New Saber Prototype - War Glaive

[Skajj]

WHOA!!! HOLY!!! WHOA!! Wait... Whoa!

[Onli-Won Kanomi]

This bad boy has "be afraid, be VERY afraid" wriiten all over it...watch opponents cringe at the very sight!

And I don't even want to imagine how awesomely terrifying a staff version would be...

[Max Lighter]

i was just finkin how cool it would be if there was a sabre wiv claws

[Ronin]

The windows on the emitter should be brought into designs in the future, I like to say I'm on the light side of the force, and this is too dark for me...  What would be cool is if more claw 'expansions' were made US could experiment with say the guard thing that is on yoda's saber, or something of that nature that isn't too imposing. 

[Rall_Kethil]

WOW.
This is one sweet looking saber, and I can't wait to see what the finalized version will look like, especially after anodizing.

That being said, I do have two critiques.
One, with a name like  "War  Glaive", I automatically thought that this was going to be a pole-arm type saber, like the old PVC yari (spear-saber) you used to sell. (I have a SCA background, so when I hear glaive, I think of the French pole-arm, not the super-shuriken from Krull.)
Two,  this saber looks rather heavy/bulky in the vid. This, however, may be just my personal taste coming into play, after all, you did explain where the saber's balance-point lay during the video.

Okay, now that I've gotten that off of my chest, let me reiterate that this is one sweet saber design, and I am definitely looking forward to seeing what the final production model sill look like. 

[Darth_Greyloch]

Ooh, I WANT this! Black anodizing with silver claws would look sick, any way to make that an option? And count me in for a staff coupler too!
Hmm..Black and silver with the new arctic ice colour might look oh-so-very sweet!

You read my mind, Amy.  I was thinking of an LE version of this saber with nickel plated claws, black anodized body, silver vertical grips cut in afterwards, and a nickel plated pommel.  I was also thinking of offering some other LE body colors, like maybe blood red, or midnight blue.  Of course, we will likely offer a regular "Dark" version of it with just raw aluminum claws, raw aluminum pommel, and black anodized body which would cost less.

And to put everyone's fears at rest, this will not be some super expensive saber, it will be on par with our other multi-piece sabers like the Bane, Shock, Arbiter and Catalyst and there will be a stunt version that you can always upgrade to sound later.

It has always been my goal to get more people into our little hobby by making high quality sabers at bargain prices.  I have not compromised one bit on that goal.

Yes, I like what I'm hearing, this is exactly to my taste as well. Both the LE and regular Dark version ideas sound really cool. I think that's one of the reasons why I like the Dark Standard Issue's look so much, it has that cool combination of black and silver/metallic coloration that I find very appealing.

And yes, I concur with what was said about the sound being optional rather than default, I prefer the no-sound option myself for both financial and other reasons.

Keep up the good work!

[Mikkyo of the Sith]

Very much looking forward to the black anodizing and windows. I'd love one with sound but to be honest I'm getting tired of the old MR/Hasbro FX soundcards. Any possible chance of being able to get one of the removable blade cards as an option sometime? The search function didn't seem to find a thread or post about this.

[hayduke]

I will be absolutely getting a dark version of this when it becomes available.

[Lord Neomorph]

Holy Sh_t I want it now

[Stockton]

I would enjoy striking down one of you Sith while you were wielding this. I would then take it and hang it on my wall 

[Lord Neomorph]

LOL @ Master_Stockton

[Stockton]

Do i hear a challenge?

[Lord Neomorph]

Wait until it is in my hands and then we will see

[Stockton]

The challenge shall be open until you receive it.

[Amanita]

LOL! I smell a smackdown coming!