The Many Faces of Cherry Esc Keycaps

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 06:05

Here is a family portrait of all the Cherry Esc keycapss that I have. All these I believe are made by Cherry, with the exception of the 2 Wyse thick and thin keycaps.

: Cherry Esc Keycaps - All.jpg (56.27 KiB) Viewed 11575 times

: Cherry Esc Keys - Double Shots.jpg (40.48 KiB) Viewed 11575 times

: Cherry Esc Keycaps - Non Double Shots-1.jpg (43.32 KiB) Viewed 11575 times

: Cherry Esc Keycaps-Undercap.jpg (50.06 KiB) Viewed 11575 times

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 06:06

Double shots:

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Black.jpg (176.07 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Beige.jpg (175.1 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Beige Short.jpg (179.92 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Dolch.jpg (130.04 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Red.jpg (190.37 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Wey White.jpg (148.82 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Wyse Thin.jpg (109.13 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Double Shot Wyse Thick.jpg (120.93 KiB) Viewed 11571 times

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 06:06

Dye sub, Laser, and Pad-printed keycaps:

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Dye Sub.jpg (156.97 KiB) Viewed 11570 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Dye Sub Desko.jpg (150.83 KiB) Viewed 11570 times

: Cherry Esc Keycaps - Laser.jpg (126.73 KiB) Viewed 11570 times

: Cherry Esc Keycaps - Laser with Lid.jpg (112.05 KiB) Viewed 11570 times

: Cherry Esc Keycap - Pad Printed Blue.jpg (175.91 KiB) Viewed 11570 times

kbdfr · 22 Jan 2012, 08:37

This is an impressive collection!
Please allow me to add a pad-printed relegendable Esc keycap (from a G80-3700):

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 08:58

Nice! Your pad-printed relegendable Esc looks much better than the lasered relegendable Esc that I have.

guilleguillaume · 22 Jan 2012, 10:47

Nice collection you have there. Your pics are fantastic as always.

Gilgam · 22 Jan 2012, 15:47

Haha
you don't get that one

: s'échapper = to Escape; p20120122_153450.jpg (9.97 KiB) Viewed 11481 times

Very nice collection indeed
I love the blue

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 18:39

Thanks guys! I took over 50 pictures to get just these few. It was my own fault because after I took the initial batch pictures, I realized, oh wait, I have another different Esc key somewhere... Then I had to retake the family portraits. I think I want to another set from a different angle. Could be used for wallpaper

The blue one from Tarkoon's group buy is very nice. I would not be able to tell it is pad-printed. Even on the macro picture, it is very hard to tell it is pad-painted. It looks almost like dye sub if there wasn't these small smudges on the top of the letters. You can't tell at all from just looking at the key.

Gilgam, which keyboard did you get your Echap keycap from?

sixty · 22 Jan 2012, 19:03

Never forget.

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 19:10

Yes, Sixty! I was just looking for this one on OTD. This Esc keycap is probably the rarest of all. What's the history behind it?

sixty · 22 Jan 2012, 19:18

http://keyboardporn.com/mx-switch/g80-3 ... mph-adler/

As you can see above, I have not updated my website, but I got some new info since. They are from a 1989/90 286 PC called "TA Dario 286". The keys were originally blue, but all models I have seen have yellowed to this greenish hue since.

You can see the original color on the bottom:

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 21:11

One more, my favorite.

: Cherry Red Esc Keycap-3.jpg (45.41 KiB) Viewed 11396 times

Gilgam · 22 Jan 2012, 21:30

Isn't it the same as the red one in the first post ?

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 21:34

Yes, it is. Just a diffent pose.

guilleguillaume · 22 Jan 2012, 22:36

litster wrote:Yes, it is. Just a diffent pose.

I like the blurred keycap on the right

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 22:41

I shot it with Canon 5D Mark II and 100mm 2.8 macro lens. The depth of field is really narrow. I had to shoot it at f/4.0 to get all 3 letters on the key in focus because the key is at an angle. It was fun though.

litster · 22 Jan 2012, 22:46

guilleguillaume wrote:I like the blurred keycap on the right

This one?

: Cherry Esc-Clear Dye Sub Keycap-3.jpg (45.51 KiB) Viewed 11369 times

Gilgam · 22 Jan 2012, 23:11

Keycap porn as we love

a mix of blur and sharp picts

heliar · 24 Jan 2012, 04:37

... and the Cherry POM:

litster · 24 Jan 2012, 05:45

heliar wrote:... and the Cherry POM:

That is lasered, isn't it? It is interesting that the color turns to white.

heliar · 24 Jan 2012, 12:31

yes they are lasered, when new, the paint is white, when dirty/used, they turn yellow.

tsangan · 24 Jan 2012, 20:10

Here is my contribution!

imsto · 30 Jan 2012, 06:12

and the esc of 4100

and thick dyesub of KBC

imsto · 30 Jan 2012, 06:13

there used to be a kind of g80 3000 called red alert right?

kaiserreich · 30 Jan 2012, 10:48

imsto wrote:there used to be a kind of g80 3000 called red alert right?

I think it's a custom Korean SP group buy name, with red on white and red on white/grey keycaps.

yab8433408 · 31 Jan 2012, 07:03

imsto wrote:there used to be a kind of g80 3000 called red alert right?

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imsto · 31 Jan 2012, 10:19

yab8433408 wrote:
imsto wrote:there used to be a kind of g80 3000 called red alert right?

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byFd · 31 Jan 2012, 10:27

i admire some of this caps in this thread!

GSimon · 16 Nov 2014, 03:10

This thread needs some more colour

photekq · 16 Nov 2014, 03:28

GSimon wrote: ↑This thread needs some more colour

Those aren't Cherry though

Also, colour is rubbish. Bland and plain is the best!