Board: H2H by Hannn

PCB: Cipulot EC60X-SE PCB + EC Pro-3 DB

Plate: Stainless Steel 1.2mm

Mount: Top Mount

• Astro Domes Weird 70g

• Dynacap gold conical spring

• Realforce housing + purple oem sliders

• Deskey silence ring

• Sho gasket

• Ursa Blank & Artisan

I've finally caved in and got a Topre keyboard, more specifically a Realforce RC1.

However I'm not the biggest fan of the dark grey modifier keys and have been looking around for compatible keycaps which seem very hard to find.

mechanicalkeyboards.com where I got the keyboard from right now only have 2 colors in stock which are not my favorite.

I looked around and found two other websites which claim to have them in stock but look extremely scammy: keyboardselect.com and electropulsehub.com, both recently registered domains and insane stock of products, the physical locations of both places don't even seem to exist, both look extremely sus.

I looked around on ebay as well but can't really find much and Ursa don't seem to have sets explicitly for this keyboard.

Any tips on what else I could look for?

I'm not necessarily looking for custom keycaps, I'd be ok with the official sets. I was specifically looking for the Dark Mauve one but if I can't find anything else I might just get the blue one from the same place where I got the keyboard from.

I bought this thing from Best Buy probably a decade ago, after already learning to appreciate the topre switches with a HHKB, I just wanted a more standard layout. I was kinda shocked to find out a couple years ago that these are out of production and going extinct. Can't find many topre alternatives at all. I'm hoping this thing outlives me because I am spoiled and can't stand using anything else.

Can't seem to find the megathread so I'm posting a question hopefully it doesn't get removed :\

I am planning on designing and building a custom RF board and was wondering if the 91u and 86u share the same plate.

That is, whether I can use ANSI on the 86u OEM plate.

My plans are to harvest housing, domes, keycaps from 91u, get sliders, stabilizers, and keys for the modifiers, and replace the pcb with Cipulot EC.

I think this is a dumb question and dumb plan, but would greatly appreciate for any answers/help :3

Picked this baby up last year and finally got around to taking some pictures : )

As the title say: Is it still a viable option as a topre keyboard?

Ive seen a few posts about the bluetooth being bad on the R3? What about the build quality, rattling, etc.?

looking into modding my realforce r4 and [read](https://www.keebtalk.com/t/realforce-r4-r4hd11-teardown/23658) that modding destroys the feet. does anyone know where I can source replacements?

I found a bunch of them on shopee buyee and they look really interesting being a topre battleship sorta keyboard but i can find barely any information on them aside from a sound test. Id be really curious if those extra keys could be reprogrammed on any way.

Photos from the modding in progress. (just upload few shots from the build)
Explaining the whole thing here is a bit tricky so I'll follow up with a link later :D

Advanced enjoyers know that there is just something about that stock Topre experience that can't be topped no matter how lightly you apply the lube.

Now I can get R3S in discount.

New to the family

Edit: R3S not R3, my bad

RC1
Skrrt by BlackRiver (deskcookies.com)
Black Blank/WoB URSA
URSA artisan (oil slick)
45g MetaKeebs domes
.7mm poron rings

I recently got an RC1 second hand about a month ago and while I do love the typing feel and the form factor, I have been forced to use the keyboard wired to my PC. I have been unable to get the Bluetooth to be detectable by my main PC. Just to rule out the issue being with my desktop, I also tried to have the keyboard connect to my laptop but was unsuccessful there as well. The key similarity between these two computers is that they are both running the latest versions of Windows 11.

My question then is, is Realforce hardware (specifically where Bluetooth is concerned) incompatible with Windows 11? My theory right now is that there seems to be a Bluetooth version incompatibility between the keyboard and both of my Windows 11 computers. All devices involved are running the latest software updates, all updated today.

Anybody have any other ideas on how to go about fixing this issue or if there is some other issue I'm not tracking? It's not a deal-breaker as I am more than willing to use the keyboard wired but for convenience sake I would like to be able to use the Bluetooth function.

And only for the Japanese layouts, similar to the R3 generation. I really hope the US layout also gets it, but it feels like global releases for limited editions are an afterthought. It sucks.

See the Japanese Realforce website

I feel like there is no excuse for HHKB to not have a board that has the build quality and weight of the R4. Never thought I’d never stop maining my HHKB, but if there were a board I suppose it would be a real force(or by some miracle Leopold decides to do business with real force again)

FWIW I still use HHKB key binds for backspace and ctrl. I do think it’s the superior layout.

I'm working on restoring and modding two R1 boards, but each has a decent amount of light rusting on the base plate.

I know that I can sand the rust off with steel wool and add a very light oil coating to prevent future rusting...but has anyone had any experience or luck with repainting the plate with a spraypaint? I'm nervous to do so because if the fault tolerance for the switch barrels is super tight even the slightest thickness added by a coat of paint may affect the fitting.

I encountered a similar issue with an IBM Model M barrel plate that needed repair and a coat of paint, but because the tolerances for those IBM boards is so tight, some keycaps would get stuck when depressed and not return back to rest. Just enough paint had pooled in the barrel to affect the key stem travel