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This is so much fun, fascinating to hear about the beamspring and Model F designs from the actual inventor. What an absolute treat! As a daily user of a (reproduction) Model F keyboard I thank you for the truly inspired design. Even after more than a year on my desk it still brings a giddy smile on ...

Neither are particularly special pens, but I only really use them when I need to roughly outline articles or solve videogame puzzles, so yeah. https://i.ibb.co/54JD0Xp/PXL-20210506-094725335.jpg Don’t short sell yourself, that’s a Jetstream and a Signo 307, two of the nicest feeling writers ever ma...

What is that custom IBM badge with raised lettering you got there? And more importantly, where can I get one? It is a laser cut acrylic badge/decal with a metal/mirror coating. It really looks the part, though it’s probably not authentic/licensed. I bought it on eBay from a seller in Poland; unfort...

Wow, lots of activity on the keycaps/buttons now! I would like to +1 the 1.75u Command key for the CapsLock position. But if that keycap can have a different legend then I would propose a more generic one, like ‘F62’, ‘F77’, ‘Model F’, or the BS logo. This way, it would work equally well as a Ctrl k...

I also recommend being and marrying rich, ha ha screw you poors without beamsprings!
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Ok I’ll bite. 1982

Here in Sweden, the best apple variety is called Ingrid Marie, a tart and multicolored winter only variety. Almost all the other varieties we get in stores here are terrible; the red “delicious”, granny smith, pink lady, all awful tasting but with great looks and I’m sure great mass production prope...

@beepbloop amazing, I want a Rotring...

I noticed that LGR's serial #0 board has a MFG date of 02-13-2021. That seems odd -- mine is #434 (F77 indu, same as LGR's) but my MFG date is in May 2020. I didn't pay for low serial, I am not complaining that I didn't get #0 -- just seems unintuitive that #0 is not among the first produced -- it s...

Looks great — what’s up with that neat stubby cable though? It’s a short USB C extension cable; I got the idea from earlier in the thread :) Right Angle USB C Extension Cable 0.6FT,UseBean 90 Degree USB Type C 3.1 Gen2 10Gbps Male to Female 4K Video Cord,Compatible for Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pro/Air...

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26 Feb 2021, 01:40

Damn, just got my B stock ANSI+HHKB.



If this is B stock, I can't wait to get my hands on A stock. Fantastic.

Looks great — what’s up with that neat stubby cable though?

Donated!

My number is around 10; I have two daily drivers that live on my home office desk 24/7. Then there’s the ofice at work, which of course hasn’t existed for a year due to the pandy, but that’s another keyboard or maybe two, if we assume I’ll be rotating between two boards there as well. I don’t game e...

Oh no, so sorry to hear it. If there’s a GoFundMe I’m in!

Wow @Gunsight1 - that’s a classy glorious set of instruments!! The Pelikan, the Sailor 1911, a Visconti, and the Vanishing Point?! Holy crap dude. My MB is a 146, bought it used many years ago but I hate to admit that I never used it much since the nib it came with is far too stiff for me, and I’m n...

I bought a ‘Nopre’ board a few years back and used it as my daily driver for a long time — a nice cherry-compatible TKL branded as Royal Kludge RC930-87. I don’t know about any of the other Topre clones, but this one was pretty great, especially since I could dress it up with nice keycaps like Dolch...

Not to derail this thread, I have created a new photo thread for pics of great pens on great keyboards:

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A photo thread for those who enjoy the finer things in life: capacitive buckling springs and great writing instruments. Other fine keyboards are welcome here too, like Model Ms, beamers, and the like. No headphones allowed though, this isn’t r/mechanicalheadpens. I will go first, with a selection of...

ahyeah the V5 is a great pen! For non-fountain pens, I really enjoy the Retro 51 rollerballs! Which also look good sitting on the pen res, BTW ;D The one in the pic earlier is a Pilot Custom 74. Which reminds me, I need to take a pic of the F77 with my other IBM keyboard based device and post it he...

OKS 477 from German eBay seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223126794930

Wow XMIT, congrats on the private pilot’s license! I hope you don’t lose your passion for flying once it becomes a profession and fly safe!

I wonder if there isn’t a market for a European Cindy? If there’s currently >500 vintage boards sitting around Germany at what I’m sure are very reasonable prices, maybe the thing that’s missing is for someone to set up a web shop and warehouse, take a heap of product photos, and handle orders and s...

Thanks, the keycaps are amazing!

Exciting to hear - maybe Wodan would be interested?

After trying out the OKS 477 lube on my cream damped Alps, I lubed a few using the Neogel 760g that others mentioned earlier in the thread, since I had ordered some before NeK did his research. I used the same ultra thin layer method as recommended by Chyros and so far the results on the cream dampe...

I tried the OKS 477 on an old AEKII (cream damped). Ran a dozen sliders and top housings theough an ultrasonic cleaner (10 minutes) and rinsed in demineralized water. When reassembling, I left three of the cleaned switches unlubed and lubed the remaining 10 with a thin coat of OKS 477 using Chyros’ ...

That’s wonderful news Ellipse - congratulations on this final major production milestone!

My OKS 477 arrived today! I’m going to try it out on some old switches when I can find the time (I have small children, so free time is at a premium right now)

Unicomp sell them individually, you should be about to get as many as you need from them

Mmmm those are some sexy keycaps! I am scared to pull the trigger on MT3 though, wish I had a way to try the profile out.