Do you actually use your rare (read CC, BB, GirlDC, Ti, etc) keycaps

[MOZ]

Not owning one of these and in the process of getting one, I wanted to know if owners of ClickClacks and BroBots and GirlDC and Titanium and any other expensive keycap actually used them on a daily basis or kept them as collectibles in mint condition inside storage boxes?

Do you not fear of them shining if you use them on a daily basis? Or wearing out?

Or do you just take them, polish them, take a couple of pictures with your fancy cameras and lighting and them put them back in the showcase?

[tsangan]

everything I own I use

[Ultratude]

I have only two CCs, but I do use them.

[Sai]

i used my brobot as an esc key and it got to the point that i can't use any other key in its place.

[jil_jil32]

Yes I use the special keys as long as there's one keyset that go well with it ^^

[tormentor]

There's more awesome ones?! Where can I get these brobots at price? XD

[MOZ]

There's more awesome ones?! Where can I get these brobots at price? XD

There are:
Click Clacks
Brobots
GirlDC
Titanium
Feng's Metal Keycaps

These are what I consider awesome, I may have missed some, but not really a fan of any other novelty caps.

[Dubsgalore]

I use my julysicles on and off now

when i get my gh60s, one will go on each for every second of the day

[MOZ]

I pretty much like metal, wood and anything 3D. Not a fan of fancy print, dyesub, doubleshot, lasered stuff.

Either keep it simple or go hardcore!

[tormentor]

There's more awesome ones?! Where can I get these brobots at price? XD

There are:
Click Clacks
Brobots
GirlDC
Titanium
Feng's Metal Keycaps

These are what I consider awesome, I may have missed some, but not really a fan of any other novelty caps.

I've seen feng's stuff on ebay. Think he had some adonized aluminum ones I really like. Think I got a Chickobo doubleshot from him or maybe that was keypop.net Anyways... Back to my earlier question, where can I find Brobots?  Are the sales held here like CCs? Interested to see what these GirlDC ones look like and where those are available. I'll have to browse the forum some more.

[yearn4]

My whales goes surfing everytime i need to hit tilde or escape

[rowdy]

My 3D CC is in Esc position on my HHKB. It gets used, but not that often.

[aesthetics1]

Anyone have a shiny special key from too much use? =/.. lol.

I use all of mine.

[Dubsgalore]

i remember someone had a tri-color that had white as one of it's colors, but has yellowed since when he got it, from all the use

[rowdy]

i remember someone had a tri-color that had white as one of it's colors, but has yellowed since when he got it, from all the use

That one looked really cool, kinda like real bone.

[n0rvig]

I use my CC's but I haven't worked up the nerves to hit my girlDC yet. 

[Dubsgalore]

i remember someone had a tri-color that had white as one of it's colors, but has yellowed since when he got it, from all the use

That one looked really cool, kinda like real bone.

It looked badass...like he really cared for it and used it a lot lol

[Sai]

i remember someone had a tri-color that had white as one of it's colors, but has yellowed since when he got it, from all the use

That one looked really cool, kinda like real bone.

It looked badass...like he really cared for it and used it a lot lol

is it this one ? 

[Dubsgalore]

might be the same fellow, but i distinctly remember it being a photo of the cap *off* keyboard...it was a white background i believe

it was that specific tri-color

[CommunistWitchDr]

I had been tempted to get a fancy cap for my esc key if one that matched came along, but I switched to ergo boards and there just isn't a good spot. Would have had daily use though.

Guess I'll stick to full blank pbt.

[elton5354]

everything I own I use

like a boss

[Grim Fandango]

I also use everything I own. I do not think I am an actual collector. I just like to spice up the keyboard and make it look awesome. If I have something I do not want to use, I trade it for something I want.

[SpAmRaY]

everything I own I use

But that's too easy when you don't have any keyboards.

[audukent]

I use everything I own as well

[boost]

My ccs sit on a keyboard that I don't use.

[singaporean123]

I have nothing. I go to a corner and draw circles on the floor with my blood and tears after realizing i did not get in on the sale for the 9000th time

[snoopy]

I use my CCs, but only as esc-key...

[MOZ]

I only own what I will use! Like a true boss!

[Kabuks]

Most of my various Clacks and Brobots sit on keychains and in a box. My 2 GirlDC keys have never been put on a keyboard yet and are still in their original box. I mostly pick a rare key for my escape key and use if for a while till I get bored of it then switch to a different rare key.

