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darthdan
02-22-2007, 03:07 AM
I really like this style of sword for maximum duelability, so I had to make my lightsabers this way too. Switches are recessed so the hilt is nice and smooth. The tsubas are actually air hockey pucks with some drillin' and dremelin'.

My converted K2 MR Vader
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/huskerbrewdad/Lightsabers/mrside.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/huskerbrewdad/Lightsabers/shroud.jpg

and my 5W hardware saber
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/huskerbrewdad/Lightsabers/hardwareside.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/huskerbrewdad/Lightsabers/hardwareemmitter.jpg

Lord Maul
02-22-2007, 03:31 PM
great work on those two DD
i really like the hardware saber with all of the ribs on it 8)

Firebird21
02-22-2007, 03:37 PM
I was wondering when someone was going to make one of these. Looks cool.

Where are the switches?

Can you take a pic that shows them? Because I can't.

elrond.406
02-22-2007, 05:08 PM
What are
tsubas ? The hand guards? :?: 8)

Lord Maul
02-22-2007, 05:11 PM
i might be wrong but they are the big guards at the emitter end of the saber :wink:

Ryma Mara
02-22-2007, 05:14 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana

elrond.406
02-22-2007, 05:17 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana

So I was correct, and so was maul.

:idea: *How would a hand guard help on a lightsaber? :? Wouldn't the blade just slice through [e.i. saber lock]? :roll: ...

Ryma Mara
02-22-2007, 05:19 PM
Well susposidly thru out the UE and such and speculations story wize that there were materials that were somewhat resilient to lightsabers.

Like susposidly parts of vaders sute was made out of a material that was resilient to lightsabers. like in bespin when luke hit his shoulder it looked like it just burnt and caused a little bit of harm to vader but it dident lop his arm off.

elrond.406
02-22-2007, 05:21 PM
Well susposidly thru out the UE and such and speculations story wize that there were materials that were somewhat resilient to lightsabers.

Like susposidly parts of vaders sute was made out of a material that was resilient to lightsabers. like in bespin when luke hit his shoulder it looked like it just burnt and caused a little bit of harm to vader but it dident lop his arm off.

You mean Sith Alchemy, like the sith blades?

Or do you mean cortorsis?

Ryma Mara
02-22-2007, 05:27 PM
A dont know, I tmight of been sith Alchemy Iam not sure. I never read any of the books except for the origional 3.


But susposidly the jedi robes had this too IIRC so it might not of been just sith alchemy.

The sith sabers were made out of a special metal IIRC.

elrond.406
02-22-2007, 05:36 PM
A dont know, I tmight of been sith Alchemy Iam not sure. I never read any of the books except for the origional 3.


But susposidly the jedi robes had this too IIRC so it might not of been just sith alchemy.

The sith sabers were made out of a special metal IIRC.

No, the sith sabers were forged with sith alchemy to withstand the energy of a lightsaber.

Vader's shoulder armor & Vader's Fist (right glove) were coated with some sort of magnet, that's how he deflected Solo's bolt in Episode V. The magnet thing was like the waste compacter in Episode IV.

Ryma Mara
02-22-2007, 05:42 PM
My guess is that vader used the force to absorbe the blaster bolts like yoda did with the lightning.

But Iam sure it wasent just alchemy. there might of been some other factor at play but Iam pritty sure it was a material that was resilent. But like I said I never read the books just the origional 3.

elrond.406
02-22-2007, 05:44 PM
It was proved to be magnet coating (NON-canon). :P

Lord Maul
02-22-2007, 05:54 PM
it is cortosis. i saw some comic picture on here a while ago that showed that cortosis makes lightsaber blades not work

elrond.406
02-22-2007, 07:36 PM
Cortorsis blades short out lightsabers. A Jedi survivor of the purge used it against vader, screwed his saber, just for him to snatch the sword out of her hand and stab her, then killed 12 more surviving jedi... :cry: :cry:

darthdan
02-23-2007, 02:43 AM
To answer the tsuba question... Mostly used to keep the hand from sliding onto the blade. Also for ornamentation, to show rank, or status.

The switches... first the hardware...
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/huskerbrewdad/Lightsabers/DSCN0563.jpg

and then the MR. Hope to get this part looking a little better eventually. Right now it's just electrical tape under the gap in the wrapping. It's kind of hard to make it look right when you have to leave the gap for the switch to slide. BTW it's just the stock slide switch from the vader.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/huskerbrewdad/Lightsabers/DSCN0565.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/huskerbrewdad/Lightsabers/DSCN0566.jpg

LordArgyll
02-23-2007, 08:14 AM
It was proved to be magnet coating (NON-canon). :P

In the Dark Lord novel, I believe he did indeed use the Force to deflect blaster bolts. Which makes Vader a hundred times more bad-arsed than having some fancy glove. ;)

elrond.406
02-23-2007, 05:06 PM
It was proved to be magnet coating (NON-canon). :P

In the Dark Lord novel, I believe he did indeed use the Force to deflect blaster bolts. Which makes Vader a hundred times more bad-arsed than having some fancy glove. ;)

Obviously you haven't seen the "Glove of Darth Vader" series. :P :wink:

LordArgyll
02-24-2007, 06:03 AM
I believe the antogonist discovered that Vader's voodoo wasn't in the glove (he thought Vader's Force choke was from some mystic property of the glove) and so tried to fake it with technology.

I haven't read the book, but I've probably browsed Wookieepedia too much. :)

Lord Maul
02-24-2007, 10:44 AM
you're dead on LA
in the book the glove of darth vader, some dude thinks that that is how vader was able to force choke. the antagonist is actually the son of the emperor but he doesn't have the force so he sets out to find it

Moro Kadon
07-06-2007, 05:18 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana

So I was correct, and so was maul.

:idea: *How would a hand guard help on a lightsaber? :? Wouldn't the blade just slice through [e.i. saber lock]? :roll: ...

If the guard was made from cortosis ore, it would possibly result in either blade-lock, the opposing weapon shutting down, or merely deflection. Why hilts themselves aren't made from cortosis to protect them against being destroyed is actually beyond me....

Hasid Lafre
07-10-2007, 02:40 AM
I thought that it was a toxic type material?

Moro Kadon
07-10-2007, 04:18 AM
I thought that it was a toxic type material?

Cortosis? No, it's just a highly energy-resistant ore found in rare deposits. Mostly used in armour and vibroblade construction, as a way to counter a lightsabre's ability to cut through common metal weapons. Disperses and often drains the diatium energy cells, if it is specially-treated, too, I think. From what I remember when read in 'I, Jedi', the cortosis-laced armour the Jensaarai wore drained Corran Horn's sabre's energy-cells. Often, when a blade of pure energy (i.e., a lightsabre) touches cortosis ore, it sometimes just switches the weapon off.

Hasid Lafre
07-10-2007, 04:20 AM
Maybe thats why sabers arnt made of it cause its so close to the energy cell of a saber just being near it would prolly cause a problem.

Luuc'ha
09-14-2007, 08:37 AM
i guess the most probable explanation is that cortosis is an extremely rare and expensive material
also, cortosis is quite brittle

Sam Skirata
05-25-2008, 06:23 PM
Mandalorian Iron!