Editing Hua-Jie AKF Cherry MX mount

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| image name        = 
| manufacturer      = [[Hua-Jie]]?
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch mount      = [[Switch mount#PCB mount|PCB mount]]
| keycap mount      = [[Keycap mount#Cherry MX mount|Cherry MX mount]]
| switch type       = Linear
| actuation force   = 
}}

'''Hua-Jie AKF Cherry MX mount''' is a derivative of the [[Hua-Jie AKF series]] PCB-mount [[Alps clone]] switch, retooled with a [[Keycap mount#Cherry MX mount|Cherry MX mount]] slider. The slider colour is a similar shade of blue to a [[Cherry MX Blue]] switch, although the only known specimen to date is a linear switch. The upper shell is designed to accept a narrow click leaf. The switch is the opposite to the [[Cherry MX Alps Linear]].

==Details==
The switch closely resembles a Hua-Jie AKF series switch. The base of the slider is the expected shape, but the top has been replaced with a Cherry MX mount shaft. The upper shell features a corresponding circular hole to accommodate the stem within a Cherry MX mount keycap.

==Provenance==
The switch was a sample provided by [[Strong Man]] in 2007 or 2008, which was not long before Strong Man went out of business; as such, it may be from a project that never ran to production. The manufacturer and specifications are not known, but it is believed to be a Hua-Jie product on the grounds of it having all of the following characteristics:

#NW:##,SE:## [[mould numbering]] scheme (though currently they use NE:##,SW:## for the AK-CN2 (2) and AK-DN2 (2) switches)
#Classic two-finger movable contact arrangement
#Small N and S raised circles on the underside of the base
#Thick walls to hold the click leaf if one were present (though Himake/Hua-Jie mostly used thin walls)

[[Hua-Jie]] are not aware of ever having made the switch, and it remains possible that it was produced by another factory rather than Hua-Jie having simply forgotten about it.

No photos of the switch in a keyboard are known, and the only known photos appear to show a pristine switch that was not desoldered from a keyboard: there is no telltale solder or heat discolouration of the legs. The switch may be a sample for a product that was not sold, or a sample of a custom switch batch that was not used in a commercially available product (such a custom sample was provided by [[Tai-Hao]] to Deskthority of one of their own custom specification switches).

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- top.jpg                     | Top view
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- top, angled.jpg             | Angled view
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- angled.jpg                  | Angled view showing rear vertical face
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- rear.jpg                    | Underside of the base
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- partially opened.jpg        | Partially opened
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- partially disassembled.jpg  | Partially disassembled
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- slider top.jpg              | Top view of the slider
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- slider side view.jpg        | Side view of the slider
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- contact mechanism.jpg       | Classic two-finger contact mechanism
File:AKF Cherry MX mount -- base with return spring.jpg | Base with return spring
File:Hua-Jie switches.png                               | Hua-Jie AK-CN2 (top) for comparison
</gallery>

==External links==
*KBtalKing — [http://kbtalking.cool3c.com/article/5515 奇怪的 MX+ALPS 軸] — original forum topic. Dated 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

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