Hey shade. Your dark Menace staff looks really impressive. Much more daunting than the usual SE Maul staff. Also the DVA blades make it very Sithy or Grey. +1 point and thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
So, impressions so far. To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of saber staffs, as a fighting implement. They're not my usual kind of fighting weapon, and always seemed a little bit awkward to me. But, I knew that aesthetically I'd like it, and I wanted to get something in Emerald to play around with some of the higher end stuff, and I could always split them and dual wield if I really didn't like the staff setup, because I do like the hilts on their own (with a little lengthening), but...I don't think these will be spending much time split up. I was actually quite taken aback by how well it handled and flowed through some quick strikes and blocks, even in the close quarters of my dining room, after I first put it together. It didn't FEEL at all awkward, although you still want to maintain awareness of where that other blade is, and your body, and ne'er the two should meet.
I'm glad I got it, it looks truly badass (even after I realized how much the knurled buttons made it a little harder to use, and switched to some quite small thumbscrews, as you can see in the pics), and elegant at the same time. I can switch it to any color I like, whenever I like (It'll mostly be DVA or EG), and it handles wonderfully. Like I said when I video reviewed the first half of the staff, it's a nice single blade hilt, but it just feels like it's meant to have that extra length and extra blade.
Also, I think I've heard people say that the sound can be screwy if you have it running on both ends of a staff saber, but I don't get any of that with mine. I suspect, if it really is an issue for others, that the non-adjustable coupler may be part of why they have sound issues, as those are, IIRC, completely hollow through-and-through, and so you get two speakers directly facing each other. The adjustable has each speaker separated from the other by the screw and toothed wall juncture.
Anyway, with all the sabers I've ordered in the last few months, I've got nearly a hundred bucks in rewards to put towards next month's big purchase (I've got a selection of the higher-end stuff planned before I throttle back a bit), which will be my dream Flamberge, a V2 Emerald with AS side blades and V4 sound.
Also, I had been planning to remove the covertec wheel from one of the halves of this, but having seen how they sort of act as little stands when I set it on the counter for pictures, and that they're really not getting in the way, I think I'll leave it as is.
