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
Three Model Ms: $120 total WhiteFox: $170 Varmilo VB87M: $130 Planck: $175 Noppoo Choc Mini: $80 Pok3r: $120 TADA 68: $90 KBParadise V80: $130
That's what I have on hand. Total is $1015. It's been not quite two years since I found Massdrop and started buying keyboards again.
Waiting (patiently, or, at least, as patiently as I can): Kishsaver 77: $400 XD50/XD64: $180
That takes me up to $1595. That's pretty close to what I expected and represents only the stuff I could scrape together the money for, not what I wanted.