The Heavy Grail is an aftermarket housing designed for the HHKB, a venerable Topre keyboard with a compact 60-key layout optimized for development in UNIX-like environments. I use mine every day with a Mac and love the layout and the way the keyboard feels.
The Heavy Grail features a precision-machined and hand polished custom switch plate that mimics the uniquely smooth typing feel of the HHKB. I feel very lucky to be able to use this board as my daily work keyboard.
In the unlikely event that these housings are available for purchase at the time of viewing, you can check the following store page: https://shop.norbauer.com/products/the-heavy-grail-hhkb-housing. When this video was uploaded in late summer 2022, there was a final run of special finish Heavy Grails available, but the creator, Ryan Norbauer, has announced that it's unlikely that he'll made any more in the foreseeable future..
⏱ Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Video overview
00:53 - Stock HHKB sound test
01:39 - HHKB disassembly
06:22 - HG plate assembly
10:24 - HG case unboxing
11:57 - HG plate install
13:38 - HG PCB install
15:00 - Keycaps install
15:55 - Finished build
16:58 - Final thoughts
17:36 - HG sound test
🧃 Keyboard Specs
Case: Heavy Grail in K2 (White)
PCB: HHKB Pro 3 (also branded as the HHKB Professional Classic) w/ Daughterboard (USB-C)
Plate: Heavy Grail plate in Norbauer Pink
Keycaps: ePBT Less, but better. PBT material with dye-sublimated legends.
Switches: Stock HHKB Pro 3 domes and coils with Deskeys MX sliders
Mods: Lubed switchplate and PCB
Firmware: Stock, Modded Keymap tool with suppoort for Pro 3 remaps (see https://www.reddit.com/r/HHKB/comments/g9ciwp/remapping_the_classic_with_the_hhkbkeymaptool/)
🎼 Music Info
🎵Music provided by BGM President
🎵Track : Houseplant - https://youtu.be/qUN9XoNwI1M
🪗 Additional tracks provided by Epidemic Sound
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