Saber Maker Id help needed (pic heavy)

[Tetmatek]

Can anyone let me know the maker of these sabers. A friend bought these on ebay in a lot of five for the incredibly low price of $25:love. There were a couple resin models; a mace and a sideous, a custom and these 2. An OBI and a Vader. My buddy wants me to mod them with electronics but I don't want to desecrate any rare pieces when there are plenty of other options out there for this type of mod.

 

[scarf man]

Both parkssabers and not rare.

 

[Tetmatek]

Both parkssabers and not rare.

Great! so let the modding begin:cool

 

[Darth Lars]

The Obi and Vader originally came in a kit with a droid caller for $250, or $185 if you bought it in a bulk order, if I remember correctly, and that was considered a pretty good price back then.

I can not see anything in your pics that proove to me that the Vader is a Parks, but it is likely. It originally came with black side-bars on the clamp. The ones in your pics look like they were home-made. The black part on the back of the pommel is smooth on Parks'. But the only real tell is that the emitter is often machined somewhat unevenly where the outer ring and main section meet.

 

[SaberFreak]

I'll give you $50 for the lot. Instant 100% profit!

 

[scarf man]

But the only real tell is that the emitter is often machined somewhat unevenly where the outer ring and main section meet.

Not the only tell, the emitter has many tells including the thickness of the top flange as well as the lower "third step". The vein sleeve is also a dead giveaway, not to mention the frag section which is all wrong.

 

[Darth Lars]

Not the only tell, the emitter has many tells including the thickness of the top flange as well as the lower "third step". The vein sleeve is also a dead giveaway, not to mention the frag section which is all wrong.

You are mentioning tells of the Obi-Wan saber. I was talking about the emitter shroud on the Vader saber.

The Obi-Wan saber's grenade is a very good replica of a real grenade, so it is not wrong in that respect. However, real grenades were machined somewhat inprecisely, so there are quite a few small differences between real grenades. The real grenade that Parks had used to replicate has many such small differences from the one used in the movie. Also, I don't think it is possible to find a real grenade in such a good condition as this one is in.

 

[Hez]

Also, I don't think it is possible to find a real grenade in such a good condition as this one is in.

Not impossible, just rare and expensive. The one I had was basically in 'as new' condition.

 

[Serafino]

... which brings us full circle in a way I will leave up to Hez to describe if he wishes.

 

[scarf man]

Doh.

 

[Hez]

... which brings us full circle in a way I will leave up to Hez to describe if he wishes.

I think everyone's basically sick of hearing that one, so I'll leave it. :lol