[IC] KKB Cobalt - US/UK/FR/DE base kits! | Updated kitting & more

[The Switch Journal]

Hello everyone! I would like to introduce to you this little project I've been working on for the past 6 months.


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● Intro ●

Hi everyone! Here is KKB Cobalt, my first keycap project. I have set out to release a set of keycaps because of the frustration I had seeing so many beautiful sets releasing (more specifically made of quality ABS) - but none in my local layout which I love, so I ended up asking myself "why not giving it a try?" and here we are. Of course, it doesn't mean that I'm not gonna support other layouts!
For the design I wanted to do something sober but with a slight flair, being inspired by GMK Blanc sur Noir I really wanted to see how the tulips would look on a deep blue set of keycaps, and boy I wasn't disappointed. Of course I got the ok from BsN's designer so no worries.


● Kitting ●

Base kits



Child kits




Alert Row / Extension kits



RAL Colors




● Vendors ●

EU/FR: DeltaKeyCo
EU/DE: Monacokeys
US: Divinikey
UK: Proto[Typist]
AU: KeebzNCables
CN: Keykobo
KR: Geon
SEA: Ktechs.store
Global: Unikeys


● Details ●

Manufactured by Keykobo
ABS double-shot keycaps
Novelties (including “NoFR/DE NoBUY”) as well as tulip keys are going to be UV printed

Price: expected under 100€ VAT included for FR and DE base kits, under $90 USD for US + UK base kit (expect the usual KKB prices)
MOQ: 350 total between the 3 base kits (combined)

GB date: Expected end of Q3 - start of Q4 2026

Novelties made by EricSky - Thank you for everything you’ve done for me my friend.


● Collabs ●

Custom cable: Khor

If anyone is interested into making any kind of collab like an artisan, a deskmat, anything, here are my contact infos:
Email: theswitchjournal@gmail.com
Discord: @aurorepoke


● Additional renders ●





● IRL sample pics ●

[The Switch Journal]

[June 12th 2026] - Updated kitting (additional 1.5u Super and 1u rAlt added into the Base kits — Stepped Ctrl moved from Base kits to what were previously known as the "Alert" kits, now named "Extension" kits — Shine-through Caps-Locks, Num Locks, and Scroll Lock, added into the Extension kits — Regional keys NoFR/DE NoBUY in reversed colors added into the FR/DE Extension kits — White 6.25u and 7u added into the previously known "40s and Split" kit, now known as the "40s and Spacebars" kit — Q, E, and M keys without sub-legends were added into the DE Base kit — 1.75u Shift was added into the Novelties kit — Fixed render mistakes on the FR Base kit (1.75u shift icon aligned on the top instead of center as well as pgup and pgdn using GMK's icon instead of KKB's). | A new vendor joins the project: Ktechs.store based in Singapore | added Khor's custom cable into the collabs | Narrowed down the expected GB date.

[HoffmanMyster]

Approval bump

[Celty]

That's obviously a big yes!

[MartinThePolarBear]

Yes

[rob2kx]

That blue *chef's kiss*

Love that it doesn't just use the basic accent layout too.

[newzealot]

The Novelties bottom row 2.25U and 2.75U are for shift keys or spacebars?
Could you swap their places, as normally the 2.25U is on the left and 2.75u is on the right.
Or if you could do a render with them, it would be even better (Alice if they are spacebars)

[IBMweMissU]

Love the colors, how about adding shine through CapsLock, NumLock? KKB sets usually offer them

[Eragon_Brisingr]

Love the set and the compatibility ! So hyped to see the GB, vendors are amazing !

[d3smo]

ISO/FR double Shot ABS ? You say the words it's an instant YES 

[Bagri]

GLWIC 

[Plaketdebeur]

Nice project, GLWIC

[The Switch Journal]

The Novelties bottom row 2.25U and 2.75U are for shift keys or spacebars?
Could you swap their places, as normally the 2.25U is on the left and 2.75u is on the right.
Or if you could do a render with them, it would be even better (Alice if they are spacebars)

They are for the shifts, and sure I can do that!

Love the colors, how about adding shine through CapsLock, NumLock? KKB sets usually offer them

I'm a bit afraid that it would push the price over 100€ for us in EU, an alternative might be to replace the R3 controls with the shine-through caps lock if that's something you guys would prefer?
I'll look into it and see what I can do, maybe I'm worried for nothing and I can just add them.

[inviz]

Give it to me!

[pixelpusher]

I like the color, but I'm confused.  I wouldn't consider that to be Cobalt blue.  It looks like the deep navy used in GMK Rudy to me.  When I hear cobalt I think of a brighter, more vibrant color.  Maybe this is a deep cobalt?  Also confusing because there is a GMK Cobalt but this has nothing to do with it.

[The Switch Journal]

I like the color, but I'm just confused.  I wouldn't consider that to be Cobalt blue.  It looks like the deep navy used in GMK Rudy to me.  When I hear cobalt I think of a brighter, more vibrant color.  Maybe this is a deep cobalt?  Also confusing because there is a GMK Cobalt but this has nothing to do with it.

That's how RAL named the color I'm using, so I just went with it, thought a gem theme would be nice so "cobalt" fitted pretty well into it
If you google "cobalt blue" you can find a bit of every tone of blue tbh.
Rudy's blue uses RAL 5003, which is indeed pretty close to the RAL 5013 I'm using, just a smidge lighter/less saturated (well, depending on how the designer color-matched it there could be a bigger difference, unfortunately I don't have it to compare).

[newzealot]

The Novelties bottom row 2.25U and 2.75U are for shift keys or spacebars?
Could you swap their places, as normally the 2.25U is on the left and 2.75u is on the right.
Or if you could do a render with them, it would be even better (Alice if they are spacebars)

They are for the shifts, and sure I can do that!

Great, since they are for the shifts, could you add another 1.75U right shift novelty?

2.75U is for full size and TKL, so another 1.75U will fit most smaller keyboards (just like in your US base kit)

[The Switch Journal]

The Novelties bottom row 2.25U and 2.75U are for shift keys or spacebars?
Could you swap their places, as normally the 2.25U is on the left and 2.75u is on the right.
Or if you could do a render with them, it would be even better (Alice if they are spacebars)

They are for the shifts, and sure I can do that!

Great, since they are for the shifts, could you add another 1.75U right shift novelty?

2.75U is for full size and TKL, so another 1.75U will fit most smaller keyboards (just like in your US base kit)

Sure, will do!
Will update the renders once I figure out how to include the shine-through caps-lock keys in a way that doesn't push the set over the target price

[azhdar]

very nice

[The Switch Journal]

I updated the kitting following the suggestions from you guys as best as I could!
If this makes you change your mind regarding a particular kit, you're free to change your vote in the IC form.

[IBMweMissU]

changed  , thank you for the updates already