[IC] KKB Skidata neo

[masje]

It's skiing season. Time to remake another classic.

DISCORD IC FORM



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K I T T I N G


Base kit. Includes support for alice, limited 40s, HHKB, etc. I made a mistake, there's an extra ansi enter.




Nordeuk kit. Get this for that authentic skidata look. ^{Though who are we kidding, this kit will not be made.}




Alert kit, with cooooolllll translucent keycaps




R5 kit. Will consider adding this to base to replace R4.




Relegendables kit. Includes front print from ESC to F12 and 10 blanks.




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C O L O R S

Colors will be matched to GMK N9/V2.




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P R I C I N G

Aiming for
- $95 for Base kit
- $35 for Nordeuk kit
- $20 for Relegendables kit
- $30 for Alert kit
- $25 for R5 kit




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V E N D O R S

TBD




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R E N D E R S



21xx by Pontus


F2-84 and Frog by Geon


JEBAETED by yours truly





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T H A N K S

Thanks to Pontus for the render model & render help 
Thanks to Jampot for kitting suggestions 
Thanks to Geon for providing the models on his site
Thanks to all my discord server members



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S I G N A T U R E

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T O - D O

Reach out to vendors. Please shout to your local vendors if you want this set run 

Organize received feedback and make changes to the kitting

Get color chip samples + translucent samples from KKB




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F E E D B A C K

( 1 ) Reverse colored accent keys. I know previous sets ran with them, but i dont like the look personally. Will look into it if there's demand, but also need to figure out which child kit to put them into (base already pretty cramped)

( 2 ) Macro expansion keys. I would love row correct macro column with F1-F10, but it will likely depend on demand.

( 3 ) Second 2.2u shift key & 2u shift. Should be ok to add to base kit. No promises though.

( 4 ) Second B. Important addition to base kit.

( 5 ) Redundant ANSI enter. Will be removed.

( 6 ) Considering R5 in base. I dont think it'll make it as a separate child kit.

( 7 ) 10u? Will ask KKB if they have molds. Likely will be an add-on.

( 8 ) Windowed Scroll Lock. Wasn't in original Skidata keyboard. But i understand it might be weird if we have other windowed keys. Will include if not too expensive.

( 9 ) 1u Spacebar. Should be ok to add to base kit. No promises though.

( 10 ) R1 backspace in Alert kit. Should be ok to add.

( 11 ) 1u Alt Gr in base kit will be changed to 1u Alt. It's too cramped for me as well.

( 12 ) R2 |\ will be removed in favor of R1 |\ in alert kit.

( 13 ) Orange relegendables? Think it's a hard sell, might be a pass on this one. 

( 14 ) Thinking of ways to make Nordeuk work. Am considering buying out MOQ.

[Jampot_298]

Yes yes yes. This is hot and I need it...

[Fraaaan]

Finally a Skidata rerun... GLWIC!

[Moods]

Another killer looking project Masje. Count me in 

[VXQN]

This is excellent. I'd like to see accent enter and esc, and I'd love to see sculpted macro or F keys!

[ph4nt0m]

Please consider adding a second 2.25u shift key for proper Type-K support. You could replace the redundant enter key.

[tactilesbad]

HELL YEA

[aa212121]

Clean! nice work!

[jiminojimi]

Wow, just wow.... Like you have my full attention.


I would love to see more of the Alert kit ... Ie expanded into alpha chars

[LightningXI]

I already have this set in GMK, but with R5, I'll consider it.

[farlig]

Count me in, especially if you go for R5 in base.

[HubertThemad]

I wasn't in the hobby to partake in GMK Skidata at non-aftermarket prices, and didn't want to buy DCX Skidata, so I shall partake in KKB Skidata. GLWIC

[Rhienfo]

This is just great to see. Will probably pick up most of the kits.

Do KKB do custom moulds, cause I think it would be really cool to see 10u or BAE or something like that if that's possible.

