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A DECADE IN THE MAKING

Purpose built from the ground up to hit your nostalgia button, the CLASSIC-TKL is here and ready to get clackin’.

We’ve pulled style cues, structural knowledge, and electronic advancements from various custom keyboards over the past 10 years in order to bring you our best offering to date, the CLASSIC-TKL. Loaded with charm, packaged with care, and priced with love.

The CLASSIC-TKL retails at just $89.00

each classic-tkl includes
Assembled Keyboard Enclosure
  • ABS Injection molded housing and hardware.
  • Injection molded polycarbonate plate.
  • Hot-swap 1.6mm circuit board.
  • USB-C daughter board and JST cable.
  • Switch pad, plate foam, case foam.
  • Paired gasket socks (20A).
Parts & Accessory Box
  • GEON plate fork in Proto Yellow colorway.
  • Rubberized USB C to A cable.
  • Extra assembly screws.
  • Extra gasket socks.
  • Torx key for assembly.

coming sept. 18th!

Brought to you by:

nephlock logo, yiancar logo, NovelKeys logo

COLORWAYS

At launch, the CLASSIC-TKL will be available in three colorways.

Classic TKL Based Black

COLORWAYS

At launch, the CLASSIC-TKL will be available in three colorways.

based black

Steady, grounded, and timeless. Black goes with everything, and never disappoints.

Classic TKL Retrobright Beige

retrobright beige

Lean in to vintage! A mainstay of keyboards past and present, few colors scratch that itch for heritage more than beige.

Classic TKL Proto Yellow

proto yellow

(launch edition | 100 units)

Transparent tech commands a class all its own! Paired with yellow gaskets, weight, and foot, it’s sure to turn some heads. This limited edition colorway comes with a matching yellow text nameplate and yellow rubberized cable.

Classic TKL Proto Yellow Exploded View

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Gimme the deets!

  • Injection molded ABS housing.
  • Hot-swap PCB for a no-solder build experience.
  • Large vintage forehead with aluminum title badge.
  • RGB lightbar with aluminum enclosure ring and a gasket seal to prevent light bleed.
  • Full-board per-key RGB backlighting.
  • Retro RGB mode (Fn+Space) turns off all per-key RGB to restrict lighting to the lightbar
  • Rounded front "cherry style" entry lip.
  • Right side USB-C port.
  • Internal silicone weight with pass-through JST channel.
  • Large full-contact silicone foot aids in acoustic dampening and keeps your keyboard gripped to the desk.
  • Fully configurable through VIA.

straightforward assembly

Tried and true, no gimmicks, no fuss.

  • Paired gasket socks in soft (20A) silicone give even compression around the plate for a comfortable and uniform typing experience.
  • Built in gasket centering walls (center gasket only) and through-plate pins keep your plate aligned perfectly, every time.
  • Optional switch pad, plate foam, and case foam included.
  • Outer enclosure is secured by 8x M2*6 screws.
  • Stainless steel threaded inserts to prevent damage to housing.
different angles of the Classic TKL Proto Yellow
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AESTHETICALLY OPTIMIZED

Curves, curves, curves!

At the end of the day your keyboard serves a purpose, but we also believe in products looking great from every angle—Keyboards included! We made sure that no matter where you’re looking at it from, the CLASSIC-TKL shows off its curves in style.

length

360mm

width

155mm

back height

34mm

front height

16mm (entry lip)

21mm (top of lip)

corner radius

7mm

typing angle

5º

WHAT’S YOUR PREFERENCE?

Variety is the spice of life!

The CLASSIC-TKL ships by default with a polycarbonate injection molded plate, with pre-installed switch pad, plate foam, and case foam. None of the foam is necessary for operation, and many prefer it without! Add-on plates are also available in additional materials:

  • Copper
  • Brass
  • Aluminum (anodized silver)

The polycarbonate plate contains relief cuts, while the metal plates do not. Plate files will be publicly available for you to truly customize to your hearts desire.

Mounting Options
Turn it On! Please Compute Responsibly.

TURN IT ON!

Vintage charm meets modern functionality.

The CLASSIC-TKL is fully configurable through VIA, a web-based software that allows access to a wide range of QMK functions and configuration options, including:

  • Fully customizable keymapping.
  • Lighting modes.
  • Layers.
  • Macros and macro recording.

PCB SPECIFICATIONS

thickness

1.6mm

style

Hot-Swap

software

VIA

flex cuts

none

rgb

Under Switch Per-Key

Retro Mode

Lightbar Only

QMK and VIA logos
Mounting Options

WHAT’S YOUR PREFERENCE?

Variety is the spice of life!

The CLASSIC-TKL ships by default with a polycarbonate injection molded plate, with pre-installed switch pad, plate foam, and case foam. None of the foam is necessary for operation, and many prefer it without! Add-on plates are also available in additional materials:

  • Copper
  • Brass
  • Aluminum (anodized silver)

The polycarbonate plate contains relief cuts, while the metal plates do not. Plate files will be publicly available for you to truly customize to your hearts desire.

Turn it On!

TURN IT ON!

Vintage charm meets modern functionality.

The CLASSIC-TKL is fully configurable through VIA, a web-based software that allows access to a wide range of QMK functions and configuration options, including:

  • Fully customizable keymapping.
  • Lighting modes.
  • Layers.
  • Macros and macro recording.

PCB SPECIFICATIONS

thickness

1.6mm

style

Hot-Swap

software

VIA

flex cuts

none

rgb

Under Switch Per-Key

Retro Mode

Lightbar Only

QMK and VIA logos
A Note with the text: Dear User, If youre reading this then youve either scrolled down randomly, or were so interested in the CLASSIC-TKL that youve actually read this far in an effort to learn as much about it as possible. My unbridled optimism will assume you are part of the later group, and I thank you for it :) When l set out to design the Classic I had no idea how consuming of a project it would be, how much it would stretch my design boundaries, and how much of my own emotions I would inject into it. It can be a vulnerable thing to invest so much of myself into the creation of a product that's ultimately meant for you, the User. Its success or failure is your decision. The fact that you, User, are here on this page reading about this thing ! worked so hard on-it means the world to me. At the end of it all it's just plastic, but it's plastic that I'm extremely fetchin' proud of. - Nephlock An end product is always a sum of many parts, people, teams, second-guesses, concessions, and compromises. It would not have made it off the ground without the whole host of great people ushering it through the finish line. Mike Sickler, The whole of Novelkeys, Yiancar, Fresh, Reggalicious, Bub, Jane, and all the other wizards behind the curtain. Thank you.
A Note with the text: Dear User, If youre reading this then youve either scrolled down randomly, or were so interested in the CLASSIC-TKL that youve actually read this far in an effort to learn as much about it as possible. My unbridled optimism will assume you are part of the later group, and I thank you for it :) When l set out to design the Classic I had no idea how consuming of a project it would be, how much it would stretch my design boundaries, and how much of my own emotions I would inject into it. It can be a vulnerable thing to invest so much of myself into the creation of a product that's ultimately meant for you, the User. Its success or failure is your decision. The fact that you, User, are here on this page reading about this thing ! worked so hard on-it means the world to me. At the end of it all it's just plastic, but it's plastic that I'm extremely fetchin' proud of. - Nephlock An end product is always a sum of many parts, people, teams, second-guesses, concessions, and compromises. It would not have made it off the ground without the whole host of great people ushering it through the finish line. Mike Sickler, The whole of Novelkeys, Yiancar, Fresh, Reggalicious, Bub, Jane, and all the other wizards behind the curtain. Thank you.
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