Modded Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition Stealth (2014)

Modified keyboard in its final form
Fin.
File this project under “finished.”

It started off as desoldering / soldering practice on a disposable board.

Now I really like typing on it. Not as much as on a board with Navy switches, but enough to keep it and use it.

  • Keyboard
  • Switches:
    • Mostly Kailh Box White switches (surplus from a GK705 that’s now setup with Pale Blue switches), with two surplus Kailh Box Navy and one Kailh Box Blue switch I had handy.
    • The CapsLock, F9, F10, and ScrLk keys were installed with embedded LEDs so I left them as-is; they’re still the stock Razer Orange switches
  • Keycaps:
    • Mostly OEM, but having lost the F8 keycap I swapped in:
    • Nuclear Cherry MX Keycap and, for the hell of it, a Red PBT Doubleshot Cherry MX Keycap for the Esc key.
    • (And, of course, shortly after ordering those, found multiple sellers on eBay and elsewhere parting out these keyboards, and ordered a replacement F8 key for about $7 shipped.)
The two wasd keycaps (left) and an OEM keycap from a GMMK keyboard for comparison
The two wasd keycaps (left) and an OEM keycap from a GMMK keyboard for comparison

The undersides of the two wasd keycaps (left) and an OEM keycap from a GMMK keyboard for comparison
The undersides of the two wasd keycaps (left) and an OEM keycap from a GMMK keyboard for comparison

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