Wabi-sabi and the keyboard aftermarket
NEO60 Cu WKL ISO and EVO80 ISO – Both purchased secondhand, and both sporting KKB Ohm I'm going to try something different tonight. I want to talk about another part of the mechanical keyboard hobby, one that has reinforced something I've been trying to practise more often: wabi-sabi. The journey is the endgame. That is something I have come to believe after my various interactions within the keyboard community. I think it really clicked after getting my third NEO board. You could argue that this is just me justifying retail therapy, and you may be partly correct there, but two things can be true at the same time. One part of the hobby I was not prepared for was the concept of group buys, or GBs. As someone used to shopping on Amazon, group buys were a bit of a shock. Even now, six months into the hobby, I am still apprehensive about them. There is also the possibility that I simply have not seen anything yet that would make me go out of my way to spend money on something I mig...
