Howdy guys,

I'm returning to the saber building hobby after a few years away, I made a few amateur and simple sabers a few years ago. While those sabers were kinda "meh" I really enjoyed making them and still take pride in them. I started lurking the forums again and before I knew what had hit me I wanted to build a new saber.

But not like the ones I made before, my goal this time is to make a saber worthy of a true Saber-Smith.

This is the build log for that saber the 'Dies Justitia' or 'Day of Justice'.

I have been inspired by hundreds of other sabers here but the ones I keep coming back to are the star-killer builds, Derelict, and multiple sabers by LDM and Fender Bender. I want to incorporate some of my favorite aspects of these inspiring sabers into my own work.

I am going for a Light-side saber that looks and feels like it was created with combat primarily in mind, a functional and efficient design.

Here are my initial sketches and design ideas, I will likely make a 3D Cad model next to make sure that i can Cram-fu all the elements I want in this design.
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Comments and criticism are not only welcome, but desired.