Question on bolsey flash

[kevin926]

What's the going rate for a Bolsey #2 flash nowadays? Praco is a unicorn and or very expensive and I've seen great sabers made from the Bolsey

Number 2 Bolseys don't seem to come up as much ,but they do from time to time
Thanks in advance

 

[JGattonII]

What's the going rate for a bolsey #2 flash nowadays? Praco is a unicorn and or very expensive and I've seen great sabers made from the Bolsey

Thanks in advance

I've seen them anywhere from $60 to $160 lately. I think I have a Bolsey body and/or pieces from similar flashes that could be helpful. Feel free to PM me if interested.

 

[Halliwax]

like Jgattonll has mentioned, ive seen them around that price as well

for the record, i bought my praco flash (100% accurate) for 35 bucks, it was in a ebay lot with a bunch of other flashes. i swear more finds are found this way. keep an eye out for flash lot auctions

 

[Elevader]

I’ve bought several this past year in the $50 - $100 range. Haven’t seen many lately but there were a few weeks where I saw like 6. The timing is just random.

 

[Elevader]

I there are any pieces you are missing for the Yoda, hit me up. I should have at least one of all the pieces needed.

 

[Halliwax]

Do you have all the other parts needed for the conversion? Grips, oil pan? Pem nut?

 

[kevin926]

like Jgattonll has mentioned, ive seen them around that price as well

for the record, i bought my praco flash (100% accurate) for 35 bucks, it was in a ebay lot with a bunch of other flashes. i swear more finds are found this way. keep an eye out for flash lot auctions

How long ago was that

 

[Elevader]

Do you have all the other parts needed for the conversion? Grips, oil pan? Pem nut?

Yeah. The oil pan isn't a perfect replica, but it looks good. All my memories of this have floated away, but the oil pan may be from someone here. I don't fully remember. You can see on the side by side below how it's bulkier.

Here are the last two I built. The grips are correct (or very close to it, I can't remember if it's a millimeter or two off), and I have a bunch of the PEM nuts.

 

[corliss1]

For a long time, sjanish was the guy for accurate Yoda parts. Not sure if he still is making them/has some/what

 

[Halliwax]

Yeah. The oil pan isn't a perfect replica, but it looks good. All my memories of this have floated away, but the oil pan is from someone here, I believe. You can see on the side by side below how it's bulkier.

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Here are the last two I built. The grips are correct (or very close to it, I can't remember if it's a millimeter or two off), and I have a bunch of the PEM nuts.

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Came out awesome

 

[Elevader]

Came out awesome

Thank you. For some reason I became obsessed with this one and built like five back to back.

I just checked and I still have five Bolseys left and full parts for two more hilts.

 

[BlandoCalrssian]

I think I paid about 100 for my Bolsey a few years ago. I got my parts from sjanish.

 

[Halliwax]

I think I paid about 100 for my Bolsey a few years ago. I got my parts from sjanish.

Wicked nice!

 

[JGattonII]

I've seen them anywhere from $60 to $160 lately. I think I have a Bolsey body and/or pieces from similar flashes that could be helpful. Feel free to PM me if interested.

For what it's worth, I also confirmed I have one whole Bolsey, one missing the metal "button" on the side, and another flash that's very similar to a Bolsey but actually has the brass slotted machine screw like a Praco. I also have PEM nuts, various cast and/or 3D designed/printed parts, etc.

 

[eethan]

I would pay around 60$ for a Bolsey personally.
good luck with your project

 

[Milo Talon]

Picked one up off fb marketplace a few days ago for $30, cheapest I've found in a long time. Only others I've found recently are in the $70-80 range. Still haven't found a praco though

 

[kevin926]

Looks like I have everything with the exception of the PEM and bolt or screw under it. If anyone has a set, please let me know.

Thanks in advance

Ps
What are we using for grips?

 

[Milo Talon]

I've got a couple extra pem nuts laying around and some of the carb jets on order that should be delivered tomorrow. For the grips I use pvc pipe cut, sanded, and painted. There are some rubber replica grips out there too that I'm sure are more accurate. Just finished my mini-yoda saber recently. Once the carborator jets come in I can send you both.