Type K - Tented Ergo keyboard (03/08/2023 - GB DATE AND PRICING ANNOUNCED)

Looks lovely. But too expensive for my wallet :(

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This is just a rip-off. The market is veering towards good quality, more affordable boards and this guy comes up with a 800 bucks bland-ass board.
- I like the design but yea the price is insanely high for this keyboard.
I wish someone would make a nice tented unisplit like this with an actual ergo layout.
- Sadek, from fingerpunch, designs a unibody case for their Ximi board.
- You mean like a Kinesis Advantage2 (and its predecessors)? Monoblock, 20 degree built-in tenting, thumb keys and key wells.
  
  (The linked keyboard looks quite bad from an ergonomics perspective. It has quite large positive tilt, which is bad for your wrists.)
- The keyboard.io team is working on a Model-100-but-one-tented-piece, but it’s still pretty early in the development process. Obra has shown CAD screenshots on their discord!
  
  I did see that and it looks cool, but is it actually a tented PCB, or is the tent part of the keycap sculpt?
Link?

Edit: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107031.0
- Thanks. Could’ve sworn I added it.
That's exciting! I've been keeping an eye out on the Type K since the IC was posted on GH.

It's a shame that the base price and short groupbuy window is going to exclude a lot of folks from picking it up.
- Yeah, it’s really a shame it’s not a little bit better priced. But maybe if the board is a success a manufacturer will create something similar.

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