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TOPIC: The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!!
The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #83900
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Got it in today, its very sexy. RED with Saber core 3.0 with rumble. So here's a few pictures for you. if you need any specific detail shots let me know. I plan to install a red button and glass eye soon enough, but here it is out the box. I had them change the covertech knob to brass.
close up of switch section. 
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #83902
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Congrats! Sweet looking refreshed Monarch. Look forward to your review!
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The following user(s) said Thank You: Vechaljian
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #83907
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Very nice! I’m with Execute66, can’t wait for a full review. Congrats man!
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MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
The following user(s) said Thank You: Vechaljian
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #83926
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Vechaljian wrote:
if you need any specific detail shots let me know.
Still on the fence towards this one personally but (unsure if you still have them) would you like to take a pic of the Unleashed versus the Monarch (or Legacy Monarch) for scale comparison?
I plan to install a red button and glass eye soon enough
I noticed that there is an independent setscrew for blade retention on Unleashed (rather the topside red button/stock thumbscrew on Monarch), is the underside thumbscrew (spot intended for glass eye swap out) still retention for the Crystal Chamber?
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #83934
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I've already sold and shipped off my Monarch, and waiting on the Legacy to come in. The retention for the blade is in the black section of the neck of the saber. The retention of chamber is the top silver thumb screw and the bottom black thumb screw kind of work together to retain the chamber.( I didn't want to take too much apart being new)
I can tell you that the saber is shorter for certain, and the differences I like are the brass switch area, I like the chamber better, the grips are smooth and secured via small screws, I also like the length, the top thumb screw is recessed into the shroud and that it body is 1 piece vs the sectioned monarch( was threaded in the middle). What I liked better on the Monarch was the grooves in the mid section gave it more character. I'll take some more pictures when I get home from work. |
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #84128
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I made some mods to it tonight, added a mock glass eye and red button to it. the glass eye is temporary, I plan to use a smoked version when it arrives from TGS, and right now the red button is from a left over 2.0 kit, if the TGS version looks better I'll use it. also the crystal that came with it rattled so had to put a dab of e6000 to it to stop it. this is all I plan to do.
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #84133
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Vechaljian wrote:
I plan to use a smoked version when it arrives from TGS, and right now the red button is from a left over 2.0 kit, if the TGS version looks better I'll use it.
TCSS also sells the same in the smoked version.
this is all I plan to do.
Any plans to file down the faux eye edges to expose the nickel for accenting with the chamber rods and your brass covertech?
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #84134
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I may do that(I did it kind of quick in my drill with a file) the smoked eye will arrive Tuesday. I did add a brass Graflex style blade plug to it.
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 3 weeks ago #84135
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Beautiful Unleashed! I see you have a brass covertec too! I like the glass eye treatment too! (I'm waiting on my Legacy Monarch too, it's the longest wait I have so far for an order from SF
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 2 weeks ago #84201
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The thumbscrews I ordered from TGS came in and I did a little mods to the glass eye side to show the brass coloring, I really think the smoked glass eye makes it pop. I may still work on the red button switch later to get it to sit down in its hole a little further
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 2 weeks ago #84203
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I've heard the TCSS 16mm switch bezels are just the right size to adapt Graflex buttons/eyes onto saber hilts.
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 2 weeks ago #84206
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Well I couldn't leave it alone. I set my red button switch in my drill with a file I used it like a lathe. now I very happy with it. @Kouri, I now see what your saying, that will work great for the glass eye, I’m happy with the red button.
Original thumbscrew 
Before mods, red button-- 
After mods, red button-- 
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 2 weeks ago #84220
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Vechaljian wrote:
Well I couldn't leave it alone. I set my red button switch in my drill with a file I used it like a lathe. now I very happy with it.
Nice work with an alternate solution. With not having one, I cant be sure what the build anatomy is like on Unleashed and whether it's similar to the build anatomy of Monarch (where the emitter shroud removes from the blade holder). More so with the switches wired into the now functional switch box rather than as a greeblie. From you photos though, it looks like it's made the same as the ASP Graflex emitter. I took a red button from TCSS on mine and filed down the little step (above the threads) before shortening the threads (after re-drilling and tapping a 10/32) so it sits flush with the pilot hole on the surface of the emitter.
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 2 weeks ago #84264
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I just ordered an initiate for this and am excited to start building on it! Quick question though, are the crystal and blade lit by separate LEDs?
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The Monarch is UNLEASHED!!! 3 months 2 weeks ago #84297
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The crystal led is a separate led.
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