TOPIC: Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful

Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful 3 months 4 days ago #59635

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Hi all,

So after I picked up a few hilts, I started to realize I had the bad habit of putting my allen key for my blade retention screw down and then forgetting where I put it. It is small and easily lost (like in the couch for example). I have the fold-up pocket allen wrench sets, but I have to go to my toolbox to get it each time.

So, I did a little digging because I wanted a 5/64 SAE allen wrench on my keychain. I couldn't find anything, so I did this:

I apologize, my camera did not want to focus on the allen wrench which is why the shots seem far off.

Bascially, I ordered a $2 allen key set from Amazon, but it came in Metric despite stating it was SAE. I pulled the spring out and put one of my allen keys in.

Granted, you have to really make sure you keys don't brush against your saber, but I always have it now.

Anyone else find a good solution to keeping up with your allen wrench?

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Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful 3 months 4 days ago #59641

Brax Online Administrator Posts: 2193 Thank you received: 819	That is a great idea! Another possibility is the new covertech clip that will be coming soon from SF will have a small hole that is intended to hold an allen wrench, and another hole on the other side for holding a kill key. So, between your solution, and this one, lost kill keys and not having a wrench handy should be a thing of the past!
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Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful 3 months 4 days ago #59643

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Thanks. I was completely unaware of this. So the covertech knob is going to hold a wrench and a kill key. That sounds really cool! Is there an image out there of this? I'd love to see how that works.

I figured someone one Etsy or eBay would have made a portable allen wrench key chain. I had a harder time finding that than I though. I found one guy who was trying to do a quick starter with allen wrenches that look like regular keys. I'm not sure that made it off the ground.

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Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful 3 months 4 days ago #59645

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The covertech wheel itself will not hold the kill key, and allen wrench. The covertech clip on your belt will. Thomas Snyder posted a picture of it on the FB group. I will see if I can find it, but since it was in a reply in long chain of replies to a different subject post, it is going to be a needle in a haystack. At any rate, he said these would start appearing as soon as their existing stock was depleted.

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Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful 3 months 4 days ago #59648

HotRod Offline Platinum Member Posts: 579 Thank you received: 284	Wow, I completely misread your first post, HA. Sorry about that. What you are saying makes SO much more sense. I was wondering how that was going to work. HA! Sorry about that. LOL
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Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful 3 months 4 days ago #59664

Jaden Korr Offline Platinum Member "Remember, [Force] abilities are not inherently good or evil; it's how you use them." --Kyle Katarn Posts: 1039 Thank you received: 484	I can't find the video at the moment, but I saw someone with a Maul saber (don't know from where) that attached a small piece of an Allen wrench to the bottom of one of the knob greeblies, and then found a way to keep it attached to the hilt when not in use.
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Blade Retention Key - Hopefully Something Helpful 3 months 3 days ago #59670

golgo13 Offline Junior Member Posts: 26 Thank you received: 21	How about a kill key that is also an Allen wrench? This way if you have one , you have both. Granted this also means if you lose one you lose them both.
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