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
Unfortunately, I am having some problems with other keycaps fitting the Left Shift key on the Click version -- this is quite odd, and I think the switch might not be properly attached to the plate. In addition, with O-rings installed on the Click version, I get chattering of some keys. I will probably remove the O-rings. Note that to install O-rings on Matias/Alps switches, you need to put the ring around the switch stem rather than the keycap stem; it is a bit tricky to do this.
Will just have to be extra cautious about muting myself when on conference calls. Or maybe force myself to use my laptop keyboard during meetings.