Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

[Serafino]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

Grooves appear to have been done in pairs in a jigged cut with gang-mounted dual cutters, and they are generally pretty uniform. I have not seen an example in which only one per pair was notched, let alone an example in which only one notch existed.

 

[lonepigeon]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

Failing better Photo evidence, we'll never know. Are there examples of grenades wich have notches on some or one point of the top ring not all? Or is it an all or nothing thing?

There's already excellent photo reference and no proof of any notches.
It is pretty much an all or nothing thing. With the double cutters the notches would at least have to be in pairs.

 

[scarf man]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

Chris, what excellent Photo reference are you talking about? I've only seen the grainy mechismo & chronicles pics.
With the insight from Andreas as to how these were made, I'm leaning towards no notches on my replica.

 

[SnDMaN]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

I'd like to see em too

 

[Serafino]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

The available public reference is in the reference thread. There are higher-resolution versions of some of the photos but they are only in the hands of a few people, all of whom are under non-disclosure agreements, some formal, some, well, sort of one step removed.

 

[scarf man]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

I'll never understand the elitism with those images.:unsure

 

[bobasfett]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

It's not elitism, it's the honor code......appreciate it for what it is.

 

[SnDMaN]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

I thought some good hi-res photos are also in the Chronicles. Isn't that public knowledge? Those photos can be scanned and uploaded, right? Unless there's copyright infringement...

The available public reference is in the reference thread. There are higher-resolution versions of some of the photos but they are only in the hands of a few people, all of whom are under non-disclosure agreements, some formal, some, well, sort of one step removed.

 

[Serafino]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

It’s also just professionalism. If you get access to this stuff because of your work and sign an ND you’d be pretty stupid to risk showing your client that you don’t respect the ND by throwing the stuff around.

And if you have a friend who got access to this stuff and let you in on it on condition that you keep it to yourself to protect their reputation in their industry, what are you telling them if you spread it around?

Most of the people who have had access to this stuff have done everything they felt they could to benefit the hobby, to leak out little bits and pieces of it and spread it where it would do some good without playing the fool. Their hearts are in the right place, please try and give them the benefit of the doubt.

SnDMaN--have you LOOKED at the reference thread?

As to copyright infringement, I'm afraid that our hobby does not represent exactly the highest most rigorous nit-picky adherence to the strictest interpretation of those laws.

 

[SnDMaN]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

Of course I have! I read the whole thing actually. I may have missed/misunderstood something (it's all a lot of information to take in because I'm fairly new here). I apologize if I sound a little ignorant...I'll get better, I promise

 

[Serafino]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

No worries. Anyway I think the images circulating publicly are already better than what you’d get as a direct scan of the ‘Chronicles’ views. They may have come from the ‘Behind the Magic’ CD? The ‘Mechanismo’ view is named for a different book it was scanned from.

 

[teecrooz]

Re: Obi ANH saber--revisiting the top ring 'notch' theory

I have to agree. There is a "ding", but there are not notches.