The Saberforge Fury lightsaber is an aggressive and edgy dark side style lightsaber. Fury, which is an Elite Saber, has three finish options: standard (two-toned black and metallic silver colored), black (solid black), or weathered (a ‘tarnished dark’ appearance). The slanted emitter section, the most characteristically ‘dark side’ design feature of the hilt, is reminiscent … Read more
The Anakin Starkiller Darth Maul TPM Lightsaber Prop run has been announced. The custom saber, a static display piece cast in resin, is inspired by the design of the Darth Maul double-bladed lightsaber.
Want a lightsaber that looks like it’s traveled around the galaxy, earning scrapes, tarnish and scratches from years of hard-fought battles? DCSabers [AFFILIATE LINK], a United Kingdom based custom saber company, specializes in weathered, Old Republic-style lightsaber hilts. The company offers some polished finish hilts as well. All of his lightsabers are empty or installed … Read more
Hungarian artist and lightsaber enthusiast Roland Palotai left a career in the fashion industry in 2006 in order to pursue his dream of building lightsabers. But not just any lightsabers would do. Palotai, founder of Rolightsaber, constructs painstakingly detailed and realistic high-end custom sabers. Palotai sees his lightsabers as pieces of artwork, each with its … Read more
The Saberforge [Etsy AFFILIATE LINK] Vengeance lightsaber hilt is an Exar Kun style lightsaber hilt. The version I have is weathered. Saberforge’s weathered finish features a series of black rings, applied with a lathe, that make the hilt look darker and more tarnished than standard finish hilts. Watch Saberforge Vengeance lightsaber hilt full review RETIRED on … Read more
This is an example of a weathered Saberforge lightsaber hilt. Weathering, which broadly defines any method of ageing, scratching, tarnishing, wearing down or otherwise making a hilt look used or battle worn, can take on many different forms depending on the lightsaber company or sabersmith that administers the ‘weathering’ process. Watch Saberforge Weathered Finish Lightsabers: … Read more
Weathering is: scratching, scuffing, tarnishing, damaging or otherwise aging of a lightsaber hilt. The intention of weathering is make the hilt look used, as if it’s been battle-worn, or just make it look like it’s not brand new, ‘right out of the lightsaber factory’, so to speak. Watch Why are weathered lightsabers so popular? on … Read more
‘As First Built’ (AFB) or ‘As First Built By’ (AFBB) is a term typically associated with certain Master Replicas prop lightsaber hilts (both 1:1 scale and 0.45 scale). The term will also occasionally be shortened to AFB or AFBB. ‘As first built’ means that the hilt will look like it’s in the same condition as when … Read more
Lightsaber weathering describes a lightsaber hilt with a used, battle worn, or aged appearance. Weathering follows the tradition and inspiration of George Lucas’ Original Star Wars Trilogy, where many characters possess and use items that appear used or even worn out. A lightsaber hilt can be weathered various ways including: scratching, scuffing, tarnishing, rusting, etc. … Read more
The Shameem BrokeFlex lightsaber has been released. The realistic custom saber hilt is inspired by the appearance of the salvaged, broken-in-two Skywalker lightsaber (i.e. Graflex lightsaber) in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Sabersmith and artisan Shameem Moshrefzadeh creates the static display piece by heavily weathering and adding exposed, damaged internals to a custom Graflex lightsaber … Read more
