[colllectorof]

>Smallish non Chinese or Taiwanese company producing a mechanical keyboard with replaceable keys, QMK firmware, LED's and you are most times at a price around this.

Like I said, LEDs seem pointless in this design.

Also, I don't know of many US-based keyboard manufacturers, but I know of these guys:

https://www.pckeyboard.com/

Their 10-keyless version inspired by Model M is $120 dollars. Yes, it's pretty barebone, but that's exactly my point.

Edit: https://www.wasdkeyboards.com

Assembled in US, $170.

[sascha_sl]

The LEDs cost nothing. I'm pretty sure they didn't design the PCB from scratch, it's just a thing included in essentially every OEMable design. Redragon, who sell keyboards from 20 dollars up ships RGB everywhere.