Five years, one bench.
KNC Keys was a veteran-owned switch shop run by one person out of San Antonio. No warehouse, no fulfillment team, no venture money. It opened on 16 October 2021 and took its last retail order on 30 September 2026.
- 8,421
- orders packed and shipped
- 9,497
- customers served
- 129
- products carried
- 130,000
- Green Jackets sold
Our story
KNC Keys started as a way to build keyboards for other people. The goal was a one-stop shop for newcomers — the place you could go when you didn't yet know what you didn't know. It launched with build and lube services, stabilizers, lubricants, and a small handful of switches.
The momentum came from the Red Jacket, and from Badseedtech featuring it in his QK65 review. The best-known product was the Green Jacket, which sold 130,000 units worldwide.
What I'm proudest of isn't a switch. It's the giving-back program.
The giving back program
Somewhere in my adolescence I got asked, in a group, what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said "a philanthropist," and got laughed at for it. Making some kind of positive dent in a rough world has been the thing I've wanted for as long as I can remember, and every one of you helped make it real.
Here's the whole record.
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Dec 2022
San Antonio Food Bank
$832.27 contributed — 6,033 meals provided to families in need. safoodbank.org
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May 2023
Zakat Foundation — Water Well Project
$12,000 contributed, funding four water wells in villages around the world. Special thanks to Clackbait and the vendors who carried the Clackbits, who made this one possible. zakat.org
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Jul 2023
Equality Texas
$284.34 contributed toward advocacy for the equality of all Texans, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. equalitytexas.org
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Jul 2023
ManUp? — men's mental health
$284.34 contributed toward resources and support for men struggling with their mental health. manup.how
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Aug 2023
theGoodAPI — tree planting
$0.99 donated per order, three trees planted per order. 588 trees planted that month. thegoodapi.com
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Dec 2023
San Antonio Food Bank
$396.95 contributed — 2,779 more meals provided. safoodbank.org
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May 2024
CancerCare — TexMech proceeds
All net proceeds from the event, $3,000, donated to CancerCare. Thank you to everyone who attended and to the Texas organizers who pulled it together. cancercare.org
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May 2025
Wounded Warrior Project
10% of Memorial Day weekend sales donated to support veterans injured or disabled in service. woundedwarriorproject.org
What I believe
Honesty and trustworthiness come first — if a switch isn't right for you, I'd rather say so than sell it. Your experience matters more than the transaction. And I don't accept anything short of you being satisfied with the work.
The mission never changed: bringing value anywhere, any place, and any time. For the sake of THOCK and/or CLACK.
The store is closed. The bench isn't.
Retail is done. Switch lubing, filming and stabilizer tuning carry on exactly as before, and I'm still the one doing them.