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TOPIC: Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous
Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 4 months ago #43454
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This custom paintjob inspired me to order a custom Katana styled after Roranoa Zoro's Sandai Kitetsu katana. Just wanted you to know that you inspied me with this bad boy.
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 4 months ago #43576
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Nicely done. Clearly a lot of thought went into that and it clearly shows the Star Wars and Japanese theme well.
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 4 months ago #43601
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That is definitely one gorgeous hilt, you have fine tastes.
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I am chaos in order's guise.
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 4 months ago #43693
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Wow! That is one amazing saber!
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 4 months ago #43826
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Thank you everyone for your comments! I'm really happy that you guys love it as much as I do.
 Here's a couple more shots of the entire hilt + 32 inch blade lit and unlit. 
Eddlyss64 wrote:
This custom paintjob inspired me to order a custom Katana styled after Roranoa Zoro's Sandai Kitetsu katana. Just wanted you to know that you inspied me with this bad boy.
Yup! Saw your thread. Can't wait to see how it turns out! Ramaloke wrote:
Nicely done. Clearly a lot of thought went into that and it clearly shows the Star Wars and Japanese theme well.
I did quite a bit of research into katanas and lightsabers to try to bring out the best of both worlds! I'm glad that it came through. 
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 3 months ago #46506
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That is one good looking saber, Congrats on the idea of mixing the 2 cultures, I feel that the Jedi way is very similar to the samurai. Correct me if I am mistaken. Good purchase!
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 3 months ago #47196
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BY THE STARS... This saber is AWESOME! This finish is BEAUTY-FULL (No? Ok...)! That's it, I'm jealous.
Congratulations my friend. The envy is real hahaha! |
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"Honor is a fool's price. Honor is of no use to the dead."
- Custom SaberForge Monarch - Vader's Vault REV-N Elite + Graflex - Korbanth Kylo Ren |
Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 3 months ago #48449
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Here's a video review I made of the saber hilt! Hope you guys enjoy! |
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The following user(s) said Thank You: Darth-Revan, For Tyeth, OvrcAHst
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 3 months ago #48552
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Actar_Raikit, Great follow-up to your Review with video. Very comprehensive and informative. Thank you.
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 3 months ago #48685
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Arrrghhhh SO JEALOUS!!!!
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"Honor is a fool's price. Honor is of no use to the dead."
- Custom SaberForge Monarch - Vader's Vault REV-N Elite + Graflex - Korbanth Kylo Ren |
Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 3 months ago #49691
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Actar_Raikit wrote:
This is my first time ordering a custom saber and boy was it worth it! It arrived more quickly than I had expected and it was everything I had hoped it would be and more.
As a fan of both Star Wars and Japanese culture, I knew my first hilt had to be the Katana, but I wasn't too partial to the default coloring. So, I had my Katana painted with an all-black finish and had not only the covertech knob powder coated brass, but the emitter, tsuba and pommel as well to resemble a more traditional katana hilt. 
The end result is, in my opinion, gorgeous. The two colors go together extremely well and the gold does a brilliant job in breaking up the black, preventing the hilt from looking too dark. The theme for this hilt was "honorable Sith" (cliched, but whatever) and to go along with that, I went with the Imperial Cog tsuba. 
Keeping with the theme, the blade's color was not red, but blood orange, just a step below red, to show that the user's not all evil. 
All in all, I am extremely pleased and satisfied with my purchase and thank the team for doing such an excellent job on it. Love the design on this saber Actar. Another reason why I want the katana. Can I ask, how you requested the all black hilt and the gold accents? Did you email SF before or after you placed an order? |
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" The Dark Side of the Force is the pathway to many abilities some consider to be… Unnatural.”
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Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 2 months ago #51414
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Darth Nelo Angelo wrote:
Can I ask, how you requested the all black hilt and the gold accents? Did you email SF before or after you placed an order?
This type of custom work is done specifically through Saberforge's Custom Shop, a small team of folks led by Justin Polachek highly committed to excellent work like this. It generally costs a pretty penny, but it's worth it every time. The Customs Shop is currently closed as Justin's trying to catch up on ASP Legacy orders as well as other orders, but it'll be opened back up around the official ASP launch. You can email Justin to get price points, though. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Emerald Knight, Chosen, Dark Paladin, Sentinel |
Custom Katana Hilt... and it's Gorgeous 1 year 2 months ago #51457
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Eddlyss64 wrote:
Darth Nelo Angelo wrote:
Can I ask, how you requested the all black hilt and the gold accents? Did you email SF before or after you placed an order?
This type of custom work is done specifically through Saberforge's Custom Shop, a small team of folks led by Justin Polachek highly committed to excellent work like this. It generally costs a pretty penny, but it's worth it every time. The Customs Shop is currently closed as Justin's trying to catch up on ASP Legacy orders as well as other orders, but it'll be opened back up around the official ASP launch. You can email Justin to get price points, though. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Thanks for the info. I emailed SF CS and they said the same thing. I will wait until they re-open and email them. They are be super busy with ASP.. I ended up ordering a Weathered Bane instead as soon as it came up on the SF website. |
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" The Dark Side of the Force is the pathway to many abilities some consider to be… Unnatural.”
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