Yes they match surprisingly well! I thought the keycaps might be a bit too intense, and maybe they are a little, but I really like it! And they sound and feel good, too!
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Thanks for the recommendations @donpark and @trashcat. In the meantime, I ordered the Domo switch opener, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll try these!
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That one is nice from a price/simplicity standpoint.
For a little more you could get this one, in brass. Which, I have to say, is very nice in the hand. If not just a tad heavy.
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It will work, but you won’t get a good work flow.
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This opener is supposedly good for opening winglatch switches. I have no experience with them myself
They are available on AliExpress and probably other places too
WuqueStudio WS Stabs V3
Stock
Lubing
Let’s start with the base.
Pros:
Basic kit.
Interesting design.
Easy to move and press, no slowdown from lubrication.
Price (disputed topic)
Minuses:
Poor stem mold casting (very bad, I personally think)
Curved brace (difficult to align)
Lubrication is required (strong wobble and ratling for default)
The wire bracket must be very carefully lubricated, since its location and latch are made so that all excess grease will be on the board. This gives the wobble of the staple in the latch. You can decide to put some kind of soft material.
The conclusion is that you need to wait for new revisions.
TX also did not immediately become good.
For me, TX version 3 or new 4 is better for a beginner or a person who wants to buy and just install.
I made these two stabilizers for 2u for two and a half hours)) I didn’t like this design so much that I didn’t do it for the space keycap.
Good idea. But it was necessary to make the shape better. Or other body materials.
This protects the staple wire more from frequent keycap changes. I caught such a thing that if you change the keycap often, the stabilizer began to knock. Disassembly showed that the wire became a little bit curved. Even taking into account the fact that I carefully shoot the enter keycap.
I like how tightly the wire is clamped on the Gateron stabilizer or on the M-one. There is a strong hold on the wire.
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I think some nail polish, soft kind, coated around inside where wires go or on the wire itself may help with stab noises. My wife doesn’t use nail polish so I haven’t tried it myself.
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I tried.
and nail polish.
and hand putty.
and liquid silicone.
or a drop of quick-drying glue.
This changes the pressure and movement. It becomes foreign, unpleasant.
And the varnish or putty is also erased over time.
literally an hour or two monkeytype
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I did find it curious they had the wires installed like that. Stating it eliminates wire pop out. How often to stab wires pop out on the top mounted style stabs? I would think as long as you dont gamer rage it should be a non-issue.
One could add something like this:
Under the wires. But thay cost as much as the stabs themselves.
Well, here you are right. Price.
Everything should be good out of the box. And refinement only makes it better.
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Thanks for that bit of knowledge. Saved me the trouble of explaining to my wife why I’m ordering a bunch of nail polish.
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Thanks for the detailed review! I had high hopes for these so it’s a bit disappointing, but I’ll give mine a red hot go anyway 
Stabilizers are such a thing that it is almost impossible to predict the result.)
You can buy several pieces and one will come out just fine, and the click and sound. And the others are bad.
In addition to the stabilizer itself, the switch itself, or the keycap, can also be a problem. So I usually spend a lot of time not purely on the stabilizer, but on tests with different keycaps and switches on one. And if it is tkl, then there you need to check it in the same way as many as 5 times) 
That’s why I love 40 or hkhkb 
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Anybody want some T...O...P...R...E...?
I got all the makin's right here.
All I need is a place to cook.
Turning the Matrix ME SE into a Matrix ME SE EC.
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Let us know how it turns out. Looks good enough to entice me to try Topre again.
After spending a lot of time over-engineering V2 and V3, I got sick of waiting for myself to finish V4 and simply used V1. And I’m actually happy with it 
Don’t worry, uniform jars are coming!
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TGR Tomo in Suave Blue and KAM L’il Dragon with U4Ts, about to get switched to Blackberry clicky switches.
I wasn’t sure how KAM L’il Dragon was going to work with the blue board, but I really like how it turned out. I am also loving the KAM profile.
Thanks to Deadeye’s help with information about the Blackberries. Helped me make a decision on the purchase.
Now it’s time to hear how they sound.
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Today I’ll be working on assembling a new-in-box M65-A.
My space gray M65-A was one of my first “premium” keyboards.
When I first contacted Hiney about making a new PCB for this board, I immediately went to mechmarket to see if any M65-As were available and affordable. I ended up finding one with an aluminum base and the original desk mat! Anyway, John got busy and eventually decided he couldn’t commit to making the PCB.
However, as you may know, @Rico decided to take on the task as the first board of his Phoenix line. The Phoenix Project No. 1 PCB.
I built one previously for my gray board, but today I got the newly revised plate and a hotswap version PCB!
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