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This is a design that I had created back in 2011. I wanted a katana style, crystal chamber saber but I also wanted to utilize the "Bling strips" to spell the words in English (Peace, Justice, and the Jedi symbol) - for friends (or people in general) who don't read Aurebesh.
Originally, this was going to have a "traditional" ito wrapped bottom grip, however, over time, I decided to try an "engraved" grip a la Highlander (and I could always switch them - I have the second extension, and the leather, but I never got around to creating it). The engraving is based on a interesting tsuba design I found online of a swan. So, I laid that out and used Dremel engraving bits to freehand it out, instead of etching.
The (solid brass) tsuba design itself was just me being a bit "different". There were originally 12 slots (numerals of a watch) in the solid brass disk - it morphed into alternating slots and windows, and then I came up with the idea to cut out the out edge of the windows, and the remaining guards would line up to cover the chamber windows. It could almost look a bit like an umbrella or awnings - from a certain point of view.
The crystal chamber itself was designed to integrate the three bling strips and have the fourth ?missing? (so you can see the actual crystal chamber). I have a madcow type switch configuration using domes switches right under the tsuba, lining up over 2 of the windows. Like Warspite, I originally thought this would have a yellow/gold colored blade - even though I can have all the colors of the rainbow with this setup.
If you recognize this hilt, I slipped in an early version of it into the contest we had last year just for kicks.
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