Lacewood

Lacquered mechanical keyboard

Finished by hand, in numbered batches

01 Form

Quiet
by design

One slab of lacewood, sixty-six keys and a brass knob. No lights, no logo on the top, nothing on the desk that asks to be looked at.

See how it is made

02 Case

Seven coats,
rubbed by hand

Every case is sanded and lacquered seven times. Each coat dries for a week, then is rubbed back until the grain shows through the red.

Read about the finish

03 Plate and caps

Brass against
lacquer

A brushed brass plate, ivory keycaps, red lacquer. Three materials that sit differently in the hand, and each one is meant to be seen on its own.

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04 Batch

Numbered,
never repeated

One hundred and twenty boards a batch. The number is stamped on a brass plate on the front edge, and the red is never mixed twice.

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05 Switches

Choose
the sound

Linear, tactile or clicky, lubed at the bench. The switches pull out by hand, so the sound can change when you do.

Try the sounds

06 Fit

Sits on the
desk you have

Three hundred and twenty-three millimetres wide, one point four kilograms, a six degree slope. It sits beside a laptop and leaves room for your wrists.

See the dimensions

Feel and play

Type on
this one

Press any key on your keyboard and the same key goes down here. Turn the sound on at the top to hear it, then change the switch and tune the sound.

Your typing

Switch

LinearTactileClicky

Smooth, soft and quiet42 cN

PitchSnapVolume

Sound is off. Turn it on at the top to hear the keys.

On a phone, tap the keys.

Gallery

Details, up close

The Lacewood keyboard in three quarter view, red lacquered case, brass plate and ivory keycaps — The board, front left

The cut edge of a lacquered board showing seven layers of red lacquer over pale grain — Seven coats from the edge

Close view of ivory keycaps beside the brass plate and red lacquered rim — Ivory against brass

The Lacewood keyboard on a dark walnut desk beside a laptop and a cup — On the desk

Lacewood veneer stained deep red with silvery flecks across the grain — The grain under the red

Detail of the brass knob in the corner of the Lacewood keyboard — The brass knob

A ceramic cup and a notebook on the desk beside the keyboard — Cup and notebook

A close crop of red lacquer coats over pale wood grain, in black and white — Red over pale

Ivory keycaps at the corner of the keyboard in black and white — Ivory, in black and white

A close crop of the lacewood grain with its silvery flecks — Grain, closer

A crop of the keyboard showing the front edge of the case — From the front

The keyboard on the desk in black and white — Evening light

Tech and spec

The details

322.6 by 113.1 millimetres, 28.5 millimetres high at the back. Weight 1.42 kilograms. Typing angle 6 degrees.
Case: lacewood veneer on a maple core, seven coats of lacquer. Plate: brushed brass, 1.5 millimetres. Keycaps: thick PBT with 1.4 millimetre walls. Knob: turned brass.
Linear 42 cN, tactile 55 cN or clicky 60 cN. Pre-travel 1.9 millimetres, total travel 3.6 millimetres. Hot-swap sockets, lubed at the bench.
Sixty-six keys in a 65 percent ANSI layout with arrow keys, one knob, and every key remappable.
USB-C with a 1.8 metre braided cable. The wireless edition adds Bluetooth and a 2.4 GHz dongle.
The keyboard, a braided cable, a keycap and switch puller, six spare switches, a lacquer care cloth and a numbered certificate.
Wipe with the cloth supplied. Keep out of direct sun and away from heat. Wax once a year and never use solvents.

Batch 03

Opens when 120 are ready

Leave an email and we will write once, on the day the batch opens. Nothing else.

Quietby design

Seven coats,rubbed by hand

Brass againstlacquer

Numbered,never repeated

Choosethe sound

Sits on thedesk you have

Type onthis one

Dimensions

Materials

Switches

Layout

Connection

In the box

Care