I see people here having sourced different things that are t-tracks. It's not a huge mystery ay more though-- I'm more interested in the fact that d-ring was possibly screwed on.
I see people here having sourced different things that are t-tracks. It's not a huge mystery ay more though-- I'm more interested in the fact that d-ring was possibly screwed on.
I'm working on a custom saber now and I'm having a very hard time finding half inch T shaped ANYTHING. Seriously, maybe I'm missing something
U know I was just thinking... doesn't the track on the sterling and the track on the saber match?
If roger is saying he had to hunt down different track because he ran out of it on the sterlings. He even mentions it's hard and thought to be from a whole different application
Doesn't that contradict what we see today? Matching track?
I'm a little confused
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its does/did match yes. Putting word of mouth stories aside, there's enough photographic evidence to show it's exactly the same stuff.
its does/did match yes. Putting word of mouth stories aside, there's enough photographic evidence to show it's exactly the same stuff.
Vintage black rigid tracks which nobody has found yet, right? I do hope one of us will find it and put this debate to rest finally.
In the meantime, I made an interesting find today. For the past couple of weeks, I've been compiling a list of really old hardware stores in every town in Malaysia, with the hope that like Saberfreak, I might also stumble upon one that might have these old vintage t-tracks. Visit after visit yielded no result, most had aluminum "t profiles" (that's what these shops called them) which were also wrongly shaped. Today, I came across a shop that actually had some strips still in stock! Not only are they brown like Saberfreak's, they were also really old. The old lady behind the counter said I was the first person to hold or even ask about those tracks in a looooong time. Anyway, I bought a strip for comparison and took these pics. Mind you I only had a piece of Saberfreak's track leftover and an old rubber Blast-tech track for comparison.
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As you can see, the base width is similar to Saberfreak's, but the center profile is tapered and slightly thinner. But vintage being vintage, I may just replace all the grips on my sabers and blasters with these.
haha thanks.I plan to pay a visit there again soon, and if there's enough interest, I'm sure I can start a JY thread. Subject to availability of stock, of course.