[Build Log] K-4398

K-4398 Update - POM POM POM
So… I have a one-track brain…? :derpdorp:


New Stuff!
1 × POM Ink Keycap Set
1 × POM Mounting Plate
1 × POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice

POM caps and POM plate were from Den! Thank you again! :heart_eyes:


Custom POM Plate by Green Door Geeks!

It is B L A C K.
And PERFECTLY CUT!
Lotsa scratches / heat marks, which I’m told is the norm for custom-cut POM plates.


4398 Keyboard Polycarbonate Plate + Custom POM Plate
This thing is shiiiny.
Shiny = Fingerprint Magnet.
[Slaps on gloves.]


4398 Keyboard POM Plate + Polycarbonate Plate
Role reversal, kek.


K-4398 + Switches

IT LOOKS WAY BETTER IN PERSON.

LIKE THIS? (Den Pics!)


:wubba: Den’s 4398 Keyboard! :parrotheart:



Spacebar Foam
Thanks for the reminder, Tatsu, very helpful.
(Tatsu did not remind me. :roll_eyes:)
(Whattabitch.)


K-4398 + Keycaps
POM Plate + Modded Silent POM Switches (210g) + POM Ink Keycaps
I have a one-track brain okei, pls no bully. :tired_face:


4398 Keyboard + POM Ink Keycaps - Close Up
:pepesaber: OEM profile, best profile. :pepesaber:
Also, my photos and lighting are garbo, but the color match is freaking .

Better Pics (Den Pics!)


Den’s 4398 Keyboard!
[Swoon.]
:heart_eyes:


Sound Samples
Sound samples recorded with the Antlion Mod Mic and Audacity.

Modded Silent POM Switches (210g) (Fast)

Modded Silent POM Switches (210g) (Slow)


Comments
First time tasting POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice, though I’ve seen it around n’ about. Very dark in color (don’t spill on whites ), and very tart. Starts to smell more unpleasant the longer it’s left out in the air, but tastes fine (IMO). I’d… eh, still prefer good ol’ pulpy orange juice over pomegranate juice, lol.

Apparently POM Wonderful is a Cali brand, neato.

What?
Keyboards?

No, no more keyboards, this is endgame. End Game. エンド・ゲイム.
E-N-D G-A-M-E.
Please be endgame. :joy:

Tho, I mean “endgame” with the best possible connotation, 'cos this build / recent update actually includes one of my personally most sought after item(s): the POM Ink keycap set. As far as I’m aware, they’re only available from ESC Keyboards, based in Australia. The price tag is whatever, but sweet mother of damn that shipping fee.

I’ve sent polite emails to a handful of regional vendors with my interest in the POM Inks, but no one in the U.S. seems keen on stocking them. It is what it is, I guess.

Then somehow one thing led to another and POM Inks arrived on my doorstep.
Thaaaaaaaaaank yooooooooou Dennnnnnnnn!

Saying that I’m incredibly happy with the K-4398 would be an incredible understatement. I don’t think I’ve derived this much satisfaction from a keeb build, not even after Eighty #391.


Current Desk Setup
Don’t say it’s the same picture, it’s not the same picture damn it. :rofl:
Look at those keycaps.

It’s silent, it’s color coordinated, it’s heavy enough to cave someone’s skull in (probably?).
Its layout feels comfortable and natural to my fingers, and in the event it’s not, it’s fixable with a quick hop into VIA.

It is – currently, at least – everything I want from a keeb. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
Let this be endgaaaaaaaaame, please lmaooo.
Absolutely do not come up with a full-sized, southpaw, QMK-compatible keeb.

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