I don't know how many people have fooled around with the wrapping on the interior of the blade, but an unfortunate discovery led me to do some experimentation. Awesomeness ensued. The following is a true story:
The other I noticed the core of one of my CSS blades had a deep spiral indentation up the length of the blade. Since that's no good, I was forced to remove the tubing and exchange it for some cellophane. Well, not having any cellophane on hand, and with a wife wanting to exploit the pattern sale at our nearest JoAnn's, I decided to look at their wrapping section. To my absolute pleasure, they had a wide variety of different kinds. So I bought something shiny. "Simple minds have simple pleasures," my father's voice echoed in my mind for my eyes behold the glory and awesomeness of iridescent cellophane wrapping. OOOoooo, shiny. I thought, "What the heck, let's see what it looks like." Gorgeous, that's what it looks like. But only on certain builds. After inserting the new wrapping I tried the test blade on several hilts, all P4 builds. The blue just looked mottled and ugly, but the white LED looked sweet. Every angle produced a different shade and the blade seemed to come alive with the flick of a wrist. I ended up attaching the blade to my wife's hilt, a white P4 with a light purple filter, and it so totally set the thing off. I wanted to make a video review, but the camera I have doesn't pick up the subtleties, for shame.
Just wondering if anyone else has tried colored or iridescent cellophane and what their opinions are on the matter. I may be using it in the future on builds that it'll work well with.
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