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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: Willy on Mon, 04 November 2013, 19:05:22
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It seems to me that everyone is looking for Blank Black PBT keycaps, but have failed to find even a hint of them anywhere. You would think that with such a demand, it would be the most common keycap you could buy. I can find rainbow PBT keys before I can find Black PBT keys. Why are they so rare? What makes them so hard to get? It seems to me that every keycap distributor should be selling Blank Black PBT keycaps out the wazoo.
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http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=98
Or DSA?
http://www.keycapsdirect.com/marketplace.php
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Hmm. these seem to be very small sets. I'm looking to fill my entire Quickfire Rapid with blank black keys. Should I be specifically buying an 86/104 key set or would I be able to get by with getting say 2 50 key sets?
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First link has more keys than you need. The second one you have to pick base set + modifiers.
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Oh and btw Welcome to Geekhack!
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Thanks! That first set looks to be exactly what I want (I miss-took it as a 56-key set). I won't be buying the keys for about a month or two though, so maybe as the holidays get closer, distributors will stock up on some Blank Black PBT's and I'll have more options.
Cheers.
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I've asked about a printed thick PBT black cherry profile recently and got this..
Imsto - no such key set yet.
Feng - They don't have thick PBT 104-keyset in black for sale so far, but I think they might make them in the future.
I couldnt get any other details other than that.
Hopefully a group buy will pop up or Feng will just start selling them. I have two of Fengs sets on other boards and they are so nice
to me it'll be worth just waiting for a black set to come around.
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Fengs sets are awesome! I bought a set of thick white blank pbt caps from him, and they are just great. I would literally kill for a set of blacks the same quality!
Pls FENG, make it happen! <3
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http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=98
Or DSA?
http://www.keycapsdirect.com/marketplace.php
ABS spacebar. SO DUMB
& are the mechkeyboards.com Ducky ones even THICK ? I would email them but they're also out of stock anyway...
Amazing some of the most sought after type of keys aren't available. I was gonna go for the blank black POM group buy, but that fizzled out.
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I came across an old post by IvanIvanovich talking about potentially doing a group buy for blacks and sen him a PM.
IvanIvanovich - still want to try it but I don't know when it will be. Need to try and see if can arrange something with the factory for reasonable quantity, not 10,000 sets :rolleyes:
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I came across an old post by IvanIvanovich talking about potentially doing a group buy for blacks and sen him a PM.
IvanIvanovich - still want to try it but I don't know when it will be. Need to try and see if can arrange something with the factory for reasonable quantity, not 10,000 sets :rolleyes:
awesome, thank you for the information!
I will send him a PM right away :D
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I wouldnt bother bugging the guy, he is working it, I was just passing the intel along.
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I think Imsto or KBC didn't want to make them as they can't be dyesubbed.
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Racism....(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/df13952b.gif)
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Coming very soon! I will start buy for this once wrapping up currently open buys.
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Coming very soon! I will start buy for this once wrapping up currently open buys.
KBC?
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imsto thick Cherry PBT in black. Same prices like last buy blank and black on black dyesub options with 400 total sets MOQ.
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imsto thick Cherry PBT in black. Same prices like last buy blank and black on black dyesub options with 400 total sets MOQ.
We need two of you!
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imsto thick Cherry PBT in black. Same prices like last buy blank and black on black dyesub options with 400 total sets MOQ.
My god, when I thought I was done with cherry, now I need a new board for this lol
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Dang. Didn't realize I could pick up a set of PBTs this cheap. A set of these will be on my keyboard soon! Now just to figure out which colors I want...
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Great news. Are you going to do a blank set as well?
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I will join on the blank black PBT group buy for a 104 set, just putting my name in the hat right now so I don't get forgotten when it rolls around.
Thanks a lot,
you guys are amazing here.
Taylor
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what kinda price for that GB? $50 - $75 range or closer to $100?
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what kinda price for that GB? $50 - $75 range or closer to $100?
I would say 50-75
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All the thick PBT 104 sets go for $95 on ebay, a littttllee cheaper for blanks. So anything less is bonus, but the fact you cant get black and through this you can is :thumb:
I'm in for a set, two if there is going to be a blank and not blank.
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imsto thick Cherry PBT in black. Same prices like last buy blank and black on black dyesub options with 400 total sets MOQ.
He is the cherry messiah
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Any chance of a 1.75x right shift for these black caps? Being able to use a pure style layout with thick cherry PBTs on the gh60 would be nice.
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Blank set $55, printed set $75. As before same 104 set with 1.25 mods and additional stepped caps lock. ISO enter, 1.75 shift, 1.5 mod and 7 spacebar is NOT available.
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Any chance for 4 top row keys for ducky/108 key users?
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Blank set $55, printed set $75. As before same 104 set with 1.25 mods and additional stepped caps lock. ISO enter, 1.75 shift, 1.5 mod and 7 spacebar is NOT available.
