[sphynxie]

I wanted a split keyboard but wasn't ready for ortholinear (yet) so I built one of these last year: https://keeb.io/products/quefrency-60-65-split-staggered-key...

I love it. I added some tilt but it doesn't come with any, and it can be easily flashed with QMK. I just stuck some bumpers on it for the tilt so you could easily go negative. I don't even have mine in a case, so it is very low profile.

Since it does not have a standard function key row, the esc key is not where you would expect it to be (mine is on the extra left bit with the function keys) but otherwise the keys are more or less where you would expect them to be. If you want a dedicated function row there is also this: https://keeb.io/collections/sinc/products/sinc-split-stagger...

I love the split layout and especially the split spacebar, as I made the left spacebar the macro key for my first layer. The rotary encoders are fun too.

[TheCapeGreek]

For anyone reading this and not keen on DIYing or the quefrency generally or looking for a "normal" layout: checkout Mistel keyboards. I've seen a few on amazon. It's pretty much a normal keyboard layout cut in two.