Hi I been watching the black blade thread for quite sometime already, last night I just happen to dream about it. I drew something that might interest someone here to test it out, the key is the diffuser tube that Tim uses in his blades if someone would put another hole inside it and paint it black it could be possible that it will show off a greyish/dark core when ignited by a saber. Plus clear brackets to support it inside the polycarbonate tube, make it aligned to the center..
I really wanna try it out and do experiments but I'm really not that lucky since poly tubes had to be imported from other countries, since we don't have manufacturers here. I do know this is another black saber idea but hey who knows it might work..
I'm alone in this hobby here in our country, I do hope ill meet someone here that does sabers as well.