ARTIFACT KEYBOARD BUILD ARCHIVE
NRD Kaze keyboard, three-quarter view — translucent smoke polycarbonate case with dark Dolch keycaps and a red accent
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ARCHIVE ENTRY // N° 003

NRD Kaze

Smoke polycarbonate, lit from within. You can see straight through the frame.

TKL SMOKE POLYCARBONATE LUBED MX BLACK GMK MONOCHROME DOLCH
FIG. 0834 — THREE-QUARTER ELEVATION SCROLL ▾

Specification

BUILD SHEET // 003-KAZE
01
Chassis
NRD Kaze — Smoke PCTranslucent smoke polycarbonate, TKL form factor
02
Switches
Cherry MX BlackHand-lubed & spring-swapped
03
Stabilizers
Knight V4Tuned, no rattle
04
Keycaps
GMK Monochrome DolchDoubleshot ABS, grayscale set with red & teal accents

Plates

6 EXPOSURES // FUJIFILM
Top-down plan view of the NRD Kaze with GMK Monochrome Dolch, the red Dolch key and clear artisan
0840 PLAN VIEW — MONOCHROME DOLCH
Three-quarter view of the smoke polycarbonate case with a red accent key and Break legend
0834 THREE-QUARTER — SMOKE FRAME
Right cluster with the red Dolch novelty key and a clear artisan on the top row
0836 NAV CLUSTER — DOLCH KEY
Top-left corner with the teal novelty keycap against the smoke case
0837 TOP-LEFT — TEAL NOVELTY
Side profile showing light passing through the translucent polycarbonate case
0835 SIDE PROFILE — TRANSLUCENCE
Low side angle with a teal accent keycap catching the light
0839 SIDE ANGLE — TEAL ACCENT
FIELD NOTES

The Kaze trades metal for smoke polycarbonate — a translucent frosted shell that lets light travel through the frame and glow along the edges. GMK Monochrome Dolch keeps the deck grayscale, broken only by a red accent and a single teal cap. Against the aluminium boards in this archive it's the outlier, and the point: the same hand-built discipline in a case you can see straight into.