Do you know what’s better than a Das Keyboard? A keyboard covered in leather. The smooth texture and probably squeaky action must be highly sought after since they are asking $548 for one. If you want the key labels etched in, you can get it for $603. We know that our holiday shopping just got a little easier.
[via Gizmodo]
That’s actually kinda ugly. Looks like a regular plastic keyboard that got a little too hot.
Posted at 7:13 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by barry99705
i’ve already worn my laptop’s plastic keyboard smooth. i bet that thing would disintegrate in a week.
Posted at 8:27 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by ryan
_matt, actually it appears to be a sentence. gihagishitamonodeha is probably several words without any spacing, while arimasen detsu i believe means something along the lines of ‘it does not exist’.
Posted at 8:33 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by OldGlory747
Just took a look…it looks like a keyboard made of poo… I mean, I have to give some love for the concept, but criminy… that is not a good looking button board.
Posted at 8:38 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by OldGlory747
now a FLExIBLE leather keyboard, thatd be awesome.
Posted at 8:43 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by Basic
agreed basic.
Posted at 10:59 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by roosta
looks ugly as sin, however i’m quite intrigued how they did this: “stamped into each character also will be a craftsman”.
Posted at 11:52 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by will d.
Beware your dog. He eat it!!!
I prefer that:
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/10/diy-wooden-keyboard-kit/
Posted at 1:40 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by pelaca
I /think/ that “GIHAGISHITAMONODEHAARIMASEN DETSU” means something along the lines of “the sides/area surrounding the keys is not real leather”. But I could be hideously wrong.
This looks like something you could easily do yourself with a bit of patience, an old keyboard, and some decent glue. And maybe a file to widen the gaps between keys if your leather is too thick.
Posted at 3:06 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by EdZ
Looks like the Happy Hacking Keyboard:
http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeylit1.html
Posted at 6:03 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by sherbang
4 str 4 stam leather keyboard! lvl 18????
Posted at 6:30 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by Anonymous
The “gihagishitamonodehaarimasen” is part of a larger sentence saying that: “The sides of pieces are all one piece and not separate pieces of leather cobbled/patched together.” Google Translate broke up a word (tsugihagi) in the wrong place, causing the confusion.
Posted at 7:31 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by Tsugihagi Ya
this isn’t a hack, it’s a shameless holiday sales plug
Posted at 8:07 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by mouseman
stoopid
Posted at 8:42 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by incognito
Heh, I wonder if Recardo Montalbon has one of these? Only if it’s covered in rich corinthian leather I guess…
Posted at 9:59 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by Clay
“leather would disintegrate in a week” and “keyboard made of poo”
Right, because leather isn’t a good wearing surface? Darn, tell that to people who use it to sole shoes. Only been doing that for thousands of years.
Yes, that is exactly what I think when I see the interior of a car in leather, interior made of poo.
If I was into leather I might do this, I’m not.
On the other hand if they would pay me $xxx for it I could make it out of cream or brown leather and use a woodburning kit to “brand” the keys, a trick that these folks sorely missed.
As for a black one, I could easily use glue and an old (or torn) jacket to re-create this.
If you wanted to mass-produce this as a retrofit you could use jig to clamp all the keys and use a mill to cut them all down at once, then just glue and go! Maybe a leather die to shape and cut the leather in one go, so the gluing process would go quickly.
The manufacture of this keyboard would be interesting to me, as would the money paid me for making them. I don’t think there is much of a market though.
Posted at 10:58 am on Dec 15th, 2008 by nubie
ah yes, that’s the perfect thing to go with my wallet
Posted at 9:00 pm on Dec 15th, 2008 by deathwombat
That’s not something I’d want to touch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning
Posted at 9:17 am on Dec 16th, 2008 by Louis II
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GIHAGISHITAMONODEHAARIMASEN DETSU
I’m guessing that’s qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm in Japanese?
Posted at 6:22 pm on Dec 14th, 2008 by _matt