For many years, I have enjoyed looking through some of the most legendary collection posts that community members have shared. There are quite a few that come to mind, including Damonskv viewtopic.php?t=25074, Ohaimark viewtopic.php?t=14796, XMIT viewtopic.php?t=15682, and many more. Throughout the years, I have met many of these amazing people and gotten to know them. Many of them have taught me and helped me build my collection to where it is today. As social media has modernized, many of us have moved to discord communities but everything gets buried, so posting in a forum like this seems like the best option.
Below is the current state of my collection, I will continue to add keyboards over time. This may not include some donor keyboards for parts, however, I do keep them around. At some point, I will also add a description to everything. In no particular order...
Custom Keyboards
Spoiler:
Matrix 1.2og by Matrix Lab
Color: Stone Green
Keycaps: Original Desko Color from a Desko BMOL 5206 U
Switches: L&F 67g Alpaca's
Plate: Aluminum Half
Kira80 by ThesisCamper
Color: Silver
Keycaps: Original Desko Black
Switches: L&F Vintage Cherry MX Blacks
Plate: Aluminum Full
Matrix 8xv2.0 (Original) by Matrix Lab
Color: Navy Blue (Cerakote)
Keycaps: Original Cherry Desko Doubleshots
Switches: Milky Topped Mauves
Plate: Aluminum Full
FMJ80 by FullMetalJacket
Color: NCR
Keycaps: NCR Cherry Doubleshots from a G81-3007HAU
Switches: Vintage Cherry MX Blacks
Plate: Aluminum Half
Polycarbonate TKL One by Hineybush
Color: Ice Blue
Keycaps: Dell AT101 Alps Dyesubs
Switches: Alps SKCM Blues
Plate: Carbon Fibre Full
Aluminum TKL One by Hineybush
Color: Lilac (F&F)
Keycaps: NCR Cherry Dyesubs from a G81-3077SAU
Switches: Some JWK Switches
Plate: Brass Full
OTD 360 Corsa by Eungsam
Color: Hyper Grey
Keycaps: ESA-3000-HASR0 Cherry Dyesubs
Switches: Vintage Cherry MX Blacks
Plate: Aluminum Full
Canoe Gen 1 by Percent Studio
Color: Grey/Silver/Red
Keycaps: GMK Beta JS
Switches: Rara Switches
Plate: Aluminum Full
Alps64 by Hasu
Color: Silver
Keycaps: AEK 2
Switches: Undampened Ivory Alps
Plate: FR4 Full
Cherry Keyboards
Spoiler:
Cherry Ergo Plus G80-5000HAMDE
Switches: Cherry MX Browns, MX Super Blacks
Keycaps: Cherry Doubleshot
Leading Edge DC-3014
Switches: Alps SKCM Blue
Keycaps: AE Doubleshots
Topre Keyboards
Spoiler:
Realforce 84ub
Color: Black
Switches: Variable Stock
Description: Realforce 86ub + Realforce 89ub = Realforce 84ub, a WKL TKL Realforce!
HHKB Pro 2 Type S
Color: Ivory
Switches: Silenced 45g Stock
HHKB Professional Hybrid Type S
Color: Ivory
Switches: Silenced 45g Stock
Thank you for taking some time to look through! Also a huge thank you to everyone who has made this a reality and taught me along the way, it is a pleasure to know and talk with many of the amazing members of our community.
I like those Collection Posts. Fill me with a bit of envy but mostly they get me to the point where I wanna organize and bring all my boards to a ready to type on state
Thank you! Very much agree, that Alps64 is very special to me personally. My father was always a big fan of Apple computers. He sadly passed from Multiple Myeloma a few years ago. When we were cleaning out his stuff, I found an AEK 2 that he used to use every day. I was just getting into keyboards so this was pretty exciting, so I decided to build an Alps64 as a way to keep him with me in some way or another. Admittedly, I’m not much of a 60% keyboard user so this board doesn’t get much use but it always is on a stand above the rest of everything. After a long time of waiting, AI03 came out with the Lunar 2 which is a perfect upgrade for this keyboard. Whenever that case comes in, I’ll swap in the switches and caps and it’ll have a newer and nicer home. Thanks again!
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words! Many years of building it up, very happy with where it is today, however there are still a couple boards I’d like to add to the list
I had the exact same config on my NCR FMJ when I first built it. West germans with the ncr doubleshots. Thing is a beaut and types wonderfully in a classic build like that
I had the exact same config on my NCR FMJ when I first built it. West germans with the ncr doubleshots. Thing is a beaut and types wonderfully in a classic build like that
Thats awesome! The FMJ80 has to be one of the most underrated custom keyboards in the hobby. I have never felt or heard a keyboard that sounds closer to the 360c at a fraction of the price. The design is also quite cool with the chamfered edges and the clean design. The internal weight design is also just as cool. This is my second FMJ80 after regretting trading away my first one haha. Very cool keyboard, happy to see that someone else went with the classic route and threw some NCR caps on one of the most fitting custom keyboards for them!
