Interesting stuff.

If I could find one for a reasonable price I would consider an old wheel writer or something in that classic refrigerator mint green.

ばくわ　セックス　大好き!

Neither do I apparently.

If my sister liked weird sublegends on keycaps she would love this. She is much more subdued than this though but I’m certain she would love the colors.

My grandparents had a rotary phone up until the 2010s. I remember calling my great grandma while she was still alive on it.

I’ve seen a couple of these on eBay before. Pretty sure these were either Alps/clone or Fujitsu Leaf springs in a late generation.

I do like the aperture finish quite a lot, glad I got it over enigma black or something boring.

Appreciate the weird alphas. And yes the Space 65 is a cool board, only seen one in person once at a meetup with pewters and SA oblivion. Very comfy.

I like coils for aesthetic but yeah I do have to say a plain straight cable is the way to optimise deployment.

All for the weird keycaps. I love foreign/alien/fantasy caps. Especially monolegend.

Fair, I’m weird in that I don’t mind the layers as QMK allows everything to be tuned just right. There are also a few key sets now tuned to 40% users with sublegends on the caps. Also attaching front print stickers helps a lot with memorizing a layout. I find it intuitive since I’ve been using 60s for a while which require some function layer use, started with the HHKB.

Very cool board, wish I had money. Personally I would use the left columns as extended modifiers like on old ASCII terminals and for macro/f keys

The filco SA sets look so good. Wish I could get my hands on a WOB ANSI set.

Now this was a great idea. High five past you.

Gotta say I like the look of the board. Not a fan of Evangelion though.

I will be transparent, I actually don’t like PBT keycaps all that much. Not to say I don’t own quite a few, but I prefer ABS as a material for the feel. That said I have been to many meetups and have seen quite a few boards from average people. I would consider this as an acceptable alternative to buying all the cheap PBT caps ever(I have bought some). I wasn’t even trying to necessarily argue clones versus genuine, I was trying to argue quality per dollar.

This is true. Most of what you pay for in GMK is branding, kitting, QC, and the feel of owning keyboard history. For some GMK sets the last point is worth so much money aftermarket prices reflect their true worth.

The people who don’t care about showing off their boards that much don’t really post a lot on this Reddit. Thus I see it as a non-issue. And I’m not a GMK absolutist. Some of my favorite keycaps sets are made by JTK and Domikey, who make Cherry double shot clones, triple shots, and an improved version of SA. I’m not even against the practice of clones, but buy things that are worth the money. Cheap PBT reverse dyesubs are clearly not worth the money.

If I lived dollar to dollar, I likely wouldn’t care about keyboards as I likely couldn’t even afford a computer to use them with. That said, I wish those that absolutely cannot afford keyboards as a hobby all the best. A lot of people I have seen with the cheap keyboards and clone GMKs own multiple keyboards. They could clearly have invested in one good board but chose to chase a certain aesthetic or garner clout with some staggering number of keyboards. Supporting the clone manufacturers as a poor person merely promotes the poor management practices that create more poor people elsewhere. It’s why I buy keyboard stuff maybe once a month, then I can make a sound decision on what I want without compromise. Yeah I don’t build a keyboard a week like a lot of the newer people in the hobby but I am satisfied

The correct answer is to support the companies that make quality products and treat their customers and employees correctly. Some clone manufacturers are notorious for making the wrong moves while a very small number are genuinely good.

It depends on what you want. If you just want keycaps that look kinda like what you want for a few bucks, to have on a board you feel you spent too much money on, GMK is not for you. If you want a piece of history that ages, and something that lasts and looks exactly as intended, GMK is for you. Both camps have their boons.

And you met the requirements for a redemption arc.

Spemo.

That’s only 60? Jeez.

I have the opposite problem, so many keycap sets I have considered just putting them on display in cases.