Electrum Wind from the recent Flash Sale (Late August 2020)

[Xonic]

Hi guys!
I really don't know which forum to post this. But since it seems like a question, I decided to post it here.

First of all, today I just received my Ultrasabers Electrum Wind from the recent flash sale last month. It arrived sooner than I expected, which is very awesome.  
At first glance, it came to my attention that the yellow/gold anodize seems to be lighter than it should be.



So I tried to compare it with my Princess. And so it really does look lighter than the yellow/gold anodize on the Princess.



I'm not sure that has there been any announcements on the color change, or if it's different because of the sale or somewhat.
But I gotta say that I quite like the color. So no issues on that, I guess.
Just want to know why it's different from the other Electrum Wind hilts I've seen.  

Although, I had a problem when I inserted my blade (Mid Grade) back in and tighten it up.
Now it looks like the blade is slightly tilted backwards and a little wobbly when swinging the saber, not tight as it was when it came out of the box.
When I took a closer look at the blade, right where the screw holds it, it looks a little bent. Like it's been squeezed.
Any ideas on how to fix the wobbly blade issue? Just wondering if the Heavy Grade blade be more tighten or not.

[Karmack]

Sorry to hear about the blade issue.   A HG blade will hold up better to the screw without warping.

Most likely the set screw is a bit long and it was tightened to much.  I would recommend removing the blade and gently popping out any deformation so it is generally round again, then re-insert it with the damaged area on the opposite side, then try tightening the screw again.  It will take a bit of "feel" but try not to over-tighten it.  That should help.

hopefully the blade has enough integrity left to hold shape.

As for the color: First, I like the lighter gold a lot!   I think it looks great on that hilt.  I suspect the difference may be a supplier issue.   With the pandemic and the back-ups I am sure US has had to find alternate suppliers from time to time for things.  They may have gotten some lots of hilts done with a different supplier or simply a different color if the normal gold wasn't available.  Honestly, if looks great so I wouldn't sweat it.  If it is a rare one-off kind of thing it just makes your hilt MORE unique.   :-)

[MVHI JEDI]

Anodizing is a process which has fluctuating results.  The piece of metal, the voltage, the chemicals, all will provide a caring degree of colorizing.  Like with the "Crimson" hilts..  even the photos of the sabers on the website vary GREATLY in color.  Some are bright red, some look rusty. 
Personally, I think the lighter gold looks better on the E.W.

[Jedi_Phoenix]

In a way, I think the different shade of gold from what they usuly do is fitting considering it's based on a saber for a character whose actor wanted a different color blade in order to stand out from the pack.  Even if it wasn't intentional by the company, it's a good result.

[MVHI JEDI]

In a way, I think the different shade of gold from what they usuly do is fitting considering it's based on a saber for a character whose actor wanted a different color blade in order to stand out from the pack.  Even if it wasn't intentional by the company, it's a good result.

Agreed.

[StoryDtechtive]

The anodizing has changed a bit on certain batches. And if I am not mistaken, was not quite as brassy looking several years ago. Might be with shortages they go back to the previous gold tone on certain batches.