[Call for nominees] Best keycaps 2012

[webwit]

Please suggest nominees for the Best keycaps in 2012. You have to give a short motivation for each suggestion. It is not a requirement that the keycaps were released in 2012. If you think some vintage keycaps were the best, you can suggest them.

Current suggestions (this list is frequently updated):

Thick imsto PBT keycaps
Cherry dyesub keycaps
IBM Model M/F keycaps
Realforce/Topre /HHKB keycaps
QWERKeys B series
Boilermaker's billiard set
Ducky (Nordic) PBT sets in ISO
The Keycap of Mystery
Sony OA-S3400 Word Processor NIB keycaps
Orange on charcoal keycaps from the Skidata keyboard
Vintage double-shot blue/white Cherry keycaps
Cherry keycaps with Russian legends in red
IBM beam spring keycaps
White engraved PBT from Ducky
Dye-sublimated blue/white Olivetti keys
girldc keycaps
QWERKeys J series

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Thick imsto PBT's

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Thick imsto PBT's. I don't know how anyone can give a proper reason tbh... I think they feel nice and have great looks for a good price.

[DanGWanG]

Cherry Dyesubs definitely seem to be in this year, at least towards the latter half.

[fossala]

Either IBM Model M/F or Realforce/Topre /HHKB

[pasph]

2 pieces IBM Model M/F keycaps

[guilleguillaume]

QWERKeys B series

Fantastic feel and great colour combinations.

[Daniel]

I vote for Boilermakers billiard set

[BimboBB]

Ducky (Nordic) for making PBT sets in ISO available.

[Grond]

The Keycap of Mystery, for, well, bringing some mystery into keycaps!

[7bit]

Can't nominate anything for this year, but for 2013: Round 4.

[HaaTa]

These beautiful NIB keycaps of old. From a Sony OA-S3400 Word Processor.
(Fujitsu Reed Switch btw)

[Ascaii]

I counter-nominate these vintage cherries.

[dirge]

The cherry set with Russian letters in red.

[bhtooefr]

Those Sony caps look nice, but I'm going to nominate the caps used on IBM beam spring boards, such as 7361073 (the keyboard for the IBM 5251 terminal).

[tinnie]

ftw!
http://deskthority.net/resources/image/5825

[dirge]

Whoever nominated the boiler pool caps, I think the idea came from ripster, boiler just ran the group buy (very well too)

[Soarer]

Whoever nominated the boiler pool caps, I think the idea came from ripster, boiler just ran the group buy (very well too)

I remember ripster yelling that lots of things were 'his idea' (even when they weren't)... but not those. The Pi keys, maybe.

[dirge]

ah fair enough Pikeys.. still makes me laugh

[webwit]

ftw!
http://deskthority.net/resources/image/5825

What should I call them?

[tinnie]

ftw!
http://deskthority.net/resources/image/5825

What should I call them?

Um...caps from skidata board?

Orange on charcoal?

Red on black?

I don't know

[Halverson]

So many caps to choose from.
White engraved PBT from Ducky.
They feel great, and look great.

[Findecanor]

I would like to nominate:
Blue on White, Cherry double-shot, OEM:d for Olivetti computer keyboards (and Triump-Adler typewriters, owned by Olivetti at the time).

Did they make dye-sublimated white caps with blue legends? In that case, that would have been better.

[rodtang]

Did they make dye-sublimated white caps with blue legends? In that case, that would have been better.

http://deskthority.net/w/images/4/4f/Olivetti_sub.jpg

They don't look as good.

[DanGWanG]

Just wanted to nominate girldc keycaps as well. All handmade metal keycaps.

[Findecanor]

http://deskthority.net/w/images/4/4f/Olivetti_sub.jpg

They don't look as good.

It looks like the printing press was misaligned when these were made. I would not be surprised if there are dye-sublimated Olivetti keys that are better.

[webwit]

[rodtang]

Put it in the list then webwit!

[Parak]

I second these ludicrously monolithic slabs of plastic goodness.

[fruktstund]

Most of the keycaps I thought of nominating have already been nominated, so I'll nominate something else: QWERKeys' J series keycaps thanks to their profile and promising nature - when these can be double shot with the original Cherry font, my dreams will have come true.