Finally my own replica Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber

James Kenobi 1138 · Mar 15, 2017

In the last 10 years I've made more than a handful of replica Obi-Wan ANH lightsabers for friends and fellow RPFers but I've never had a proper replica for myself.

I've had the parts for years but since I have an all real parts Obi ANH saber I wasn't in a hurry to put this together until recently as I wanted something new to bring to this years NTX prop party.

Parts are:
Russ steel balance pipe
Parks steel grenade
Romans Graflex clamp
Romans bubble strip
Russ steel booster
Romans sink knob

The grenade and booster were weathered by being case hardened and then soaked in high carbon oil for about 3 months to darken the steel.

Here it is with my real parts saber:

I was able to finally to use my found part emitter cone on this saber:

Sewbacca · Mar 15, 2017

Awesome OWK, Great Job!

Toadmeister · Mar 15, 2017

Sweet!
Want an Obi-Wan saber myself

Mechanized · Mar 15, 2017

:eekwow! Those are some amazing sabers:thumbsup

NeoRutty · Mar 15, 2017

What do you mean by "case hardened"?

nice job!

matty matt · Mar 16, 2017

Very nice.

bookface · Mar 16, 2017

NeoRutty said:
What do you mean by "case hardened"?

nice job!

Case hardening is usually done to mild or low carbon steels and creates a thin skin of hardened steel on the outside of the part, but the inside remains the same.

Nice sabers, love the Obi ANH!

Panaflex · Mar 16, 2017

Great looking replica piece. The vintage is a thing to behold man. Love the weathered parts Obi's.

Sixth Element · Mar 16, 2017

You say the emmiter cone is a found part ? What's it from ?
Don Mac.

James Kenobi 1138 · Mar 16, 2017

NeoRutty said:
What do you mean by "case hardened"?

nice job!

I heated the steel grenade and booster with a torch until they were almost white (my torch wasn't hot enough to get them as hot as they needed to be) and then I quenched them in used, dirty black motor oil. I wanted the steel to absorb the oil to darken the metal and it worked but was not as dark as I wanted so I soaked them in the oil also.

James Kenobi 1138 · Mar 16, 2017

Sixth Element said:
You say the emmiter cone is a found part ? What's it from ?
Don Mac.

It's from a drain plug on a commercial restaurant dish washing machine. I've got another one that will eventually replace the one on my real parts saber.

parfaitelumiere · Mar 16, 2017

Is it not a rebelscum bubble strip ?
Accurate shape and details, including small flats doesn't make me think about romans-korbanth-parks bubbles.

Halliwax · Mar 16, 2017

James Kenobi 1138 said:
It's from a drain plug on a commercial restaurant dish washing machine. I've got another one that will eventually replace the one on my real parts saber.

get out of here! thats a really cool find! i never knew that. your twins look great!! :thumbsup

NeoRutty · Mar 16, 2017

James Kenobi 1138 said:
I heated the steel grenade and booster with a torch until they were almost white (my torch wasn't hot enough to get them as hot as they needed to be) and then I quenched them in used, dirty black motor oil. I wanted the steel to absorb the oil to darken the metal and it worked but was not as dark as I wanted so I soaked them in the oil also.

That's a crazy cool way to go about it, but I think I'll just stick to bluing... There's no way I wouldn't end up with 3rd degree burns if I was let near a torch.

James Kenobi 1138 · Mar 16, 2017

NeoRutty said:
That's a crazy cool way to go about it, but I think I'll just stick to bluing... There's no way I wouldn't end up with 3rd degree burns if I was let near a torch.

I bought a really big steel cooking pot and filled it 1/2 way with used oil (about 5 quarts), more then enough to cover the grenade. I'll tell you though, holding the crazy hot grenade over the oil I was so nervous that I'd drop it in and the steel would shatter and throw oil everywhere and explode but it just bubbled and smoked.

NeoRutty · Mar 16, 2017

James Kenobi 1138 said:
I bought a really big steel cooking pot and filled it 1/2 way with used oil (about 5 quarts), more then enough to cover the grenade. I'll tell you though, holding the crazy hot grenade over the oil I was so nervous that I'd drop it in and the steel would shatter and throw oil everywhere and explode but it just bubbled and smoked.

Hilarious! I broke the pin off the neck of an older grenade and it destroyed me for a week... If you blow-torched your REAL grenade... man you got more guts than I.

Toadmeister · Mar 16, 2017

James Kenobi 1138 said:
It's from a drain plug on a commercial restaurant dish washing machine. I've got another one that will eventually replace the one on my real parts saber.

Of your going to replace that part with another, would you consider selling me your old part?

bookface · Mar 16, 2017

I much prefer quenching stuff in oil than water, but every time I do something big it sets the fire alarm off!

mugatu · Mar 16, 2017

They both look awesome James! The weathering is phenomenal, especially, in my eyes, the Clamp.

teecrooz · Mar 16, 2017

Looks great James! You picked a good combination of parts and the finishing is amazing, as always.

Finally my own replica Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber

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