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Offline bcredbottle

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The history of artisan caps
« on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 14:32:22 »
Who made the first Artisan cap? Was it Clack? If so, who was second?

The earliest artisan I know of is Clack's caps from 2012...


I know there was a thread asking this question but I can't find it now and it died quickly anyway.
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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 14:51:07 »
Quote from: bcredbottle on Sat, 07 November 2015, 14:32:22
Who made the first Artisan cap? Was it Clack? If so, who was second?

The earliest artisan I know of is Clack's caps from 2012...


I know there was a thread asking this question but I can't find it now and it died quickly anyway.

Would you include novelty caps? Or purely caps made by artisans. Although I don't know the exact dates, I would assume it started with novelty caps being made, then someone custom making novelty caps, then custom sculpted caps (artisans).
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Offline KippHuntress

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Re: The history of artisan caps
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Offline Coreda

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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:11:44 »
From what I remember back in my lurking days there weren't anywhere near the same volume of custom caps, or sets. There were a number threads about DIY dyeing which in a landscape of generic keycaps were a novelty to see. iMav's rit dyeing thread was one of the earliest threads to spark my interest in GH. Would be curious about the history of artisan caps, too.

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Offline rm-rf

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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:15:24 »
I made some wooden key caps for my model M back in 1997/1998, when I was in high school.
they only lasted about a year. but that was before I even knew about this place.
not to mention GH may not have even existed back then.
perhaps you need to be more specific in your question.
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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:17:30 »
AFAIK, it was Clack, Bro started working on it, Boost did some caps, there were a couple of DIY threads, I made a few threads about my start, Binge started, Jiggity Jane and one or two others started then disappeared, Hipster started, then the deluge came.
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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:23:01 »
First I remember was CC. There were novelty keys back then, mainly through SP. But I'm pretty sure the first time something was carved into/molded out of the cap was the original red Click Clack Skull. Then the black, then Tri. They were $16 and $25 I think through EK. Not many bought them for a while, seemed crazy at the time to spend that much on a single key cap lol.
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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:29:04 »
Forgot I was being nice now
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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:47:29 »
Clacks were 1st....mostly imitated, eventually duplicated.
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Re: The history of artisan caps
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:49:21 »
Quote from: heedpantsnow on Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:23:01
First I remember was CC. There were novelty keys back then, mainly through SP. But I'm pretty sure the first time something was carved into/molded out of the cap was the original red Click Clack Skull. Then the black, then Tri. They were $16 and $25 I think through EK. Not many bought them for a while, seemed crazy at the time to spend that much on a single key cap lol.

I remember when they were this cheap. I didn't get the appeal then, and I don't get it now.
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