Pretty sad that I ordered an ABS set for $25 earlier last month.
Great buy though, you made me look a fool. ;D
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additional stepped caps lock.
Are those center stemmed?
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No stepped caps lock is for Cherry G80.
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wait, so is there a group buy being set up for thick, black PBT keycaps? I can't really figure out if it's happening or people are just suggesting it happening.
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wait, so is there a group buy being set up for thick, black PBT keycaps? I can't really figure out if it's happening or people are just suggesting it happening.
Hi Johnny, welcome aboard!
There WILL be a GB for thick blank black PBT caps, $55. Hasn't started yet though.
Waiting for the previous GB to end.
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Will they be cherry or oem profile?
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wait, so is there a group buy being set up for thick, black PBT keycaps? I can't really figure out if it's happening or people are just suggesting it happening.
Hi Johnny, welcome aboard!
There WILL be a GB for thick blank black PBT caps, $55. Hasn't started yet though.
Waiting for the previous GB to end.
OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD
can't wait for it :D
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Will they be cherry or oem profile?
This! ^^
I like OEM, but would still be interested if they're Cherry. Oh, who am I kidding, THICK BLANK BLACK PBT! Take my money! <throws 20 euro notes at screen>
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Groupbuy is UP! (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50935.0)
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ErgoDox sets? Please?
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Sorry but only 104 ANSI. The way they have the keys grouped in their molds make them extremely inflexible as they are unwilling to over run lots of keys to do other set packaging.
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Hi Johnny, welcome aboard!
There WILL be a GB for thick blank black PBT caps, $55. Hasn't started yet though.
Waiting for the previous GB to end.
it's time to stop being a lurker and to finally join this great community! Thanks for the welcome!
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After 8 months of waiting, still nowehre you can buy pbt blank black dcs keys.. omg so many vendor are wasting the opportunity to sell a lot...
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not sure why you're mentioning dcs.
it's not thick.
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not sure why you're mentioning dcs.
it's not thick.
Poker ii is DCS isn't it? If so that keyset is thick (1.5mm)
(if it's not DCS is it OEM? and if so what's the difference?)
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Whats the eta on Ivan's GB?
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Whats the eta on Ivan's GB?
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50935.msg1390458#msg1390458
You could check the GB thread for the most recent updates.
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not sure why you're mentioning dcs.
it's not thick.
Poker ii is DCS isn't it? If so that keyset is thick (1.5mm)
(if it's not DCS is it OEM? and if so what's the difference?)
dcs is signature plastic's 'replica' of cherry profile, but they are NOT the same synonyms
cherry/dcs is shorter than OEM profile.
poker 2 is OEM unless the internets have been lying to me
thickness technically has nothing to do with profile. it just happens that we don't hav every permutation of thickness and profile. eg cherry profile keycaps are thick
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dcs is signature plastic's 'replica' of cherry profile, but they are NOT the same synonyms
cherry/dcs is shorter than OEM profile.
poker 2 is OEM unless the internets have been lying to me
thickness technically has nothing to do with profile. it just happens that we don't hav every permutation of thickness and profile. eg cherry profile keycaps are thick
Thanks, very helpful. This chart confused me for a while: http://keycapsdirect.com/key-caps.php
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dcs is signature plastic's 'replica' of cherry profile, but they are NOT the same synonyms
cherry/dcs is shorter than OEM profile.
poker 2 is OEM unless the internets have been lying to me
thickness technically has nothing to do with profile. it just happens that we don't hav every permutation of thickness and profile. eg cherry profile keycaps are thick
Thanks, very helpful. This chart confused me for a while: http://keycapsdirect.com/key-caps.php
Y, OEM and Cherry profile are not shown on that chart, it only shows SP's own profiles. Poker II is OEM, thick PBT. Cherry profile is very similar to DCS, but with flatter angle on the bottom 2 rows. I find Cherry profile preferable to type on, the angle of DCS bottom rows is a bit irritating to me.
I ordered some sets from Ivan's Group Buy and also his latest GMK one, both Cherry profile and thick. Can't wait to get the caps. The black PBT one is waiting for a production slot, the GMK Dolch is invoiced and should move to production after the 15th if all goes to plan. :D
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I think that maybe there will be Leopold-branded thick PBT caps that are blank and black.
So far I have seen black printed, black side-printed and navy blue blanks.
The profile is practically indistinguishable to Cherry's. The packs do apparently come with a 6.25 universal space bar that will fit other non-Leopold keyboards as well.
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I got my navy blue Leopold kit from Korea today. It is a very dark blue colour that looks almost black.
I posted more in the thread in the Great Finds forum (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=59780.msg1394816#msg1394816). I have yet to populate a keyboard with it, but I am really satisfied with it.