Identifying Graflex replicas

[fossil]

Hi, this is my first post here ,

I'm looking to build a ANH saber from original parts. I'm hunting for the Graflex 3 cell as my base, but I'm trying to figure out how I can tell if I'm buying a vintage flash and not a replica being sold as vintage like maybe one of those really nice The Graflex Shop replica flashes ???

Also ... I mean I'm not really sure what I should expect to realistically pay for a flash .. and is there an alternative to Ebay?

Thank you in advance for any advice

 

[ZeroSum]

You seek this thread.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

This thread would be more helpful, since it's specifically about Graflex flashes:

Graflex Variations: Facts and vs. Replica

 

[fossil]

You seek this thread.

Oh yeah I have been reading that one , but it seems like it’s more about documenting the lightsabers and not so much on understanding the graflex itself , but yeah this is super helpful cuz as soon as I have parts I’m guna start to build , thank you very much

 

[fossil]

This thread would be more helpful, since it's specifically about Graflex flashes:

Graflex Variations: Facts and vs. Replica

Oh wow yeah this is what I’m looking for . So it seems like it would super hard to tell if you have a vintage or one of the graflex shop reproductions then

 

[Halliwax]

This thread would be more helpful, since it's specifically about Graflex flashes:

Graflex Variations: Facts and vs. Replica

I was going to link this, Scott did an amazing job