TOPIC: Katana hilt order customization

While waiting for funds to clear the bank I have been window shopping and have picked out 4 sabers to buy.

1. Epoch Champion (color undecided, might do green again not sure)

2. Sinister Prophecy Champion Red

3. Katana (12.5in) Champion (purple?) (can I get this one without the cog hand Guard?)

4. Bane Champion (color undecided)

Could I get some color matching suggestions? I currently have a yellow Warrior Consular. Trying to match the colors so I could either go light/dark side with my mando outfit

What finishes did you have in mind for these hilts, and what finish is your Consular? Whats your mando armor color scheme? In any case I'll throw my two cents in; both with what will go with your existing hilt as well as in general.

Color wheel:


Overall, if you want to match with your yellow saber, SF's warm color offerings (red, blood orange, amber) will work. If you want it to contrast but not clash, purple is yellow's complementary color (opposite it on the color wheel). Green would give a pair of sabers an earthy feel when paired with yellow. Medium or light blue could work too (if you're a Chargers fan ). Really the only colors I don't see working well with yellow are mint green, cyan, and frost white.

Now on to saber specifics.
Epoch
I feel this saber looks best in either the standard or dual tone finish (personally I'd like to see the dual tone emitter with a standard body and pommel). You can't go wrong with any color for this hilt, but I feel medium or light blue, green or red for either of the above finishes or frost white for standard looks best.

Sinister Prophecy
I agree with your choice of red in either finish, as you get dark and foreboding with a weathered red bladed hilt and regal and commanding (like Dooku's) with a clean dual tone one

Katana (full sized)
The weathered finish looks nice (particularly with the round phoenix tsuba), but I'm partial to the standard one with either the round or hexagonal Imperial tsuba (aka handguard). Im not sure if the tsuba can simply be removed or not; that'd be a question for SF directly.

The best blade color for this hilt is impacted a bit by which tsuba is chosen as well as finish. Either Imperial options beg for red, while the phoenix a more traditional Jedi color. And a weathered finish would pair well with a purple or indigo blade. But frost white would be great for any alignment or finish, and be reminiscent of a real katana's metal blade.

Bane
As this hilt stands now (there is a redesign coming when the current stock sells out), I feel weathered is the only real option. The other two (black ends/silver body and silver ends/black body) feel like they need to trade their emitters and pommels with each other; unless you were to sand down some of the handle's black anodizing on the silver/black option to create your own dual tone finish.

Color wise for sinister hilt like a weathered Bane, red, purple, indigo, green, and lime green would be a good fit.


If there is a color combo you really like that goes against what I've said above, don't let me talk you out of it! It's your saber; plus I like being surprised when things I thought wouldn't go well together end up working.

Well, my current Consular I sort of ordered as a stand-alone piece which has a standard finish. However with my new job, i was thinking of having a pair of Champion Weathered Consulars.

The other sabers mentioned above would have the standard finish. The Bane is the one I am unsure of as its the only curved hilt design that I like yet you now mention its getting a 2.0 so......yeah.

As far as my mando outfit, the main body armor is going to be black, but the arms, legs, and helmet are going to be a mosh of colors (sort of in the spirit of Boba Fetts mixed armor).

slenaas, what happened to the Green Epoch you Reviewed here? And didn't you recently Order a Yellow Epoch from Etsy when in a Trading Post Topic (now deleted at your request) ? Was surprised to see you reference it is all.

As was I. You are correct however, that i did in fact have an Epoch (as you can see in my profile picture). that particular one i had to sell on the Facebook saber group page due to desperate need of money i apparently didn't need, so yes i am going to order a second one to replace that beauty as i miss the feel of the hilt in my hand.