Some of you may or may not have noticed today that my "Un-named ASP" in my signature now has a name! When I got this hilt in about two months ago, I felt very "meh" about it. I loved the emitter, and the Frost LED that I put in it, but... it felt like it needed something
different done to it to be "complete". So last night I ripped the cobalt stingray wrap off, slapped some green hockey tape on it, and went "
Oooooooo!"
Without further ado, I present... the
Claíomh Solais!
Or "
Sword of Light", if you don't read/speak Gaelic (or Google it, haha).
Pronounced "claive sal-ish" or "cleave sull-esh" depending on regional accent. I figured this was appropriate, considering a) it's a light-
saber, and b) my future plans for it (
hint).
The hilt is made with the ASP Emitter 10, Sorcerer Switch, Reliant Body, and ASP Pommel 02. It has the Viridian PnP sound kit, blue lighted switch, and Frost LED.
I really like how it feels in the hand; just under is the emitter is a nice natural grip point for one-handed, the wrap gives it some nice texture for a two-handed grip. My only complaint with the parts is that the blade retention screw is a little low, and there's fair amount of blade wobble. I may end up drilling and tapping a new hole a bit higher up.
The Frost White LED is a great color. It's a nice, soft "ice white". Below are pics of it in a dual-diffused midgrade blade, a VV Photon blade, and a VV Enhanced Blue Day Blade.
Frost also works reasonably well in the SF Purple Day Blade, making a soft violet/lilac, though with the blade being thick-walled it's quite dim. My camera just picks it up as royal blue, so no pics of that unfortunately.