Grey vintage blank keycap for filco.

[galakus]

Hi, i'm new here and totaly noob, i'm planning on buying my first mechanical keyboard a filco majestouch white, and i would like to change the key set for something white grey like on a happy hacking for example. Do you know what kind of keycap do i need and where can i find it ?

The keyboark i'm going to buy : filco majestouch 2 white : http://webwit.nl/input/filco/fkbn87-white-3.jpg

the keyboard i'm inspiring for the effect i would like : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Happy_Hacking_Keyboard_Professional_2.jpg

i probably just have to had some grey caps but are all the key the same ? i would like them to match each other etc .. i probably sound noob i'm sorry about that thx for reading me

[IvanIvanovich]

perhaps something like this?

[galakus]

who thx this is exactly what i'm looking for, but i'm thinking maybe that i just need the grey cap since the ninja filco white already have blank white key i will try to find on ebay then but i don't know what to type to find those things what does mean "kbc" ??

 

[IvanIvanovich]

Oh, well then if you want to keep the bulk of stock caps then you could just order light grey of the larger keys etc from WASD for a lot cheaper. WASD are not high quality PBT like those I liked before though. Up to you what you want to spend, how nice of typing feel you want.

KBC is just a brand of keyboard stuffs.

[galakus]

oh okay i will check wasd i guess but, i saw a "group buy" on the forum that you create and i feel like it was what i was looking for : http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43328...looks like it's end i hope similar things like that will happen again i'm new to this i didn't realise how keyset are rare and stuff and the plastic quality and stuff so.. basicly i want to buy a filco majestouche 2 white a recreate the colors of the happy hacking professionnal 2 adding some light grey keycaps. but anyway thx for the help it was exactly what i was looking for

[IvanIvanovich]

There are groupbuys all the time around here. When or if something repeats is no guarantee though. People sell and trade things off pretty frequently too, so there is always a chance to pick something up at a later time.

[metalliqaz]

That full set of PBT is, like, totally worth it though

[galakus]

yeah the set looks amazing, but i'm sorry to be that picky but i feel like this set is too grey i want a light grey feeling but i might considere this set though will see thanx anyway

[skuko]

galakus, before you go all excited about the caps, beware

the thick PBT caps are a completely different material than the stock filco caps and feel different, as well as look different.

moreover, the PBT caps are CHERRY profile, whereas the stock filco caps are OEM profile. these two profiles SIGNIFICANTLY differ in keycap height.
cherry profile keycaps MAY or MAY NOT be grinding on the stabilizer wires on the costar stabilizers, because of their lower profile, especially the enter and right shift keys.

there's a lot more to choosing a keycap set for a particular board, than just choosing a color

just sayin

[terran5992]

Your stock caps are abs plastic. You should try out some pbt caps first before committing to KBC set