Blue Force Sabers: Superhero Mashup Lightsabers, Blade Plugs and Tsuba | Lightsaber Company Spotlight

Blue Force Sabers lightsabers and blade plugs

Blue Force Sabers [AFFILIATE LINK], a United States based custom saber maker, has been selling custom lightsabers and accessories on Etsy since 2017. Many of his lightsabers are superhero mashup lightsabers (inspired by Superman, Batman, Thanos, etc) and are made using a steel core with added 3D printed parts. Most of his sabers are intended … Read more

Ultrasabers Spectre Lightsaber | New Saber Alert

Ultrasabers Spectre lightsaber

Ultrasabers released the Spectre lightsaber today. The custom lightsaber is unofficially inspired by the design of the Kanan Jarrus lightsaber. The top of the two-toned hilt features an emitter shroud with a u-shaped cutout and a series of optional vertical, grate-style windows in the emitter. The emitter area features a disc-shaped tsuba (handguard) as well. … Read more

Kyberlight Plasmafier Top Piece Accessory Full Review Tsuba Emitter

Kyberlight Plasmafier Top Piece

Kyberlight Plasmafier Top Piece Accessory resembles a tsuba (handguard) on a Japanese katana. How the piece works is your slide it over the Kyberlight lightsaber emitter area and attach it to the hilt with a screw. The top piece is also compatible with some Saberforge hilts, but not all, so you need to make sure … Read more

Blue Force Sabers Galactic Empire Tsuba full review | lightsaber accessory

Blue Force Sabers Galactic Empire tsuba

The Blue Force Sabers Galactic Empire tsuba [AFFILIATE LINK], a Japanese katana-inspired lightsaber hand guard, is an accessory that can be added to ANY lightsaber with a 1 inch diameter blade. Blue Force Sabers did send this item to me for free to review, so thank you very much Blue Force Sabers. Watch Blue Force … Read more

What is a tsuba (Handguard)? | Lightsaber Terminology

lightsaber tsuba on a Kyberlight Saber

A lightsaber tsuba (pronounced SOO-BUH) is a handguard component located near the top of a lightsaber hilt in the emitter area. A tsuba protects the hand from getting hit by an opponent’s lightsaber blade, may change the balance point on the saber hilt, and serves as a decorative piece. Watch What is a tsuba? (Lightsaber … Read more

Non-standard lightsabers: crossguard, Darksaber, whip, nunchucks, etc.

Non-standard lightsabers

When you think of a lightsaber you probably think of just sort of a basic cylinder. But lightsabers have gotten a lot crazier in recent years so let’s talk about some of the more non-standard designs. One of the first non-standard designs that became pretty popular was the double bladed lightsaber, made famous by Darth Maul … Read more

Vader’s Vault Legionnaire Lightsaber | New Saber Alert

Vader's Vault Legionnaire Lightsaber

The Vader’s Vault Legionnaire lightsaber has been released. The custom saber, a Combat Class saber, is an original katana style lightsaber design intended for a two-handed combat style. Vader’s Vault Legionnaire, a design inspired by the rigors of The Saber Legion (TSL) lightsaber combat, features a long hilt and a removable tsuba (handguard). Vader’s Vault … Read more

Saberforge Tanto Lightsaber Released | New Saber Alert

Saberforge Tanto lightsaber

The Saberforge Tanto lightsaber has been released. The custom saber, which features a tsuba (handguard), is inspired by the samurai “short sword” known as a tanto. The lightsaber is available as an empty hilt (no electronics), stunt saber (light only, no sound), or sound saber (light and sound). Saberforge released the Tanto lightsaber in December … Read more