and I started a Shopify store a while ago and named it RogueWorx, but never used it for anything, so borrowed the name from that.

Q3: When did you start this company and your business?

A3: (Anthony) Nearly 9 years ago. We should go back and find out when exacly so we can have a beer and celebrate.
A3: (Arron) I think it was early 2016, but the first bolt design (V.11) was in development for months so hard to recall.

Q4: As I saw you are making parts for KJW KC-02 only, am I right?

A4: (Anthony) At this moment in time yes, but we are working on a few other platforms when we have time. The GHK range appeals to us. Like the KC02, they are solid gas platforms that could be even better with the right parts.
A4: (Arron) I agree, we’ve got to assume that eventually we’ll run out of parts to make for the KC-02 so we have talked about other guns, but we won’t be moving on until we’ve reached Wizard level 99 for the KC-02 platform.

Q5: How many employees do you have or are your working alone?

A5: (Anthony) Currently it is Arron and myself. We have some friends who help us as consultants with certain questions which may arise, as they have certain specialist skills we need occasionally.
A5: (Arron) I’m an electronics engineer by profession, though I know a lot about mechanics, I’m not professionally qualified in that area, so I’m not afraid to refer to my mechanical friends when I need to clarify a complex question about material properties or mechanical design. I know what I do not know.

Q6: Where is your company based?

A6: (Anthony) We are based in the UK.

Q7: Where would you place your company in the market?

A7: (Anthony) We feel we are the leaders in what we do. We operate on the principle – AIRSOFT ENGINEERED. This means every choice we make is to get the best out of the design. We don’t make parts by changing the material on a standard design. For example, our bolt has so many extra features compared to our rivals, which are designed to aid smooth operation, yet we are priced in the same bracket as them. Others may imitate, we innovate.
A7: (Arron) We always try to add something new to any part we design, to make it intrinsically better than what came before.

Q8: What do you think about your company?

A8: (Anthony) I love our company and our customers. We go that extra mile to give the best customer service we can, as well as the best products. I am proud of what we do and proud of our brand. We so not settle on quality and that is something our customers feedback to us,
time and time again.
A8: (Arron) As Anthony said, I’m most proud of our commitement to quality over everything else, we never have to compromise because we’ve done it all ourselves. It is sometimes painful when a new part takes months to develop and bring to market, but if we get a first prototype made and it isn’t good enough, then we will re-design that part all over again if necessary. Same applies if we get a batch of parts arrive with defects on them, we would rather wait weeks to have our supplier make the parts again than sell sub-standard parts to our customers.

Q9: What was your biggest success and your biggest fail?

A9: (Anthony) Our biggest sucess would be our bolt. We spent 9 months working on that and setting up the company at the same time. The time and money we had to invest was a risk but it was worth it. Our biggest fail? We don’t have one really but downtimes as we grow feel like a fail. A shut store meant some customers went and bought other options in the meantime, but we know it was for the greater good as we keep growing stonger behind the scenes.
A9: (Arron) Again, I agree, the success of our bolt is what drove us forward in the first year. But having to slowly build ourselves up when we want to expand is a painful process, sometimes we get stuck in development phases or waiting for new parts to arrive for months. Those are the hard times because our loyal customers still want our parts and we have to keep saying not yet, not yet, wait longer.

Q10: What was your first item? It was a parts or a gun?

A10: (Anthony) It was the bolt.

Q11: What was your biggest challenge?

A11: (Anthony) The whole starting from scratch to delivering the first products for me was the biggest challenge. Every day is a challenge as we want to grow but not sacrifice on our ethos and quality.
A11: (Arron) We’ve never had a bank loan or anything to start this company and get our parts made, we had to make money from pre-orders to get our first batch of bolts made, then used that money to make more parts to sell, and used the money from them to make more parts, and so on. The biggest challenge is always seeing RogueWorx make a lot of money, but not taking hardly any of it as profit for ourselves, then spending it all on new parts and stock. We know it will be worth it eventually as this is how you build your own company from the ground up with no liabilities.

Q12: If somebody have a special request, like engraving, are you able to do it? How „ we” can ask this special request?

A12: (Anthony) We have been doing custom engraving, as well as custom anodising for a couple of years, but as we grow we are reducing this. This allows us to spend more time and money developing new products.
A12: (Arron) It’s just too much effort, time and expense getting parts custom lasered or custom anodised to make it worth doing in most cases. It adds huge delays to our order queue. 

Q13: Why we choose your products and not other companies way cheaper parts? Why are you better then the other?

A13: (Anthony) We strip down each products design features and evaluate how and why it is like that, any flaws and come up with improvements. Take our bolt for example, we even changed the angles of the ramps to make it smoother and to stop the nozzle catching, reducing the risk of breaking, as well as a ton of other changes. No one else goes to this depth. Show me an aftermarket bolt that is redesigned to this extent and I will eat my hat. We do not do this for the sake of it to look cool, each tweak of the design adds that little more strength and smoothness whilst we are in the same price bracket as the rest of the industry. Our gift to you, so to speak.

