I originally ordered my Graflex in bane's heart with a red AV switch and coper buttons. When it came in the mail I was a bit bummed since bane's heart loooked very pink to me and the red AV switch looked very orange compared to it. I sent an email to Emory and asked if I could send it back and change bane's to pyrestone orange. Some requisition changes and a few days later I got it back. I like it very much now.
My 1st saber is a VA Catalys. I though that had some nice heft until I picked up the Graflex. It feels about 2x the weight of the Catalyst. I dig it.
The Catalyst is outstanding to wield and killer on spins. I was thinking I'd be bummed a bit with the Graflex since the hilt is so complex. I was wrong - there are no issues. It is smoth and fits into the hand really well. Spinning is not a problem.
I like the sabers to be solid. I go in and add additional electrical tape to the componetnts to make sure everything fits together tightly. I had to do some trickery to get the blade plug to fit in flush and push down on the LED so that there would be no rattle when I play with it. It is all good now.
I got flash on clash silver. it seems to go a peach color on clash. I put in a two lee filters - semi cirles taped together a yellow and a green. Now no more peach and it looks great. Has a real fire feel to it.
One thing with my Graflex is that when I put a blade in the emitter portion is not completly solid with the rest of the hilt. When I swing it around I can feel it shifing. That is not too bad though for me as right now I really like to just have the blade plug in. Much easier to snuggle up with and take around with my to the supermarket and other nonsense.
So a question for those of you out there that have a Graflex. Does yours shift when you have the blade in? We have seven Ultrasabers now in the house. The rest are all way solid.
One last pic. PO, VA and CG together. Those 3 colors look funky and cool lined up.
