Parks Sabers: Custom Saber Maker Since 1993 | Lightsaber Company Spotlight

Parks Sabers Double Helix Lightsaber
Parks Sabers Double Helix Lightsaber (discontinued) | IMAGE CREDIT Parks Sabers

Parks Sabers is a custom saber company based in Texas that specializes in character inspired lightsaber hilts. Lightsaber maker Jeffrey Parks founded the company in the 1990s, making Parks Sabers one of the oldest custom saber companies in existence. Lightsabers made by the company are sometimes referred to simply as ‘Parks’ for short (not to be confused with the officially licensed Disney Parks lightsabers).

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The Parks Sabers website launched in 1999, although Parks had been making lightsabers since 1993. Most early Parks Sabers designs included custom designs (i.e. not character inspired). For many years, the company sold empty hilts for cosplay, EL Sabers (electro-luminescent) and later Phase Sabers (in-blade LED).

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In 2017, the Parks Sabers website endured a massive overhaul. The company decided to sell only empty hilts and stopped selling installed lightsabers altogether. Parks Sabers discontinued all of its non-character inspired hilts and decided to focus on selling only the most sought after character inspired hilts for marquee characters like Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kylo Ren.

In late 2018, Jeffrey Parks started selling budget-friendly, character inspired lightsaber hilts through his personal eBay account, aynranfan [affiliate link] (Parks has stated that The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is his favorite book). Parks continues to operate the parksabers.com website as well, but the hilt prices are lower on the eBay account. Several hilt styles on eBay are currently priced at $119 including free United States shipping.

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Parks Sabers website
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List of Parks Sabers Lightsaber Hilts

Note: The list may be incomplete

1999

Abandon lightsaber
Avenger lightsaber
Destroyer lightsaber
Gothic lightsaber
Turbine lightsaber

2000
Defiance lightsaber
Echelon lightsaber

2001
Arc-Wave lightsaber
Avenger lightsaber
Fury lightsaber

2002
M2 lightsaber
Malestrom lightsaber
Rogue lightsaber

2003
Double Helix lightsaber
Fusion lightsaber
Graflex lightsaber
Shadow lightsaber

2004
Ultimate Saber Kit (kit includes: Mark III Assembly, Kobold Disposable Flash, MPP Camera Flash, etc.)

2005
Fury138 lightsaber

2006
Dark Avenger lightsaber
MPP lightsaber
Usonia lightsaber (Anthem or Stunt)
Conflict lightsaber (Stunt)

2007
Inertia lightsaber
Jaded lightsaber (Mara Jade style)
QV lightsaber (Quinlan Vos style)

2008
Ego lightsaber
Volution lightsaber
Sapphire lightsaber
Impulse lightsaber
Rogue lightsaber

2009
Axis lightsaber (Ven Zallow style)
Phaeton lightsaber (Obi-Wan Kenobi EPI/EPII style)
Aria lightsaber (original design, Darth Vader influenced)

2010
Graflex ESB lightsaber (ESB configuration)
Orpheus lightsaber
Rune lightsaber (Mace Windu style)

2011
Onyx lightsaber (Qui-Gon Jinn style)
Dusara lightsaber (Ahsoka Tano style)

2016
Cross Guard Empty Hilt (Kylo Ren style)

2017
Note: Major website overhaul. Parks Sabers now only lists select character inspired empty hilts as available for purchase from the website.
Graflex 2.0 / 2.5 lightsaber
Graflex Reveal lightsaber
MKIII lightsaber (Obi-Wan Kenobi ANH style)
K1&K2 lightsaber (Obi-Wan Kenobi prequel style)
MPP lightsaber (Darth Vader style)
DV6 lightsaber (Darth Vader ROTJ style)
Gullwing lightsaber (Luke Skywalker ROTJ style)
Crossguard lightsaber (Kylo Ren style)
SID lightsaber (Darth Sidious style)

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1 thought on “Parks Sabers: Custom Saber Maker Since 1993 | Lightsaber Company Spotlight”

  1. I own a beautiful Park saber from probably around 2000-2003. I don’t remember the name of it but it does have the EL blade. I do remember it being pretty expensive but it was so worth it, the quality is impeccable. It’s definitely a one-of-a-kind and not modeled after any character sabers. I really like it since it has an exposed EL wire wrap in the hilt that matches the blade. Still in perfect working order too.

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