TFN repost:

Okay, I still don't think this would look too hot. They are two different ideas of lighting, one in the blade and one in the hilt...

BUT I have an idea that will save you a butt load of work. [] A luxeon is not the greatest for this application. It will add heatsinking and the optics. The EL would be in the way also.

Idea: make a mount that uses the mono jack in the middle and a ring of smaller LED's (say 5mm) around it. This eliminates the optics, heatsinking, and the EL "being in the way". It also would overcome the trouble of the voltage of a 9V being bad for a Lux.

So basically make a dual-tube setup of inner white EL and then an outer tube (maybe a film diffuser?) lighted by the ring of small colored LEDs. Test it and get pictures. []

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