r/lightsabers • • 18h ago

Question Good sources for empty replica hilts?

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Back during Covid I built a Graflex replica as a project. In the years since I have kind of wanted to complete the set of original trilogy sabers to display on a shelf in my office at home.

As I gather it looks like Saberforge is/has gotten out of the business of making screen replica hilts and that was for the longest time my mental plan as they sold all the ones I wanted at decent prices. Now all of them are gone :(.

Where might I look to get replica empty hilts that are good quality and not like a thousand dollars a piece? I don't need electronics as I intend these to be more prop replica displays, bur the option to one day instwll electronics would be nice to have.


r/lightsabers • • 16h ago

Build Tierfon Orbital NullRev & NovaRev - Custom Speederbike Lightsabers

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Another pair of NullRev and NovaRev speederbike lightsabers heading out to their very patient new owners!

These are original designs of mine, built around the mechanical aesthetic of speederbike-inspired hilts with custom-machined grips, aluminum components, brass greeblies, and plenty of little details that make these builds their own. The NovaRev is the stripped-down, greyed-out variant of the NullRev, with brass accents that really pop against the bare aluminum.

Both have the same electronics setup, but I made a couple of small refinements to the brass control boxes. The updated design gives me a more reliable way to secure the clamp cards and makes isolating the switches during installation a little easier. Small changes, but ones that make a real difference when you're building these from the ground up.

Every part is designed around these hilts, with components manufactured in a variety of materials, including brass and aluminum. These are always a lot of fun to build, and I'm really happy to see another pair making their way to their new homes.

Thanks to both owners for being so patient!

More slots available here:

https://tierfonorbital.com/products/tierfon-orbital-nullrev

Specs:

* Proffieboard V3 Soundboard

* Custom NullRev / NovaRev hilt designed by me

* Custom chassis by me

* Shtok 4-rail PCB connector

* KR Sabers / Shtok illuminated blade PCB emitter

* Custom brass control box by me

* Custom 28mm bass speaker setup

* Custom clamps designed by me

* Custom clamp cards by CAS Designs


r/lightsabers • • 8h ago

Question What Lightsaber did you buy?

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r/lightsabers • • 9h ago

Question TXQ Obi Wan Replacement Emitter

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Hello there, I recently got into this hobby and for my first neopixel, I ordered a TXQ Obi-Wan Ep 3.5 (Kenobi TV show) since he's my favorite character and I absolutely love the design of the hilt from the show since it shows the transition from his pristine Ep3 hilt onto how it looked in Ep4. However, the seller unfortunately sent me a TXQ Obi-Wan Ep3 instead, justifying themselves by saying the 3.5 version was out of stock so they sent me the Ep3 instead. I tried keeping my cool and kindly asked them for a refund but they've been extremely uncooperative and implied that I should just keep the Ep3 hilt, then just stopped responding.

I've been thinking of just selling it at a loss and getting the Ep3.5 or even the Ep4 someday; but before that I just wanted to find out if it's possible to just get an Ep3.5/Ep4 emitter to install on my Ep3, and also where to purchase one. So far I haven't found any shops selling just emitters but maybe someone here knows. Thank you all in advance.