Your best bet is to have this moved into the Classifieds.
The only person who would know is feng, as you can see in one of the pictures. He sold one last set in classifieds which I missed out on; he mentioned to me at the time that he would double check inventory to see if he had a final set but never got back to me, so I assume he indeed sold the last one.
The person who beat me to the punch on the set put in them in the classifieds not long after, and I was the person who bought them.
I am still fairly new here overall, so I have no idea how many were actually produced, but I think you'll be hard pressed to find any.
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If they're an old set, odds are finger acids have eaten through the clearcoat and they look pretty bad. Unfortunately, those zinc caps tend to start looking not so great pretty quickly and don't really get a good patina like some other metals do. It's why I try doing alloys for my backyard casting.
From what I've researched the last group buy was in 2012~, so they sure are hard to come by. If you're ever interested in selling your set let me know!
If they're an old set, odds are finger acids have eaten through the clearcoat and they look pretty bad. Unfortunately, those zinc caps tend to start looking not so great pretty quickly and don't really get a good patina like some other metals do. It's why I try doing alloys for my backyard casting.
And just to be anecdotal to nubb's valid point, I have a 37-key blank set as well as the TKL blank set. I used the 37-key daily for close to 10 months and there has been no wear or aspects as seen in the extreme cases that have been shown with legended zinc caps. And I was never really being all that careful during my use.From what I've researched the last group buy was in 2012~, so they sure are hard to come by. If you're ever interested in selling your set let me know!
I am currently using the set now, and really, ABS and PBT don't really come close to a full zinc experience. I definitely don't see myself getting rid of these anytime soon, but you will be first on the list if that should ever come.
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That looks great! Whats the profile on the Zinc keys? And what switch type are you using with them?
That looks great! Whats the profile on the Zinc keys? And what switch type are you using with them?
They're OEM, and this keyboard has clears.
My 37-key blank set and kersite modifiers from Bang Good, are on my QFS with greens (accented with Miami set).Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/rQobqdE.jpg)
You might want to watch out for the wear on zinc. I don't know how widespread this is but:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/fsHmvtq.jpg)
Ah, what was changed?You might want to watch out for the wear on zinc. I don't know how widespread this is but:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/fsHmvtq.jpg)
This mostly happened with the first generation of Zinc keycaps, and was pretty much fixed with the second generation.