Ben Kenobi sabre - legit???

[CRAZYHAZY]

Thanks in advance for your help
Right i've had this sabre for a couple of years and im not sure if its legit. (ITS NOT A REVALVEIT)

Firstly it floats, but i know this aint reliable as most of my other sabres sink with the exception of a couple and they are all legit!!!

This one came with a beater Kenobi which i have long got rid of. The colour is a very light blue,its a very flexible pastic. It has a flat transition tip and the tip is very thin. The hilt is whats bugging me. its very thin, a lot thinner that all my sabres.

The sabre in question is the top, the two beneath are genuine

Heres the Hilt

 

[jedi_masters]

Could be a clipper sabre. Grant and Iain were having this discussion at the weekend about a Darth Vader sabre. That one seemed a lot smaller than other.

 

[CRAZYHAZY]

hmmm....cheers for that. any one else chime in. interested to find out?

 

[CRAZYHAZY]

Hey Chris whats the coo for a Clipper, just checked my beater box and the figure is still there.
ive confirmed that the variant is 4 on wolffs list.
Also the sabre is quite loose in bens arm.

Thanks for helping mate
cheers

Neil

James has a sabre similer to my sabre on a white haired palitoy ben.

 

[Pomse2001]

Hi, have you tried UV light on the saber ? If it glow in the dark then there is a big chance that it is original. But again not a 100% chance as I have heard some original sabers does not glow under UV light.

 

[CRAZYHAZY]

Hi Lares, the red and yellow work well under uv, but the blie tend not too in my experiance. I Think that some taiwan issue sabres do not glow under uv.

Neil

 

[Pomse2001]

Hi Lares, the red and yellow work well under uv, but the blie tend not too in my experiance. I Think that some taiwan issue sabres do not glow under uv.

Neil

Hi Neil, my blue sabers glow under uv light. When I compared them to a repro saber. I have also heard about the Taiwan sabers, but I have never seen them :?

 

[CRAZYHAZY]

Hey Lars the two bottom sabers ,which have come from a hong kong coo, had a very faint glow under the UV but the top did not!!!
I guess the jury is still out on this one, the sabre looks very similer to variant 1 on the TIG weapons guide
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The hilt just bugs me and the sabre sits loose in bens arm. That said when i try all my other sabres they are too tight in this variants arm :? it seems the top one is the correct sabre for this variant.

 

[Pomse2001]

Hey Lars the two bottom sabers ,which have come from a hong kong coo, had a very faint glow under the UV but the top did not!!!
I guess the jury is still out on this one, the sabre looks very similer to variant 1 on the TIG weapons guide
.
The hilt just bugs me and the sabre sits loose in bens arm. That said when i try all my other sabres they are too tight in this variants arm :? it seems the top one is the correct sabre for this variant.

I have some sabers I have found in some old childhood collections, they does also not always fit in all arms. Some are more loose than others.

I have the same problem with red,yellow and blue sabers. Some are more loose than others.