u/MoonSpider

Kizer T1 BD and distressed jorts.

I recently found this picture of a lightsaber toy I had as a kid and it unlocked a trove of memories, haha. The foam blade part always kind of sucked, but I remember being absolutely fascinated by the Qui-Gon hilt itself, which could be clipped to the belt and worn around. Unlike every other toy saber I had seen at the time, it was actually slim in the hand instead of bulky, and fairly closely resembled the prop hilts on screen. I loved that thing. Decades later, as an adult, I have my dream version: a proffie saber with wonderful sound and a bright neopixel blade that can still be removed if you want to wear the saber around on a belt, just like the one I had as kid. And the hilt itself is a OneReplicas SSQY, install done by scrap_that_works. Gets very close to the details of the real Qui-Gon saber prop, but ever-so-slightly slimmed down to make it even more sleek and comfortable in hand. Couldn't be happier with it!

Edit: Shout out to No_Cicada_4582 for informing me that this specific toy model was actually used as an on-screen prop in Attack of the Clones, as some of the youngling sabers in the scene when Yoda is instructing them. Crazy!

Got this SRM 258L "Terrier" this week and I'm liking it a lot so far. It's about the size and price of a Kershaw Iridium but has this impressive laminated 140cr blade and grippy micarta scales. The liners/frame are folded out of one piece of steel that also functions as a stop pin, very sturdy feel with minimal hardware. Pretty nice for 65 bucks.