About

Built for people who love exotic keyboards

Hi, my name is Dmitry. I'm a software developer who has worked in Silicon Valley for many years. I've been passionate about hardware ever since I assembled my first computer back in 1998, and I'm always on the lookout for devices that make my work more enjoyable.

About a year ago, I set out to find a split keyboard. I first came across the Keychron Q11 — a decent keyboard that could be improved with some mods — but it was too bulky and lacked wireless connectivity. A tangle of cables on my desk wasn't what I had in mind. Next, I found the Dygma Defy and ZSA Voyager. Both are beautiful keyboards, but the $350–400 price tags were hard to justify for mass-produced hardware. On top of that, both had layout quirks: one had too many keys in the thumb cluster, the other too few to be comfortable.

So I decided to build my own. I started with open-source designs — the Lily58 and the Corne. My first Lily58 came in around $250, mostly because I bought premium parts, overpaid for some components, and had to order more than one keyboard's worth of supplies. Surprisingly, I loved the soldering process, even though that first build took me four hours. I also had to dig into ZMK config to get the Sharp ePaper displays working. After that, I just kept building — not for profit, but because I genuinely enjoyed it. To make the keyboards more attractive to buyers, I learned Autodesk Fusion to modify existing cases and started printing them on Bambu Lab printers. It took some experimentation to dial in the right filaments and settings for clean-looking results.

Having bigger hands, though, I found both the Lily58 and Corne a bit cramped. That pushed me to design my own keyboard from scratch. I wanted something like the ZSA Voyager but with more aggressive column stagger, better keycaps and switches, and wireless connectivity. I also wanted per-key RGB and integrated controllers — no soldering required, and a result that looked as professional as possible. I designed my first board in KiCad and had it produced through PCBWay. It was cheap and rough around the edges, but it worked. After many iterations, the current version is a much more refined board, now manufactured by JLCPCB.

I've sold these keyboards on eBay and a few other platforms and received great feedback. I'm still actively improving the design and would love to hear your thoughts. The main goal is to make high-quality split keyboards more accessible — and launching this website is the first step, with lower prices, fewer fees, and occasional discounts.

Questions? Email us at tomahawkkeyboards@gmail.com