Dual Tone Weathered Forsaken 12Watt+ Deep Red
My second Apprentice, Ordered and received with its Sister: Chosen, intended as a complimenting pair but unfortunately during its transit from there to here, mysterious events occurred with no identity of origin (mostly). They had to be separated upon arrival as Forsaken was quick to be re-bubbled as a Footlong and retraced its steps back to whence it came.
This Hilt is extraordinary. A perfect complimenting Hilt as a secondary Saber and even stunningly effective on its own. No surprise, it’s a Thin Neck and one that uses a tapered Crown Emitter. Whilst I reference this and Chosen as Sisters, appearances alone with focus on their respective Emitters, there is an uncanny resemblance to Chess pieces of the King & Queen.
The design features elegance, successful use of intricate detailing, handling comfort with fluidity and balance. The Parts assemble together securely, quite solidly held together and firm within grasp. The DT standard and V2 Finishes may just be the very way to go.
Some Specs & Measurements:
Quad Cree 12Watt+ Deep Red| Champion Tier| Sabercore2.0 Crimson Font| V2 Weathered Finish (with personalising)| Weathered Covertech| lazerforge kill key by default| Black AV, Red-lit.
Hilt Length: 297mm
Blade Socket Depth (to peak of central flute & crown lower crevices): 19mm
Blade Socket Depth (to peak of crown tips): 37mm
Emitter Diameter: 38.08mm
Neck Diameter: 18.37mm
Neck Length: 44.75mm
Grenade Diameter: 34.20mm
Body Diameter: 34.24mm
Pommel Diameter: 40.64mm
Weight: 405 grams
Balance (from Pommel to POI): 137mm
Balance (from Pommel to POI) 26”: 296mm
Balance (from Pommel to POI) 32”: 343mm
Balance (from Pommel to POI) 37”: 390mm
Opposing the Crowns lower crevices feature 6 corresponding triangular indentations in Black Anodise. During the personalisation treatment, these little diamonds were stripped, the fill distressed and edges that shadow the tapering slightly polished.
Consistent to Chosen, the weathered Thin Neck was a masking that I disagreed with, so in similar fashion with creating this a highlight and focal point, the weathering too was stripped, slightly distressed and completed with a polish treatment. Thin Necks have a unique separation already that exist when compared to non-necked Emitters into Switch sections. Think of this as accentuating a positive feature to expose the neck line rather having it concealed behind a scarf or high collar.
I was satisfied with the bodies weathering finish and was quite happy to leave it as is. The stripped lines aren’t too excessively defined and the contrasting effects quite well matched. The eyesore that exists with this Hilt is the LED retention screw that is set topside in line with the AV and charge Port. I believe this to be careless oversight and should be positioned underside consistent to the blade retention screw.
With matching the external finish to Chosen, the opposing raised sections of the Pommel squares was also stripped in attempts to balance the overall aesthetic of (relatively) dark weathering
with accenting polished Silver.
Treatment repeated to Pommels central ring that circles the vent.
As referenced earlier, upon receipt, Forsaken fell victim to a
Revisited
Manufacture
Anomaly
in addition to some other concerns.
The Emitter has an obvious short threading occurrence where the fixed, tightened positioning shows 360 degrees of an unsecured turn. This was thought to be the result of an over threaded male Thin Neck part or an under threaded female Emitter Part. SFCS upon notification of first alert agreed
and provided the Green Light for the return trip home.
Second image above illustrates one of the Emitter crowns dented by more than light bruising. For some inexplicable reason, the kill key supplied had a squared hole fitted over the rounded internal charge pin. Not only was it ill-fitting, it wasn’t seated correctly and wasn’t freely removable with ease. Pliers needed to be used to tease it off and with expecting to be greeted by the Crimson boot sound.. nothing. Possibly a dead battery and completely drained I thought. Not the case though as after an overnight plug-in, it was just as unresponsive as it was prior to the plug-in. Some kind of doozy with the electronics I imagine. May as well be another first. Charging jack into Port actually rendered no activity or response as indicated by the chargers LED indicator. *insert sad face here*
With its return journey announced, it was a glorious day. The dent wasn’t present and the saber was responsive. The threading over/under turn however returns:
Hello! I looked into this for you. With the way this hilt is built, there is a little of the threading that shows. That is the design of this hilt.
Hmmm.. very odd. *insert frowny face here*
It is what it is then…but why?