As promised I'm here to throw up some quick snaps of my new baby as well as a bit of commentary on the side. I thought I'd start off giving a run down of the specs: Archon v2 with the normal pommel with a mid grade blade in Sentinel Yellow with Adegan Silver FoC. A green AV switch with obsidian and chucked in a quick disconnect for good measure.
For those who followed my other thread the Archon was shipped within 3 days of confirmation which was so quick that by the time I realised I forgot to add in a covertec wheel it had already left XD and roughly a week later the UPS guy was at my doorstep with this
For those who are curious with the packaging it comes in a pretty sturdy box and packed with foam peanuts
The saber is wrapped tightly with bubble wrap and here you can see the Trustfire charger and 2 spare batteries which comes bundled with the Li-ion setup and with 2 already in the hilt.
Out of the bubble wrap and I'm immediately enamored by the beauty of the hilt.
The silver is smooth to the touch but not overly shiny, which is good as it doesn't attract as much fingerprints, and the anodizing is topnotch
The pommel is machined perfection besides a few minor scuffles which I'm not fussed about. FYI the anodizing on the grooves are just the flat parts with the slanted sides silver as my picture is a bit misleading.
The only thing I found which marred the overall beauty of the hilt was with the AV switch. For lack of better words the switch is off centered with 1 side sunken lower into the hilt than the other but to be completely honest I don't really care as I have too much fun just looking at it as a whole. The grips are very comfortable as they aren't sharp nor dig into your palm.
Being a bad person I fired up my saber without charging the batteries and closed my blinds and it was bright! The color is less intense than what the pictures lead you to believe but I've heard that an UE blade fixes that.
Ignore the dirty mirror and that dangling thing is my cat's toy.
In the previous pics the LED leaned more to orange but after recharging the batteries I took these ones this morning and even with my blinds open we can see that the yellow is more pronounced.
Each square on my green cutting mat is 1cm so you have an idea how long it is.
Better shot of the pommel. The sound is LOUD. I made the mistake of putting my ear next to it and it was deafening.
Thought green would be a nice complement to the yellow.
The choke point is my favourite aspect. Not only can you swap it out for the vented pommel, it's elegant and understated at the same time.
Roughly the same height as my 1/6 Warmachine.
My hands aren't particularly small but somewhere around just under medium but I found it easy to wield and I love the heft it has kinda like my preference for oversized tennis rackets
Close up of the blade viewed in sunlight. Yes that picture was taken during the day. Anyone else here that have SY confirm that this is normal for this color as I was under the impression it would be more yellow.
Not much I can say since I usually let my pictures do the talking and I'm not one to slap on a points/grade to my stuff but I can say that I really love it and will cherish it as my first lightsaber. Who knows, might end up as a family heirloom a few generations down the track lawl.