GLWIC

[vhaarr]

AltGr in base? That's the most based thing I've seen this week. Also nordeuk?!
And 2x 3u space in base? Wow.

And here I was thinking I definitely didn't need another dark set. Turns out I do. I need to show my support for this kind of kitting.

That said I don't understand the extra Q and M keys at all :-P
Also I don't get the transparency thing. I'd rather have an accept set with reversed colors.

[CoolPenguin1]

Amazing kitting and prices. Definitely picking this up when it runs.

Do KKB do custom moulds, cause I think it would be really cool to see 10u or BAE or something like that if that's possible.

They do but it's extremely expensive. There have been a few attempts at getting them to make a BAE but I'm pretty sure it's not really getting anywhere due to cost.

[Thebloodyez]

Skidata R5 and good kitting . Another masje banger. GLWIC .

[iwobobul]

Yes please!

[Flybeck]

EXCELLENT

[Meepergon]

i need this now. shinethrough in base kit? alert kit? absolutely ****ing BASED. i don't really like KKB texture but i will most definitely be picking this up.

[aicyborg]

If Nordeuk kit doesn't make it, would you be open to adding ISO-UK to base? This is quite common for KKB, I don't think it adds much cost and gets at least for me what I want.

[ankit]

I'm so in.
One suggestion is that I think the 1u Alt Gr key looks too cramped on previous sets (including my own lol). Any chance of replacing it with just a second 1u Alt?

[Rhienfo]

They do but it's extremely expensive. There have been a few attempts at getting them to make a BAE but I'm pretty sure it's not really getting anywhere due to cost.

Ah that's a shame, thanks for telling me

[masje]

If Nordeuk kit doesn't make it, would you be open to adding ISO-UK to base? This is quite common for KKB, I don't think it adds much cost and gets at least for me what I want.

Yes! My original thought is to push for nordeuk sales by putting UK ISO here, but depending on how the IC goes, will either put them in base or consider buying out nordeuk kits.

[masje]

I'm so in.
One suggestion is that I think the 1u Alt Gr key looks too cramped on previous sets (including my own lol). Any chance of replacing it with just a second 1u Alt?

Ah yes, was perhaps a oversight on my part... will have an extra 1u 'alt' instead.

[51p50x]

Good kitting and price.

GLWIC

[Surefoot]

Is it ABS or PBT ?

[masje]

Is it ABS or PBT ?

Hello! This set will be double-shot ABS 

[ppatches24]

Pleas gib now, k thanks. Alert KIT IS HOT.

[Rob27shred]

Love this & would be totally down to grab a set if you go with R5 in the base (I already have SkIIdata). Also how comes no extra B for Alice layout? You get the extra bars in the base, might as well add the extra B in.

[patricklau]

Sooo Gooood. I've the whole layout! GLWIC

[offbrandbiscuit]

You're an absolute legend for running this set again. Please do consider adding the orange accents to the base kit though, otherwise I feel it's pointless to offer two 2.25u enters if they both look the same. The semi-translucent accent row kit is an interesting idea, will have to see how it pans out. Definitely interested in this one

[Nebulonix]

Great work on the kits!

[involuntarysoul]

Count me in, especially if you go for R5 in base.

cherry r5 is terrible with the standard spacebar

[zlobin356]

very interesting! i believe i would like to order them.

[dvorcol]

Count me in, especially if you go for R5 in base.

cherry r5 is terrible with the standard spacebar

Do you know if there is a Cherry manufacture that does R5 spacebars? Last I heard GMK only has R4, but that doesn't mean R5 isn't out there somewhere.

[involuntarysoul]

Do you know if there is a Cherry manufacture that does R5 spacebars? Last I heard GMK only has R4, but that doesn't mean R5 isn't out there somewhere.

dcs spacebar is very close to cherry R5

[chigi22]

Would strongly prefer to keep  R4 bottom row in base

[jiminojimi]

Any updates on this?

