So, I have seen a lot of questions about blade differences and which are best to purchase. Of course, being inquisitive in this sort of hobby is perfectly all right, but I would like to provide something to look at in order to see a different way of looking the blades. Ok, here we go.
Note for beginners: the blades offered by Ultrasabers are quite awesome. They are made of a very durable, polycarbonate blade that is very difficult to break. Compared to the blades of regular FX sabers offered by Hasbro or Master Replicas, they do not compare. In terms of Mid-Grade blades and Ultraedge blades, there is some difference. Mid-Grade blades are offered both in Standard and Ultraedge. With the Heavy-Grade blades, there is the same thing, both Standard and Ultraedge. Now, the Standard grade blades are durable. Very durable. They can take a lot of beating. Difference in Heavy-Grade blades is the fact that they can go up against other types of hard material, like training bokkens.
Ok, I am comparing 4 different types of blades here: Ultraedge mid-grade, standard mid-grade, Ultraedge heavy-grade, and standard heavy-grade. There are different lengths for the sabers, but it does not seem to make too much of a difference in terms of illumination.
Here are all four sabers together:
Here is a pic of the inside of the blade, showing the thickness of the blade itself.
You can see (from left to right): Standard Mid-Grade, Ultraedge Mid-Grade, Standard Heavy-Grade, and Ultraedge Heavy-Grade
Here is (from left to right): Standard Mid-Grade and Standard Heavy-Grade
Now, here is the funny thing. In trying to show comparison pictures with the sabers, I found out something that I kind of all ready knew. Ultrasabers are bright. VERY bright. It was tough getting different pictures at different angles in order to show how the light is distributed. Here is an example.
Note: all pictures are using the same power light source. The blue saber is a Standard Issue which uses a blue S4 light. The ones of the red sabers are from some older sabers, so I believe they are using Luxeon III LED’s. Either way, they have new batteries and are at the same power. Just to let y’all know.
This photo is of a Ultraedge Heavy-Grade(Note the Bullet Point)
This photo is of a Standard Heavy-Grade.
As you can see. Very bright and very hard to see a difference.
The one thing you can see thugh is a thinner blade from the Standard blade than the Ultraedge. That is due to the clear polycarbonate wall on the outside. I will talk about this a little later.
So, what I did was try to get different angle of the blades in order to see the difference.
Both of these blades are Heavy-Grade. The Ultraedge is on the top and right.
Sorry for the finger in that one
You can see a small difference in light distribution across the carpet. The main thing that you see though is that the Ultraedge has a thicker blade due to the fact that the Standard blade has a thinner, outside polycarbonate wall in order to have more durability. Though the wall is the same width in the Ultraedge, you cant see too much of a difference due to the white blade. In the last picture, you can also see the meaning between the Standard Grade being the “brighter blade” versus the Ultraedge’s “fuller blade.”
Here are some blade comparisons of some Mid-Grade sabers.
Again, the Ultraedge blades are on the right. You can see the difference in light being spread across the blade. Though both are very bright, you can see how they look side by side.
Another Note: I had to get very different angles for these pictures. Normally, the blades are Very bright. Just wanted to point that out. Some of the red saber pictures came out a little dull due to the distance of myself and the blades. I even had to add some external light around me in order to change the light effects a bit. So if you do purchase an Ultrasaber, they will be much bright then those. Just look at the pics of the blue blade at the top. An efficient blade comparison pic is difficult because you need to be there to see it. You can see a slight difference in most pictures, but nothing very drastic.
Ok, again, I tried to do this in order to help everyone out. If anyone has any ideas or comments, post them here and let me know what y’all think.
Thanks and MTFBWY!