kronin323
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Sweet! When I was browsing through the tops he'd made prior to the navigator, that one stood out as one of my favorites...
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Precision machined spinning tops...the latest trend!
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Sweet! When I was browsing through the tops he'd made prior to the navigator, that one stood out as one of my favorites...
kronin323
Font of Useless Knowledge
Got a new billetspin design, called the rotor, inspired by brake rotors. Interesting twists on the stem. Not as fancy as the navigator but about the same size. They had some new damascus versions that were pretty cool but sold out instantly. I chose the copper / SS version because the copper is heaviest, I didn't have one with copper yet, it should patina nicely, and I prefer the look of copper with SS over copper with brass...
Uluahunter
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Nice grab on the Rotor! Rich is working on another design with exotics right now, said he should be able to release it by the 20th.
kronin323
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Amen...
Uluahunter
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I'll make it easy for you. I have a sale thread up right now in the Misc sales section. The Eclipsesharp is an awesome piece...you should buy it! LOL
kronin323
Font of Useless Knowledge
Semi-related, y'all may recall from earlier in this thread, the Lambda top comes from a guy who does a brand called Prometheus, started with custom flashlights. I just got one of his Beta-QRv2 (Quick Release version 2) in copper; looking forward to some nice patina.
Next to the Lambda...
Three modes; the ambient lighting was actually the same for all three of the following pics but the camera was auto-adjusting...
Low...
Medium...
High...
One of the big appeals of this flashlight is its LED; it uses a Nichia 219. This has a high Color Rendering Index (CRI), meaning the light is much closer to natural daylight than most LEDs, giving you better true-color visuals of what you're illuminating. It scores 90+ CRI while most LED flashlights are around 65.
Again the auto-adjusting of the camera doesn't show exactly what it looks like but you can at least see the difference between the two, with the Nichia 219 on the left and a Cree XM-L2 CW on the right...
@Kuztomized
Kuztomized
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Looks good @kronin323! I've had the Beta QR Copper (version 1 - plunger style quick release) on my keychain since Dec 2013 from the Kickstarter campaign. 99% of the time, its all the light I need. (For the other 1%, I've got a couple modded lights from vinhnguyen54 over on candlepowerforums
) The patina on the Copper Beta is great, but every few months I can't help myself and I shine it back up with some Nevr-Dull. Oddly enough, ketchup works pretty good too.
I definitely recommend Eneloop batteries (as does Jason / Prometheus Lights), since they give a constant output for almost the entire runtime, have a low self discharge rate, and might you $ in the long run. There's a handy graph of output vs time for several battery types on his website. (Beta-QR )
Hope you enjoy it, mine says hi!
kronin323
Font of Useless Knowledge
Looks good @kronin323! I've had the Beta QR Copper (version 1 - plunger style quick release) on my keychain since Dec 2013 from the Kickstarter campaign. 99% of the time, its all the light I need. (For the other 1%, I've got a couple modded lights from vinhnguyen54 over on candlepowerforums) The patina on the Copper Beta is great, but every few months I can't help myself and I shine it back up with some Nevr-Dull. Oddly enough, ketchup works pretty good too.
I definitely recommend Eneloop batteries (as does Jason / Prometheus Lights), since they give a constant output for almost the entire runtime, have a low self discharge rate, and might you $ in the long run. There's a handy graph of output vs time for several battery types on his website. (Beta-QR )
Hope you enjoy it, mine says hi!
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Yeah I got some Eneloop Pros; I checked with Jason to make sure they were also suitable, vs. the regular Eneloops.
I'm hoping to get the patina similar to the one pictured on his website, where the grooves get a deep patina then the outer body less so. I've also toyed with the idea of using some microcrystalline wax polish to trace some patterns, which would come out as the exposed parts patina and the polished lines do not...
The patina pic from the Prometheus website (for the greater audience)...
Link to page with image source, for proper credit:
Beta-QR
The microcrystalline wax I was talking about; I've used it for years on metal, wood, and leather and it works great, though I've never tried to use it to make a pattern:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003AJWN62/?tag=oakleyforum04-20
