Made a birthday gift for an old friend, who's busy invading the Albion, a tool to perform the invasion more efficiently. Also a conceptual craft that can (potentially, with a pouch of dimes to spare) turn into a personalized collection, featuring the recent obsession with spaceship fictional designs. One such winter creation became a mascot for this one.

The chassis is from a low Amazon tier this time, since I'm kinda short on budget. However, even this CIY GK68 board feels very responsive for its cost. The only drawback is lack of backlight, which might not even be a drawback if the keycaps are high-contrast.

The switches are yellow linear ones, which became my default choice. The keycaps are also nothing-special-standard-PBT, matching in color the mascot model.

I failed to paint a stylized tag, unfortunately. 3D printing at this scale also didn't fit with the resolution that's available to me for now. Pity, but I like the result even without the decals!

What I don't understand actually is the hype obsession about all surrounding the mechanical keyboards. Yep, assembly is rewarding and the result is something very useful and neat, but the process is easy and not quite challenging enough. Unless you design your own boards and firmware - that's completely another story ofc.

Below is a printed inset that I included with the package. A template for future giveaways, if any.

For your faithful service in the Imperial Navy a you are awarded with Hawthorne's Keyboard Collectible #1: Type T Patrol Corvette!

See provided inset for more Fn+ combinations.

All the Hawthorne's Collectibles have a lifetime warranty: either ask for instructions or just find a way to mail them back for repairs.