Looking for the perfect keyboard

[Mikecase00]

I'm looking to add another keyboard to my arsenal.  In particular I have the following requirements:

 - Mechanical/tactile/clicky key switches (buckling spring, blue cherry, or ALPS equivalent).
 - Solid construction (it doesn't have to be as beefy as my M's, but it can't feel cheap)
 - Dark color (black, dark grey, etc)
 - Standard 101/104 key layout
 - Wireless

As far as I can tell, no such keyboard exists.  One wonders why not.  Surely there's a market for something along the lines of a well made DasIII or IOne in a wireless design?  Is there already something like this out there that I just haven't seen yet?

[itlnstln]

I think there might be something in the Filco line that might interest you.  I can't remember off hand what form factors they come in.  There are blue Cherry and white Alps versions, but again, I am not sure what versions they come in.

[bhtooefr]

Are the Filcos plate or PCB mount? If they're PCB, then you could buy a FKBT104M/EB and an iOne Scorpius M10, and swap the springs and stems.

[itlnstln]

They are PCB mounted.

[Chloe]

Switches are plate-mounted:
http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/majistouch.html
http://flickr.com/photos/emilwu/sets/792591/

[itlnstln]

Here I am looking at my plate-mounted switches in my ABS ans typing PCB.  Fail.

[Chloe]

Well, they are PCB mounted too... ALPS need the face plate, two pins are not stable enough.

[nerp]

What about a Customizer 104? It pretty much meets all your categories. ** except wireless. :/

[wheel83]

a customizer with a 5m extension cable should do wonders haha

[FKSSR]

yeah, a unicomp with a wireless mod of some sort may be possible, but that may take some work...

[wheel83]

wireless adaptors are definitely possible with todays technology. im pretty sure ive seen such devices exist cheaply.

[bhtooefr]

But WUSB adapters are quite large things that... let's just say they're the size of a wireless router, and have a power brick that big, too.

You're going to have to do a controller swap, and the only controller I could find that was readily available... can't really be reprogrammed without some specs that the manufacturer won't give to an individual.

[iMav]

There exists a Filco 'board with bluetooth and blue Cherry keyswitches.  Since you don't want/need a tenkeyless, you should be good to go with Filco.

[bhtooefr]

What's the model number, though? I'm guessing it has "91" or "108" somewhere in it?

[chongyixiong]

http://www.diatec.co.jp/en/det.php?prod_c=495

I believe this is EXACTLY what fits your bill.

They come in either soft tactile brown or linear black though.

[bhtooefr]

Right, I already mentioned that... but it doesn't have blues.

[Mikecase00]

http://www.diatec.co.jp/en/det.php?prod_c=495

I believe this is EXACTLY what fits your bill.

They come in either soft tactile brown or linear black though.

That's close, but coming from a Model-M I'm not sure I can live with the loss of clicky feedback.  In an ideal world I'd buy a black, blue tooth enabled, IBM M-2 keyboard, but obviously no such keyboard exists.  I was wondering if there might be something wireless with clicky mechanical switches.  If the Filco had cherry blues I'd be in business...

[Mikecase00]

What about a Customizer 104? It pretty much meets all your categories. ** except wireless. :/

I already have several Model-Ms, a Customizer would be redundant.

[bhtooefr]

Well, if you feel like doing a crap-ton of soldering, you could always put blues in it...

[FKSSR]

sounds like a good mod project, whether you mod an IBM, Unicomp, or Filco.

EDIT: This is my 100th post!