Thanks!! These lights are fun little projects. I wish some of them lasted a little longer because after they're done I might use them to walk the dogs for a night or two and then they go on my display shelf for a long long time.Amazing! One more treasure has been saved by you again.
I though the face cap is silver anodised aluminum instead of stainless steel?
For C cell Kel-Lite I like the cute little 2C and I have 7 of them. And for D cell Kel-Lite I like the 7D so much and I have 3. The 7D feels much more substantial than my Maglite 6D - I don't have a 7D yet - because the Kel-Lite has a larger head. I also have a Tru-Grit 7D, which has a small head just like the Maglite but the body is so thick and the knurling is so sharp and I think the body feels much stronger than Kel-Lite or Maglite. The longest C cell flashlight I have is a Maglite 7C. I am also interested in the Kel-Lite BTL and if the price and condition is right I will definitely get some.
At least the Baton Lights have a stainless steel face cap. It's about 4 times heavier than the standard aluminum face cap. Now I know Stud-Lites and other models do have a silver aluminum face cap. The stainless steel is much more durable. It was actually easy to cut the aluminum away with the dremel because it was so much softer. Even when I did hit the stainless steel with the dremel wheel it did not damage it. The Baton Lights got the stainless instead of the aluminum to help them hold up for "policing" duties.
The BTL-26s seem to sell for the most money out of all the Baton Lights because I think a lot of people view them as the longest flashlight ever made so I think a few different types of collectors are after them. The BTL-22s and BTL-18s sell for quite a bit less.
You have an awesome collection yourself! I really like the 2 - 1/2D Kel-Lite you picked up a while back. I've been after one of those for a while.