My Kingdom for Smooth ABS SA Keycaps
Every time I build a new keyboard, I go hunting for keycaps. And every time I go hunting, it eventually devolves into a desperate search for SA (or equivalent) profile keycaps with a smooth finish. SA is the ultimate profile, IMHO, and they're relatively hard to come by. Signature Plastics, which is where a lot of SA sets come from like the T0mb3ry SA Carbon set (they might actually hold the trademark on the SA profile if I'm not mistaken), is reportedly going through some management/ownership struggles (last I heard, they're looking for new ownership), and along with apparently the rest of the industry, they seem to be neglecting this superior keycap profile in their own stocks. If you order direct from them, they have a couple themed sets in stock (maybe), but generally you can have any color you want, as long as it's black or white. Drop carries a fair number of MT3 profile sets, which are very similar to SA. But just like SP's SA-P profile, they're made with a different...
Apr 10, 2024
So really I'm posting this to get this conversation started on Massdrop. Maybe these exist somewhere in the world or you know a guy that knows a guy that could make these happen, let me know in the comments. It would even be awesome to see these as a collaboration with Massdrop and Varmilo, since this site has helped Varmilo gain recognition in the West... I don't know I'm just spit-balling all of this. When it really gets down to it, I just love the feeling of the PBT keycaps but want to take advantage of the front-LED's on this keyboard.
Summary... I know that the market for this isn't really there and it may be expensive to produce, but I think it's an eye-catching style that will gain popularity as time goes on. Even though there may not be many manufactures building their keyboards for this, I don't think that would stop enthusiasts building custom keyboards around this style.
TL;DR Some random pleb bought a mech. keyboard and wants specialty front-lit doubleshot PBT keycaps because Varmilo decided to put the LED's on the front of their switches rather than the back.