Custom saber for contact spinning

[Darth Cephalus]

So I have been planning this for a while now, but I finally got to it. This saber is a custom idea I have for contact spinning. It will be on the long side (about 18 inches) and weighted near the pommel so that it will spin more like a staff. It is an old v1 Obsidian board, an illuminated AV switch where the LED burned out now running as an un-illuminated switch, A modular red LED with white FOC, an US omen pommel and coupler, and a bunch of MHS parts. The sink tube pictured will be etched so that the exposed area is etched and the masked black areas remain depicting Cthulhu breaking his prison of elder signs, to the chagrin of the poor victim, while Miigo fly past thunder clouds and runic script in the back. I plan also to etch glyphs into the three finishing rings between segments and may replace the top segment with a 3d printed crossgaurd pictured in the design below. The crossguard would be removable as t would prevent contact work like that shown in the video.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96MXPNCcojY" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">www.youtube.com/watch?v=96MXPNCcojY</a>

[Genkaku Sho`shyk]

NOICE!!!!

[Ren Kobar]

love the shoulder role.

[Ultoria Kade]

Woah. Blown away by the saber, especially that choke point.

[Darth Cephalus]

I decided to go with a less ornate approach for now as I principally want it to be practical and the etched metal had no grip. Here it is with some different grips applied and some balance points marked. In two of these it is pictured next to my contact flame saber.

[Darth Cephalus]

Here is my contact staff in "short" form. (it is a bit over 5 foot long as opposed to around 7 foot if I put initiate blades in it or I have no idea how long but I wouldn't want to try it with full sized blades). It is 2 initiate hilts in silver, a pike extension (for a total of about 3 foot of hilt), and two 16" pike blades. I have weighted it in a couple places to get the balance right. The handles of the initiates have been wrapped in tennis grip and they and the pike extension have been coated in silicone contact grip. This saber is designed with intent of doing hands free shoulder and arm rolls.

[Relan Tarel jedi kinght]

Verry nice saber
Have a point