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SLV SA - Keyboard

Lately I have been investing some time with in depth research on mechanical keyboard and really started to like the subculture.

Since I could not find anything that comes close to what I was searching for on the market the idea was to design a keyboard that I myself would buy ans / or built. With the exact key caps, switches and form factor I like.

I felt hesitant to create one of those 60% keyboard layouts, that are enormously popular in the mechanical keyboard community. This is because I need those F keys and a nice numpad for my daily work as 3D Artist.

I felt hesitant to create one of those 60% keyboard layouts, that are enormously popular in the mechanical keyboard community. This is because I need those F keys and a nice numpad for my daily work as 3D Artist.

I still wanted it to be somewhat portable, so I split the keyboard and the numpad into two parts. Another reason I did my own design was, that there are no tenkeyless keyboards with seperate numpad that match design language.

I still wanted it to be somewhat portable, so I split the keyboard and the numpad into two parts.
Another reason I did my own design was, that there are no tenkeyless keyboards with seperate numpad that match design language.

Since I like the retro SA form factor keys I used the Signature Plastics model as template to get the correct measurements but then altered the design to look more like older SA sets from the Commodore and the prestigious Space Cadet keyboard

Since I like the retro SA form factor keys I used the Signature Plastics model as template to get the correct measurements but then altered the design to look more like older SA sets from the Commodore and the prestigious Space Cadet keyboard

The color, because I like simplicity, is an inverted dolch scheme. While searching the web for Ideas I really liked the front printed special functions on the Vortex Core 40% I did my own spin on it, putting all shift key characters as front print.

The color, because I like simplicity, is an inverted dolch scheme. While searching the web for Ideas I really liked the front printed special functions on the Vortex Core 40% I did my own spin on it, putting all shift key characters as front print.

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