Shock LE now a Shock

[hazard502]

This is my 2ch Emerald Shock LE one of my favourite lightsabers.  I always admired the silver Shock and it's actually the one I like the most out of the finishes available.  So I was talking with some friends(you know who you are!) about what I could do to get one.  Instead of buying a silver one and owning two, I decided to buckle down and make this my own.

I stripped away the gold anodizing leaving a knurled pattern; and by stripped I mean ground away.  I then buffed the surface and then polished the once gold parts, and it looked so shiny I buffed the whole thing with some Mothers metal polish.  I like that it's now unique and silver!  If I wanted a factory smooth finish it would prob take me A LOT longer to grind/sand down the small individual sections that were gold anodized - but I like this so I'm going to keep it as is.


Here it was before, the pommel is the standard silver one as well as the covertec wheel.  Though obviously pictured here with the Archon pommel






And the final results - all polished up.

[Drahcir]

Looks great, I've used that mother's metal polish too - it really works wonders on metal.
Polished Shock is best Shock

[Dauntless Seven]

    Wow Haz I am so proud of you and your wife's good suggestions.  Looks so much better with the texturizing in the groove and raised ring areas when compared to a standard silver Shock.  The buffing came out so strikingly rich.  The Shock pommel really belongs on this saber now.  Well done and enjoy this clean shiny beauty.     Jaina Solo would be envious and I'd like to see this with a purple blade.  +1 for you.   

[Master Medwyn]

Wonderful!
Shock reloaded!

[RevanReborn]

Very cool!  That's one dramatic finish you've achieved- great work.  Works well with the texture in the grooves.  Point awarded.

[sedstiskyfaller]

I'm blinded by how shiny your Shock is now 

It looks great though. The contrast the grooves add really brings out the character of the saber! I have to admit I thought you were crazy at the start of this thread, but after I saw how it looks I have nothing bad to say! +1 

[Lord Canterbury]

Well done!  +1

Polished Shock is best Shock

Polished is best?  Who hacked into Drahcir's account?

[Drahcir]

Well done!  +1

Polished is best?  Who hacked into Drahcir's account?

You can still give mild weathering to a polished hilt.
 

[JediXIX]

WOW, I really like it . . . great solution, and great lateral thinking Haz . . . +1

I do have 1 question tho . . . why is the blade BLUE ? ? ? Hmmm ? ? ? 

Polished is best?  Who hacked into Drahcir's account?

hehe . . . I thought the same thing . . . When has Mr Saber Sadist EVER used POLISH ? 

[Drahcir]

hehe . . . I thought the same thing . . . When has Mr Saber Sadist EVER used POLISH ? 

You'd be surprised.
 

[JediXIX]

You'd be surprised.
 

I am surprised . . . any photographic proof, lol . . .

[Drahcir]

I am surprised . . . any photographic proof, lol . . .

My Graflex gets regular polishing.
 

[hazard502]

Thanks for checking in everyone, I appreciate the critiques and comments


@Jed ... The blade is blue because I was showing some interest in what my son likes ... And that's a blue blade lol, his favourite. So I had to make the parental sacrifice to have it blue for a while


But D7 threw down a blade request and thus it shall be changed ... Pics to come.


Edit: I KNEW I was gonna get busted for that blue hehe...

[JediXIX]

very cool Haz . . . and, the way of the Jedi   . . . +1 for you and your son


Look forward to your purple blade Shock pics also . . .


And while we're talking blade colours and sacrifice, my Emerald Archon is currently in BR (shocking I know  , but I'm practicing for when I can get a Shock in BR, lol). . . but as Logos says, the Archon in BR actually looks REALLY good . . .  


EDIT :

Edit: I KNEW I was gonna get busted for that blue hehe...

All in good fun 

[Lord Canterbury]

My Graflex gets regular polishing.

Yeah.  I bet it does.