My Kingdom for Smooth ABS SA Keycaps
Every time I build a new keyboard, I go hunting for keycaps. And every time I go hunting, it eventually devolves into a desperate search for SA (or equivalent) profile keycaps with a smooth finish. SA is the ultimate profile, IMHO, and they're relatively hard to come by. Signature Plastics, which is where a lot of SA sets come from like the T0mb3ry SA Carbon set (they might actually hold the trademark on the SA profile if I'm not mistaken), is reportedly going through some management/ownership struggles (last I heard, they're looking for new ownership), and along with apparently the rest of the industry, they seem to be neglecting this superior keycap profile in their own stocks. If you order direct from them, they have a couple themed sets in stock (maybe), but generally you can have any color you want, as long as it's black or white. Drop carries a fair number of MT3 profile sets, which are very similar to SA. But just like SP's SA-P profile, they're made with a different...
Apr 10, 2024
-The wooden case was quite nice, I think they got the color and texture right and it was what i would expect from a walnut case. Only notable point was that it felt a little lite, which can be a pro or con depends on what you want. -The hand wrest was also quite nice, again what you would expect from walnut wood. -The brown leather strips was terrible. Some of the cheapest leather i've ever seen - I am not even sure if its real leather. These leather strips were very dry - it was like a thick sand paper ring. I tried to apply leather cream to soften it but there was no turn around. The coloring was also terrible, almost like someone did a very rush painting job.
Overall, I still think its a decent case. Those leather strips were terrible, but really not the integral part of what you are buying and not the hardest thing to DIY with a bit of effort. Is it worth 200 USD? Probably not... as much as I like the case and would like to buy one for the plank keyboard, I am not really willing to pay @ this price.
Hope this helps.