Recent content by tomleech

I tried a cheap 'feather' amazon one that I was hoping would be close without the scales. Also considered milling the skeleton shape out of the grip but the locking spring (on the other side) needs the parts that would have been milled out :/

Wow, just discovered this and it’s incredible, looking forward to seeing more! :D

Yes I can measure that for you as soon as I can get into the workshop :)

I've added a few more to that listing :D In other news I have been playing around with the kind of hard rubber used for prop guns and had an idea: As any of you with one of these knows, that steel hob cutter is *sharp*, I've been considering doing a "con-safe" hard rubber version like in the...

Listing is live: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1537667513/rotj-force-pike-weapon-of-the-emperors

Good point! Looks like I can't publish the listing covertly or anything, so this will have to serve as the heads up: I will be publishing the listing later today in my store here: TheProplicator - Etsy

There are a few left over, will be putting a small batch on my Etsy store in the near future!

Lovely! For the main pole I think some of them still had a little polishing compound, you can probably keep rubbing it with a micro fiber cloth to get the shine back, or potentially use a bit of mother's mag (or other polishing compound) There will be, keep an eye on this thread :) Amazing...

There's a lot of room if you unscrew the pommel :)

Awesome! Glad to see they’re starting to arrive :) Is the long silver bit the right way round? It’s subtly tapered and the smaller end is where the gear hob goes.

Yeah, I'd suggest E6000 :)

Post some pics when it does!

-------------------------- UPDATE December 5th 2022 -------------------------- Welp, the good news is I've checked through the pikes and they all look great! The anodising/polishing is smoother and sharper than last time. The bad news is now you've gotta pay for em! Calculating the shipping...

They're here! It's gonna take me some time to unpack and check them for defects etc but I unwrapped one and its looking better than the previous run! Here's a sneak preview :)