Post your Damascus, mokume gane, etc. lights!

[magellan]

You have an amazing collection Magellan, I hope to see all of it some day! Here is a shot of nearly all versions of the Nucleus, even some of the prototypes or oddities that has never been offered for sale. The "Hydra" is a double-headed Nucleus, with Nichia 219b on one end and xp-g2 on the other. They turn on at the same time. The red one is a cree xp-e, and the blue one is a 219b

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Very interesting, George. Thanks for showing those rare protos.

 

[magellan]

An updated photo of my mokume and Timascus lights, showing some new mokume lights.

The new ones are all from Photon Fanatic:

1. In the middle, a one of a kind CR123A light (somewhat similar to the original "Blocky Boy")
2. An etched Kuukuu AAA
3. Polished and etched Kuukuu AAA
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[easilyled]

That's a very special and beautiful collection, magellan. Its interesting to see how many different finishes your MG lights have.

 

[magellan]

Thanks. And you're right, Fred gave some thought to the finish of the new lights, and ended up polishing the flat surfaces on two of the grooved lights, but etching the grooves, and completely etching the other one (one of the Kuukuu's), similar to the first MG light I got from him (which is the smooth one without the grooves).I just took another photo which I think turned out better, except that Photobucket seems to periodically do some sort of updating and the IMG links stop working. But here's the URL until I can post the photo.

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q615/magellan500/IMG_5138_zpsol8jsaor.jpeg

 

[wimmer21]

Incredible, magellan. I love them all! Your centerpiece by Fred really stands out, and I've longed for an Opus-Timascus since I was a wee lad. Alas, I have settled for secondhand copper.

 

[magellan]

Thanks, wimmer. Fred's lights are special for sure. There's one more of his that I covet, which is the Blue Boy and it's gorgeous (Egginator posted a photo of his in post #53). But at $1500 it's not cheap. These new ones also came with very fine, very deep threads. You have to be careful screwing the head back on, but it makes for an amazingly smooth action. I'll have to take a photo and post it.

 

[Father Azmodius]

Mokume is forever, food, and things like life insurance are temporary

 

[magellan]

Mokume is forever, food, and things like life insurance are temporary

LOL. I like the way you think.

 

[Father Azmodius]

Too bad the Mrs. doesn't feel the same way. She did agree to this though.

 

[magellan]

Nice!

 

[mcbrat]

 

[xdayv]

She is a beauty, Mcbrat. ^^

 

[Father Azmodius]

Let me know when you want to sell it Mc

 

[mcbrat]

Let me know when you want to sell it Mc

gonna try and hang onto this one... Have greatly reduced my collection... (still more to go)

 

[mcbrat]

 

[Father Azmodius]

And what, pray tell, will that become?

 

[mcbrat]

And what, pray tell, will that become?

not sure yet.... and I won't have any lathe time until mid summer probably....

 

[Father Azmodius]

Such a tease. J/K

 

[Gun Runner II]

Very Cool Lights!!! Need to do a little more homework on this site. Some really nice Lights out there.

 

[magellan]

Very nice, even grain on that piece of mokume.