Q14: Is it possible to get your product from you directly or could we get it from distributors only?

A14: (Anthony) Parts are availible at www.rogueworx.com . The site is fully secure and means you get our great customer service. We are looking for distributors in North America, Europe and Asia. Any interested parties please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Q15: Could you talk about the new projects? Are/is there any new parts which is under development?

A15: (Anthony) Oh yes, but I will let Arron tell you about that. He is the genius behind that.
A15: (Arron) It’s not much of a secret now, but our KC-VSR Genesis hop unit conversion kit will be our big thing for 2019. I’ve been working on the design for months already, won’t be long before we start with printed concept prototypes to fine tune the design, then move on to production prototypes and testing. This new kit will totally revolutionise the performance of the KC-02 and will be the most important new part we’ve designed since the bolt carrier. You could almost say that all the new parts we launched in 2018 were just to pay for the development of the Genesis kit, that’s how heavily we are invested in it.

Q16: What do you think, which your product is the best which one was your absolutely favourite?

A16: (Anthony) Our Bolt is the best for me. It is the core of the business but I love the Sabre mag release. This is the first duel operated mag release for the KC02 and we are yet to see this in the real steel platform, as far as we know.
A16: (Arron) The Bolt carrier has always been our flagship product but I also really like the Sabre lever. It was really fun to design as it’s our only part made entirely of curves with no straight lines!

Q17: Is it possible to use your items on real guns or on airsoft guns?

A17: (Anthony) No. Even the buffer pin is airsoft only.

Q18: How compatible is your parts with the known companies parts? Do you producing drop-in fit conversions?

A18: (Anthony) Our parts are drop in.
A18: (Arron) Like most airsoft parts, some assembly is required. We design our parts to be compatible with the standard KC-02 parts and with our own parts. That should cover the standard pattern. If another company has made their parts not compatible with the standard pattern, then that’s their problem.

Q19:Please talk about your customer support. Can we ask your help or can we get replacement parts if something wrong?

A19: (Anthony) Email, Facebook message and we will sort this out. However, in 3 years we have not had to replace a single part. Hell, I have even been known to advise customers about non-rogueworx related issues at 3am whilst laid in bed. Customer service is key to us. Without our customers we would not be here.
A19: (Arron) I often let Anthony do more talking to the customers than me, as he is more diplomatic than I am, and has more patience.

Q20: How we can get replacement parts if we have any defect or trouble with your product, for example one of part is missing after an unsuccessful assembly?

A20: (Anthony) As above, just email us and we will sort any issues.

Q21: Please talk about the quality, quality control and how good materials are you using during the production?

A21: (Anthony) Both being engineers we have a thing for QC. We have our factory QC the products. We review reports and pictures before acceptingt them for shipping. We then check everything when they arrive. All our parts are made from the best materials, which have been selected for their engineering qualities. Every step of the process, be it CNC, anodising, packaging, it is all checked and double checked.
A21: (Arron) A big benefit of designing all our own parts is that any defect in a part is extremely obvious to our eyes. Like an artist examining one of his own paintings, he would be able to spot a single brush stroke that is not his own.

Q22: What kind of materials are you using during the production?

A22: (Arron) Our most common material for our metal parts is 6061 aluminium. We’ve also occasionally used 7075, though that more expensive grade is not really required in airsoft applications, overkill. Our steel parts used 303 and 316 stainless steel. We’ve used a variety of engineering plastics such as POM, PTFE, and Nylon to make polymer parts like spacers and buffer pins. Our 3D printed parts have used polycarbonate, PLA, PET-G and ABS.

Q23: What machines do you have or do you use during your work?

A23: (Anthony) 3D printers, CNC machines, Lathes, Fibre and CO2 laser engravers etc. You name it we have access to it.

Q24: What is the next goal which you want to reach?

A24: (Anthony) World domination, ha! I wish to be the name at the top of every airsofters list of upgrades but that will take a long time and a lot of work but I know we have the right qualities that one day this could be achievable if we stay committed.
A24: (Arron) Not quite as ambitious maybe, but I’d be happy just getting us to a level where we can afford to run the company and take some profit for ourselves as a reward for all our hard work.

Q25: If you got a new batch of products, how you handle them? Test, measure them and send to the partners?

A25: (Anthony) We package every product in-house. So the personal touch is our thing. As for testing, we do this in-house but we have some testers lined up for the future where we need more extensive testing regimes.

Q26: You can leave any greetings, message to the user-players-owners here.

A26: (Anthony): Big shout out to everyone who has supported us really. Each one of you is as important as the next.
A26: (Arron): My best advice to our followers is never get rid or sell your KC-02! Because what we have planned for future will make you want to buy one again! I have few parts from RogueWorx which I ordered a two year ago. Basically the machining and the finish were good and they helped me if I had any question. The response time and product quality were better as most of other companies – that is why I asked them to make this interview. They are really active on the social media, like in the „KJW KC-02 owners” group.

Best regards,

Anthony & Arron

RogueWorx