To say Saber Ownership is exciting is greatly understated and grossly misrepresented.
The mix of emotion, anticipation and joy fuelled will adrenaline becomes rather overwhelming.
A recent addition to my collection, a (
MadCow) crafted Saber of Genesis Custom Sabers:
Custom Hooded Ascend.
Through month's of research, planning and countless email exchanges with Rob, the order was officially underway.
February 03: Invoice received and order commenced
No further exchanges. Rob had his work and I, mine.
February 25: Shipping Notification email received from Canada Post
Tracked movement of item like any enthusiast would. Expected Delivery Date was March 08. Having received deliveries via Canada Post before I knew the expected date would be early.
March 01: Today, 2.15pm. Knock on door.
The Specs.
Tri Cree RGB | FoC | Blaster Bolt deflection | Blade Lock-up | Crystal Shard v2.5 | 2W Bass Speaker | Lever Switch Activation | Tactile Auxiliary | 1 x 3.7v 18650 Battery | Micro SD Card with 6 Sound Fonts Installed: Hero, Bespin II, Korriban, Flourish, Rogue, Vader OT.
The standard Ascend has limited choice for colour and scheme. What has been applied here is a Custom Shroud with a Copper knurled Thumb-screw for Blade Retention and Shroud fixing. Dual Toned Powder coating in a Matte Gun-Metal Grey with Copper accents to the Polished Silver sections (underside of Emitter, choke point and Pommel). I had an idea with what I wanted to achieve but did not want to explore the Full 'Elite-Level' Customising that GCS does (
at that time) so through compromise and suggestions aided by Rob we arrived at what you see. A result I am extremely happy with. I recalled seeing a similar finished Hilt made by GCS for another Owner which is where my interests stemmed from. Due to a duplication principle GCS has, it isn't an exact copy but I believe the Copper sections were inverted for the separation.
Measurements:
-Blade Socket Depth = 2.50"
-Hilt Length (E-P) = 11.75"
-Hilt Length (S-P) = 12.50"
-Hilt Diameter =
1.75" 1.25"
-Blade Thickness = 1.0" (ideally Thin walled Blade for easier fitting, thick walled makes it tight)
-Balance Point (36"Blade) = .50" past Shroud Fork
Observations:
Very clean and smoothly finished Hilt with absolutely no sharp edges whatsoever. Compared to the only other Sabers I own (as Reviewed in
Part I) attention to detail is much more generous and successfully executed. But, this isn't a comparison Review between Vendors.
The finish, sound quality, sound loudness, handling, weight and blade brightness is simply superb. Unobtrusive for single hand wield or for two-handed wield. Quite surprisingly comfortable actually. The Covertech is located well. Purely for my own tastes I have removed it.
Conclusions:
Am extremely happy with the result and obtained within such a short time frame. I suspect this simply conveniently coincided with his build queue as during our early email exchanges it was requested that I defer the enquiry until after a specified date. No complaints. As eluded to, my collection will be collectively expansive and varied. You'll just have to wait and see. If your curiosity is tickled, then I imagine the progress will be followed as time passes. There are many distractions exercised to pass the time as I have actively tried to do here as one of them.
A generous, well-rounded Hilt with many aspects to enjoy. Variety in colour, variety in sound and with lots of different swing and motion sounds, hours of entertainment. With a slightly thinner girth it makes handling effortless. This has easily become my current go-to. (
for now?)
My next anticipated delivery where my primary focus has been channelled will soon be realised. Expectant and accepting of Part II and Part III.
Thank you for looking in. (
blade lit pictures will follow this initial Post)