Flanman
Active Member
Ive been a long time lurker in the shadows here(Google is an amazing thing!) but I've been a lover of Star Wars since I was a kid so I figured it was time to finally build my holy grail piece, an original Graflex lightsaber. Ive been hunting down one for years but prices have really gotten ridiculous, $150-$350 range seems to be the norm. Im building this on a Kroger Cashier budget so, I've got to be somewhat responsible. Well I finally found a beat up top tube/emitter. Not really the condition I want but it will work, after all its still a vintage Graflex part! Ive got to track down the remaining pieces, which should be much easier. Im going for as many original parts as possible, and this is just going to be a static ANH Graflex lightsaber prop. In the mean time I need some help from my jedi masters out there on cleaning this piece up a little bit. It doesnt have to be perfect, I like a little worn look to my lightsabers, but I would like to try to clean the rust up a bit. I just don't wanna take off the nickel finish and expose the brass underneath. Ive searched around on this forum and others, there are lots of ideas on how to clean it but I just wanna be safe. Im only ever gonna be able to do this once in my life. Oh and here's some pics!