Dewy and Anakin Starkiller's Accurate Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 1 Lightsaber Design

[jamiemp]

I've been wanting this for so long, just take my money now!

 

[MasterHurd]

I am so in and excited to see a prototype!

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Not quite done yet. But...

 

[Filandrius]

This is so beautiful it hurts.

 

[Saberz]

Is that your final version on the red button knurling?

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Is that your final version on the red button knurling?

No. That's a piece of the "not quite done"

 

[Saberz]

It took us a LONG TIME to get it perfected for Project M. The image below is courtesy Dewy, comparing his original parts to our replicas. I do believe this is the first time anyone ever machined the red buttons correctly. Even Roman's knurl pattern is too dense (diamonds too small, too many of them).

 

[Dewy]

Yes, it took a while to figure it out, but here is one of my original blanking caps meshed with the correct knurl wheel:

 

[Saberz]

Very handy to have an original part to test against ;-)

 

[MasterHurd]

Incredible! I never realized how deep those top black grooves are! Man I am soooo excited XD

 

[lesternessman]

That's awesome!

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Incredible! I never realized how deep those top black grooves are! Man I am soooo excited XD

That's a detail a lot of replicas get wrong because they want to FX it

 

[Saberz]

That's a detail a lot of replicas get wrong because they want to FX it

Yep. You can barely fit a 7/8” blade. A full 1” blade is impossible.

 

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This is a wicked find, love that!

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

I should have the prototype in a week or so. Then we're having the red buttons remade, so we can be sure it's perfect before moving forward.

 

[AnubisGuard]

Beautiful!

 

[mrwax]

This makes me glad that I haven't managed to pick up an OWK episode 1 saber so far, even though it's one of my favorites.

 

[Jay888bee]

This makes me glad that I haven't managed to pick up an OWK episode 1 saber so far, even though it's one of my favorites.

Me too! Looks amazing.

 

[ResurrectionBob]

This entire project has been incredible to follow! Lovely work so far.

 

[Filandrius]

This makes me glad that I haven't managed to pick up an OWK episode 1 saber so far, even though it's one of my favorites.

As for me, I'm glad I got rid of the one I had. This is going to be the best OWK Episode I replica ever made.