Varmilo ran a drop for something called the ‘Varmilo Sword’ TKL about a year ago.
I don’t know if the GB got very far. There were pricing tier errors at first, although they cleared that up.
But then it was reported that Varmilo has having CNC or some kind of manufacturing problems with the metal case, it being a new thing. I’m not sure Drop accepted or fulfilled that many orders. There are only 2 reviews, and they lack any detail.
I was considering the buy, but didn’t go in on it because of the numerous problems, and then the report that they hadn’t sorted out their metal case.
But last time I was in their custom store, there was a whole lineup of metal case options that resembled what they had been previously offering on Drop. So I think you may be able to build a metal custom TKL in the Varmilo custom shop.
They used to offer a metal VA68M. There’s a great photo of one using GMK Dolch with Honeywell accents.
[photos] Dolch / Honeywell / Varmilo / RAMA / 90N1NE
But it’s my understanding that an employee “broke the mold” for the VA68, literally. So they only offer it in synthetic now.
So TKL is your best bet for a factory metal Varmilo.