Hi,

I'm Abdul Lutfi, an Engineer, from Singapore.

It frustrates me to see that my absolute stringent requirements for quality, product & experience offering is highly dispersed.

Meaning, that all my requirements can only be partially fulfilled by each individual manufacturers.

Legend design & quality, Keycap Profiles & lengths offered, Build Quality, Packaging & even the Unboxing Experience which itself forms a part of the product.
Think Apple products' unboxing.

Given my strict requirements, I will have to source different parts of the keycap product from different manufacturers and hand assemble them in my house.
One for the keycaps, another for the tray, another for the box, another for the shrinkwrapping.
In doing so scrutinising for quality.

Having said that, I will have to charge maybe around $800 for a base kit along with perhaps a year of waiting.
Along with the Add-on sets, you can build a keyboard of any layout you can fathom currently on offered today.

Along the way, I will update / video log you guys on my website of my progress.

Who's willing to come along?

Part 2: After I have a website. Stay tuned.

It's not a question of handmade quality but getting the best of what each manufacturer can achieve into a single package.

So for example:
the best ABS keycaps comes from gmk.
The best manufacturer that supplies the best accessorries comes from company A.
The best manufacturer for the packaging comes from a company near my place.
So I get them & "assemble" in my house/office before sending them out.

Raily Rusive, Thank you so much for the input.

On the subject of high quality, premium keycaps:
What would deter an enthusiast from getting an all aluminum keycap set?

Is it the price, colour offerings, the "feeling" ... ?

What gives?

Raily Rusive, Thank you so much for the input.

On the subject of high quality, premium keycaps:
What would deter an enthusiast from getting an all aluminum keycap set?

Is it the price, colour offerings, the "feeling" ... ?

What gives?

I have an all aluminum set. It's okay, but for comfort plastic is better. Same with keyboards really. Aluminum boards look fantastic, but a good quality plastic board has a nicer sound.

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Quote from: Slywanin on Sat, 04 February 2023, 11:14:53

Raily Rusive, Thank you so much for the input.

On the subject of high quality, premium keycaps:
What would deter an enthusiast from getting an all aluminum keycap set?

Is it the price, colour offerings, the "feeling" ... ?

What gives?

I have an all aluminum set. It's okay, but for comfort plastic is better. Same with keyboards really. Aluminum boards look fantastic, but a good quality plastic board has a nicer sound.

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Define Comfort.

Friction, temperature, texture?

All of the "best keycaps" were made back then; even if you went with the best manufacturers of today, you wouldn't be able to match that quality. To do that you'd need to manufacture them yourself.

Because per my market research here, All keycaps GBs SUCK.

Quality control sucks.
Cosmetic issues are everywhere.
GMK? Long waiting times with packaging that sucks.

The only way I see myself providing quality products for this community is to go aluminum & charge a hefty price;
because I will scrutinize every keycap with them being made locally in Singapore.

So I can *&#$ my manufacturers if they $*&^ed up.

I never paid for a product I commissioned simply because they did not deliver what I specified in my engineering drawings.

All three. They feel cold, slightly rough edges, and they will actually ruin your stems if you're not careful.

On the subject of Comfort, NOTED.

One cannot avoid the first: temperature.
Rough edges: Surface treatment is needed to address the issues of bur & sharp edges; Addressable.
Stems: All about Allowances & Tolerances; Addressable.

Thank You So Much for you Input!

Quote from: Photekq on Sat, 04 February 2023, 11:59:13

All of the "best keycaps" were made back then; even if you went with the best manufacturers of today, you wouldn't be able to match that quality. To do that you'd need to manufacture them yourself.

Because per my market research here, All keycaps GBs SUCK.

Quality control sucks.
Cosmetic issues are everywhere.
GMK? Long waiting times with packaging that sucks.

The only way I see myself providing quality products for this community is to go aluminum & charge a hefty price;
because I will scrutinize every keycap with them being made locally in Singapore.

So I can *&#$ my manufacturers if they $*&^ed up.

I never paid for a product I commissioned simply because they did not deliver what I specified in my engineering drawings.

Quote from: ItIsWritten on Sat, 04 February 2023, 12:21:58

All three. They feel cold, slightly rough edges, and they will actually ruin your stems if you're not careful.

On the subject of Comfort, NOTED.

One cannot avoid the first: temperature.
Rough edges: Surface treatment is needed to address the issues of bur & sharp edges; Addressable.
Stems: All about Allowances & Tolerances; Addressable.

Thank You So Much for you Input!

Do you actually have experience with aluminum keycaps?

The set I have is actually very high quality. I don't see how to improve on that, as it's actually a limitation of the material.

They fit the stems very well, but the problem is that aluminum is much harder material than the plastic stems. You can't change that.

And the fact that keycaps need to be machine cut means that it's hard to get them as smooth. Don't get me wrong. You can certainly use them without problems, but they are not the Rolls-Royce. More like a Lada or a Fiat.

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https://metalkeyboards.no

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