[Dmitri]

R4 for me

[tactilesbad]

cherry r5 is terrible with the standard spacebar

no it's not, it's ergonomic and looks cool AF

+1 for R5, KKB does have the molds so don't lose the opportunity to make this set stand out from the average.

[iwobobul]

Is this going to happen (pretty please)?

[QWER|key]

Build it, and they will come

[mathiasn]

Want, want, want.
(one kit, not three )

Was going to add suggestions, but found they're there (6,8,1 in particular).

[masje]

Is this going to happen (pretty please)?

Yup it is! Working on it...

[masje]

Any updates on this?

Currently looking for vendors & some kitting fixes!

[dvorcol]

Three previous three sets I know of are Skiidata with two i's. Why are you using only one?

From KeycapLendar:

[konstantin]

Three previous three sets I know of are Skiidata with two i's. Why are you using only one?

From KeycapLendar:

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I would assume the II comes from GMK SkIIdata being the second run of this colorway that was manufactured by GMK. Drop probably took that name not knowing any better (or they were looking to avoid potential trademark issues). The Austrian company that the original Cherry orange-on-black keyboard/keyset was made for is called Skidata, with one I.

[masje]

Three previous three sets I know of are Skiidata with two i's. Why are you using only one?

From KeycapLendar:

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Yup. Skiidata with two ‘I’s I believe was the name TKC gave this set when they ran it as a R2 of this N9/V2 colorway. The DCX project was an extension of this GMK project afaik, so the name stuck.

Skidata with one ‘I’ is the original, I think.

[hottrout]

I have GMK but I like the Alert Kit and R5, might just pick up a full set.  Nice to see it back.

[DennisBytes]

I've been waiting for a proper Skidata re-run for awhile. Excited for R5 support too. I am in.

[baekihyun]

always happy to see shinethrough caps in base kit :nodders:

[Dmitri]

gekoloniseerd, nice set

[Rob27shred]

Three previous three sets I know of are Skiidata with two i's. Why are you using only one?

From KeycapLendar:

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I would assume the II comes from GMK SkIIdata being the second run of this colorway that was manufactured by GMK. Drop probably took that name not knowing any better (or they were looking to avoid potential trademark issues). The Austrian company that the original Cherry orange-on-black keyboard/keyset was made for is called Skidata, with one I.

Yep you are correct, the company is Skidata with one i & the original GMK run was named Skidata+ https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=76521.1250. So the naming here is on point.

[pixelpusher]

Just got my first KKB set (Signet) in the mail today.  Seriously impressive keycaps.  Looking forward to this even more now.

[geec]

I'm in!

[CircuitHero]

Great price, awesome kitting. In for Base + Alert

[airs]

My dreams have come true

[tulaine]

very nice

[whysoda]

ALMOST a little upset that there's no skiing novelties incorporated for ski season.

That being said, that's a great price, kitting looks great. GLWIC!

[geec]

Thanks for this @masje, hoping this gets to GB soon! Great work! 

[masje]

Thanks for this @masje, hoping this gets to GB soon! Great work! 

GB is currently planned to be from April 10th to May 10th!

[welmerer]

I love this,,,, the problem is that it has the porn colour scheme and my parents will be concerned

[Rob27shred]

Thanks for this @masje, hoping this gets to GB soon! Great work! 

GB is currently planned to be from April 10th to May 10th!

Good stuff, will definitely be grabbing a set!

[_rubik]

Any leads on vendors?

[Zeus501]

Excited to finally have a skiidata set with expanded kitting! KKB makes quality caps, so can't wait for this!

[CandyKeys]

Praise the INT Kit.

[tactilesbad]

requesting R5 in base again

[HungerMechanic]

Yes, R5 in base would sweeten the deal.

[masje]

GB post is live here, coming soon! Thank you for your consideration
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=122833.0