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Title: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: kentdo10 on Sat, 25 July 2026, 22:52:25
GMK(?) Black Cherry
Hey guys, this is Toro Studio here, and we're back with another IC. Collaborating with Valkurize, we are revising Black Cherry Keycap project
You may recognise this set as something originally designed by Django. He has given Valk the go-ahead to bring this set back from IC purgatory so all of you can enjoy it.
A lot has changed in the Keycap scene since the inception of this set, and while it was originally going to be run with GMK, we have decided to take the community's opinion on which manufacturer this set will run with, so make sure to fill out the IC from below and make your opinion heard

IC FORM (https://forms.gle/E316na8Q2V6zwATy9)
Please see the previous IC for Transfer of ownership (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=119779.0)


Inspiration

Inspired by the fruit, Black Cherry.

The dark Red-Violet, Black, and Pink are influenced by... well... cherries!

Fun to type with, not to eat!

Colors
(https://i.imgur.com/JHVFvMo.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/8Mh17JZ.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/8Mh17JZ.jpeg)(https://i.imgur.com/J4aTBJd.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/J4aTBJd.jpeg)



Renders
PC Aein by Nonumbers
(https://i.imgur.com/t8tReqm.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/t8tReqm.jpeg)

Dia by Nonumbers
(https://i.imgur.com/BrGGHrY.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/BrGGHrY.jpeg)

F1-8X V2 by Geon
(https://i.imgur.com/UKtdOds.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/UKtdOds.jpeg)

PC TKL
(https://i.imgur.com/ZnrmlAR.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/ZnrmlAR.jpeg)



Kitting
This kitting is tentative and will be finalized once the manufacturer is chosen, please ignore the GMK in the tittles

Base
(https://i.imgur.com/BARShXU.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/BARShXU.jpeg)

Numpad
(https://i.imgur.com/L6mKeqP.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/L6mKeqP.jpeg)

Novelties
(https://i.imgur.com/2EpwEX0.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/2EpwEX0.jpeg)

Extensions
(https://i.imgur.com/XrLnsZ1.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/XrLnsZ1.jpeg)

International
(https://i.imgur.com/ixi0aTb.jpeg) (https://i.imgur.com/ixi0aTb.jpeg)



Vendors and Pricing


Kit Pricing: Pending manufacturer decision


Canada:
United States:
Oceania: Toro Studio (https://www.torokeeb.store/)
Southeast Asia:
Europe:
United Kingdom:
China:
South Korea:
Japan:



Discord and socials

Please use these links to provide any feedback regarding kitting or the set in general
Discord (https://discord.com/invite/BHzCHX2YBW) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/valkurize/)
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: Valkurize on Sat, 25 July 2026, 22:55:35
Most things have yet to be finalized so please be vocal in the IC!
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: MartinThePolarBear on Sat, 25 July 2026, 23:03:45
FINALLY
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: Adelscott on Sun, 26 July 2026, 03:00:40
This kit needs a ESFR kit like Blot, Evil Dolch and Black Snail to be perfect.
Also International is misleading, should be named NORDEUK or whatever.
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: Fraaaan on Sun, 26 July 2026, 04:01:33
Looks nice!

Please give us a regular mod colored ISO Enter and move r1 PgDn and End keys from base to numpad kit since those are used for 1800 layouts.
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: meowoofun on Sun, 26 July 2026, 07:28:52
This needs to be icon only legends out of respect for the original designer (it looks better too).
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: incrediblejr on Sun, 26 July 2026, 07:32:21
Quote from: meowoofun on Sun, 26 July 2026, 07:28:52
This needs to be icon only legends out of respect for the original designer (it looks better too).

+1 and keep it GMK
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: hekt1k on Sun, 26 July 2026, 20:38:43
Quote from: incrediblejr on Sun, 26 July 2026, 07:32:21
Quote from: meowoofun on Sun, 26 July 2026, 07:28:52
This needs to be icon only legends out of respect for the original designer (it looks better too).

+1 and keep it GMK

+2
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: konstantin on Mon, 27 July 2026, 08:26:52
Quote from: Fraaaan on Sun, 26 July 2026, 04:01:33
Please give us a regular mod colored ISO Enter and move r1 PgDn and End keys from base to numpad kit since those are used for 1800 layouts.
What Fraaaan said makes sense; I'd also prefer a mod-colored ISO Enter over an accent one (and if I wanted it, I could pick up the novelties kit). The R1 PgDn, End suggestion also tracks. Otherwise, the kitting looks pretty good to me, though I do have one suggestion:

Consider adding a R3 1u cherry key to the novelties kit. Since there are already 1u cherries on R1, R2, R4, you'd be able to fill out a whole right column on 65%/75% boards with cherries, which would look pretty cool in my opinion.

+1 for GMK
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: rayy on Mon, 27 July 2026, 14:23:12
Quote from: hekt1k on Sun, 26 July 2026, 20:38:43
Quote from: incrediblejr on Sun, 26 July 2026, 07:32:21
Quote from: meowoofun on Sun, 26 July 2026, 07:28:52
This needs to be icon only legends out of respect for the original designer (it looks better too).

+1 and keep it GMK

+2
+3
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: Valkurize on Wed, 29 July 2026, 09:00:16
Quote from: Fraaaan on Sun, 26 July 2026, 04:01:33
Looks nice!

Please give us a regular mod colored ISO Enter and move r1 PgDn and End keys from base to numpad kit since those are used for 1800 layouts.

Noted, will make these changes once the manufacturer is chosen!
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: Valkurize on Wed, 29 July 2026, 09:02:01
For those of you wanting to keep this a GMK set please make sure you fill out the IC form so we can track that data accordingly
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: @bare on Fri, 31 July 2026, 11:19:15
(https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2737bf12705bf979226370968f9)

Yep.
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: The Switch Journal on Sat, 22 August 2026, 23:21:05
Quote from: Adelscott on Sun, 26 July 2026, 03:00:40
This kit needs a ESFR kit like Blot, Evil Dolch and Black Snail to be perfect.
Also International is misleading, should be named NORDEUK or whatever.

This!
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: LumiP on Sun, 23 August 2026, 14:20:46
Really love these colors! Nice to see black cherry being done justice!
Title: Re: Black Cherry Keycap | Manufacturer undecided
Post by: Zurichan on Mon, 07 September 2026, 00:44:41
Love this set. Definitely hoping for GMK. Would like a 1U option for R 3 though.