Orbital Machining Obi-Wan TPM Lightsaber #14 & #30 Review

[LUKE SKYWALKER]

ORBITAL MACHINING Obi-Wan Kenobi

TPM

#14 and #30

First of all, I want to thank everyone who made this run of the first and maybe last 100% screen accurate Obi-Wan TPM lightsaber possible! Special thanks to
Wat for his outstanding craftsmanship and customer service ( he went through xxx with shipping my packages! ), MH who did the installs on my #14,
to Jango who did #30  and to Madcow for his new Fates sound font!!!  AWESOME WORK GUYS!!!

specs of the saber:

- 100% screen accurate Obi-Wan Kenobi TPM hilt by Orbital Machining
- 10 Watt LedEngin BBBB with FoC
- red knurled button power on switch and purple hemi in brass valve aux button
- CF 5 with Madcows new Fates font!
- easy sd card and kill key access through pommel endcap








Number 14 has the led bezels opaque and will be my 1000% screen accurate display piece  ;D, number 30 has the shine through bezel option and
is for my personal joy. I also found a very nice katana swords bag that fits the saber with the blade installed perfect and it has enough outer bags to carry the hero blade plug
and the recharger separated ;)

#30 had the red button and valve a little bit loose and after reading through the instructions that Wat shipped with the sabers, I decided to use some special lubricant for
screws to fasten them. This is a german brand thread glue, but it is similar to the Loctite thread locker blue, which is a mid grade lubricant that fastens the screw in the thread, but will
be reversible with some force. The one I used, cures in 5 minutes, so I had plenty of time to get the right position for the red button and the valve  :)

... and some comparison shots with the OM Obi TPM on the left and an empty korbanth hilt on the right:





hope you enjoyed it  :)

[Jerome]

Wow, you bought two?  :o

Fantastic pictures. Even after reading several other Obi reviews, I still enjoy reading more reviews of this saber.

[C-3P0]

You lucky, lucky man :D congrats!

Wow, nice comparison with the Korbanth :o

[Mersenne]

EM nice purchase ....... I mean investment.  8)
Really jealous (sits and looks at OWK saber tis small)

[Scorpion]

great review and nice comparison, man those korbanths are small  :o

congrats on having 2  8)

[LUKE SKYWALKER]

thanks guys!  :) It is really a investment, I mean there are only 36 of this babies out there!!!

As long as the korbanth was my only OBI TPM, I never had the feeling that it is really short, it fits nicely in one hand.

[LUMINARA UNDULI]

Great job on the review and nice comparison! :)   Your are building up a spectacular collection ;D. 

[JANGO FETT]

#30 was one of mine.
Glad you enjoying it.

[OBI-WAN KENOBI]

Awesome review Gregor!  And congrats on getting two of these masterpieces.  8)

[Sohryu76]

Geez, what can I say that hasn't been said already?

It is always seeing all these reviews, and every single person being blown away.

congrats on your acquisitions!

[LUKE SKYWALKER]

Thank you Deanna, Jango and Sam!
I really enjoy it Jango, absolute great work on the installation! Have you put a nuclear cell in it or something like that?  :D Since it arrived I had not to recharge it and it still
runs and runs and runs....  8)
One epic master piece will make this collection even more spectacular Deanna  ;) and after getting the Qui, I will put them all in a big custom display cabinet!  8)

[LUKE SKYWALKER]

sorry for the double post, but I had to fix something in the review that I totally screwed up!
MH told me that he used blue Loctite on #14, I used the glue on #30 to fasten the screws  ;) changed that in the first post!
Thanks MH for pointing that out!

[RedArc]

WoW, Very nice  :o

Two awesome sabers have an worthy new home in Austria now  ;D

Enjoy your masterpieces  8)

I think i have to come over, even more right now  :D

[LUKE SKYWALKER]

WoW, Very nice  :o

Some great sabers have an new home in Austria  ;D

Enjoy your masterpieces  8)

I think i have to come over, even more right now  :D

Thank's bro!  ;)
you're welcome, wait until I have my custom display cabinet built for all the display sabers  ;)

[Xanatos]

Many thanks for the comparison! I wonder what is the length and width of Korbanth OWK1? It looks like inch shorter... and that's great for me (have small hands).