Odd button on a Folmer Graflex

[Cody1138]

Hi all,
I do not have this saber any more. I got this many many years ago, probably 17 or so, from a camera shop and converted it with Blas-Tech parts. I have looked and many pictures of the vintage Graflexes and I have never seen this red button variation. Any info on this?

 

[tomm1999]

They came on early versions of the graflex. Scott has one in his Graflex thread that came on one like yours (folmer, no patent #)

 

[dcarty]

I have one of those as well. It was on a Folmer/Patent tube.

 

[JoeG]

Yup, a known variation. A good thread to have bookmarked - https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=144206

 

[Psab keel]

This style of red button was used on the shared stunt for the Luke /Vader from ANH. It wasn't a graflex but an aluminum tube with an angled cut to emulate the curved shroud of the graflex. With the addition of a glass eye, graflex clamp and grips, this was the saber Luke swings around in Obi-Wan's hut. This same Saber was used by Darth Vader in his duel with Obi-Wan only with the shroud painted flat black. So this red button has some serious screen time in fact.

 

[dcarty]

This one is slightly different from the button generally considered the one they used on the shared stunt. This one has an extra cut-out beneath the knurling that the shared-stunt button doesn't have.

This variation is covered in post #51 of scottjua's thread.

 

[Psab keel]

Indeed it does!