Got my ASP order today and I am absolutely in love with it. Double bonus was that there was no customs, which is super weird because the ASP order that came yesterday did. I won't complain though, as this order was more expensive
I haven't given it a name yet, but this beast is 16" long and allows for a nice 2 handed grip. It's basically an Epoch emitter, Reliant Switch with a Dissident body and Pommel style 1. Gorgeous!! I also ordered this with the SaberCore Viridium plug 'n play sound with an Amber 12W+ LED.
Right off the bat, I knew I was going to swap out the retention screws for my brass thumbscrews, so I requested a brass covertech knob that came pre-installed. I also wanted to add a recharge port and lit LED switch, similar to what ToyKeeper did
here. (ToyKeeper, thanks so much for this by the way. I was able to do the setup in one shot!! Which was good, because while I used some quick connects, the final battery hookup I just soldered it for sake of ease. Which meant I had to fully install everything else ahead of time. Glad it worked out. The only pain part was the previous switch came pre-installed and was a biotch to take out. Seriously, took me forever. Strongly recommend for future orders that you request the switch not be pre-installed. Although I do have to hand it to Saberforge, as they took my design and installed the switch in exactly the orientation I was going to implement it. Awesome on that front!! Lastly I covered the recharge port connections with liquid electrical tape and used lots of heatshrink on the other parts. If I get an opportunity I'll take the saber apart and snap some pics...I only took 1 at the start and then got super into the setup I forgot to take more).
Went with a segmented switch, and I like it as it is subtle. I also like that it's not overly bright and discreet
FYI - alignment overall was pretty good, but I needed to use 3 shims to get it to exactly the way I wanted it.
I mentioned above the length of this is 16" and I really like the extra length. You can get a nice 2 handed grip on it, and the weighting is nice and balanced.
I went with the Blade Plug #4 model - 3" and just had to trim it down slightly so that it sat nicely within the emitter. My only issue at this point, is the black portion of the emitter is a separate piece and is a bit loose. I'm going to Gorilla Glue it at some point as there is no need for it to come apart.
Now I just need to figure out a name for this saber
Thanks for looking...
EDIT: Saber name is Candesce. Thanks OvrcAHst!!