[SeriouSSpotS]

My ccs sit on a keyboard that I don't use.

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[esoomenona]

At least a person or two around here use them to warm themselves in the winter.

[nubbinator]

If I had a skull, I'd use it as my esc.  Alas, I have a 420 that sits on my shelf because the chronic and I aren't bosom buddies.

[Yzeets]

if I had one to use I would, I don't see a point having them sit around it's not like it's one of these! (Plan on buying one this week)

[rowdy]

At least a person or two around here use them to warm themselves in the winter.

Or tries to asphyxiate himself with toxic fumes

[esoomenona]

#clackrevenge That thing was out to get home.

[MKULTRA]

if I had one to use I would, I don't see a point having them sit around it's not like it's one of these! (Plan on buying one this week)

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Wtf is that an alarm clock?

[Yzeets]

alarm clock radio with neon lights

[Smeagol_RP]

I don't... 'cause I don't have one.

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[snoopy]

Did anybody ever see a damaged clack? I know there is one that is yellowed from sunlight.... (and the one that was burned)... but real damage that didn't happen on purpose, like broken stem or something chipped off on a corner... or shiny forehead? I mean these things travel all around the world (often many times)...

The plastic they are made of, seems to be an awesome recipe.

Wonder if there is a Clack-Hospital if one gets injured 

[reiuorw]

I use them. I think if I don't use it, having them is worthless.

[rowdy]

Did anybody ever see a damaged clack? I know there is one that is yellowed from sunlight.... (and the one that was burned)... but real damage that didn't happen on purpose, like broken stem or something chipped off on a corner... or shiny forehead? I mean these things travel all around the world (often many times)...

The plastic they are made of, seems to be an awesome recipe.

Wonder if there is a Clack-Hospital if one gets injured 

Don't think I have ever seen a damaged one.

[esoomenona]

Oh, I use mine, alright. I use them all the time...

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39794.msg970640#msg970640

[The_Beast]

Did anybody ever see a damaged clack? I know there is one that is yellowed from sunlight.... (and the one that was burned)... but real damage that didn't happen on purpose, like broken stem or something chipped off on a corner... or shiny forehead? I mean these things travel all around the world (often many times)...

The plastic they are made of, seems to be an awesome recipe.

Wonder if there is a Clack-Hospital if one gets injured 

CC fixed Hals topre clack. It was a blank mint gum and the stem didn't fit right. Hal sent it back and the stem was reshot using a different color. I thought it was pretty cool

[dorkvader]

I used to use my titanium spacebar on my kmac every day, but I swapped it out for PBT after a while, as the metal was sort of starting to put a dent in my thumb. More importantly, I was starting to scratch it from use, and I want to polish it before putting it back.

I have some aluminium keycaps, that I did use briefly as "esc" keys, but now they are on my qfr which is not currently in use (waiting on a frosty flake to get done, which is waiting on a new soldering iron tip to arrive)

[eth0s]

When I first get a Clack, I carefully wash it in rosewater.

Then I anoint it with frankincense essential oil (and some myrrh when I have it in the house).

Then I gently place it into my bullet proof glass case with a pair of solid gold, velvet covered tongs, and rest each one on an ermine pillow, that has been lined with both mink belly fur and silk, and which has then been stuffed with the feathers of the extinct dodo bird.

After that, I simply lock the room and set the laser alarm, and never see the Clack again.

[Grim Fandango]

If I had a skull, I'd use it as my esc.  Alas, I have a 420 that sits on my shelf because the chronic and I aren't bosom buddies.

I have the same problem. Do not want to use it at home cos of my nephews and nieces that see it when using the PC. Do not want to use it at work for obvious reasons.

[Sifo]

I use some of them ... they get rotated.

[rowdy]

When I first get a Clack, I carefully wash it in rosewater.

Then I anoint it with frankincense essential oil (and some myrrh when I have it in the house).

Then I gently place it into my bullet proof glass case with a pair of solid gold, velvet covered tongs, and rest each one on an ermine pillow, that has been lined with both mink belly fur and silk, and which has then been stuffed with the feathers of the extinct dodo bird.

After that, I simply lock the room and set the laser alarm, and never see the Clack again.

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[devouringone3]

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[QueenXenon]

I think it'd be really cool to use textured keys (like the skulls I guess) as 'F' and 'J' keys instead of having the little bumps on them like they usually do