This crystal chamber is a culmination of approximately one year of practicing traditional horological crafting and finishing techniques, as well as an incorporation of exotic materials such as meteorite, titanium, and synthetic rubies.
The base hilt is a Titanium Dragon V2, one of ten, which is a heavy, robust, solid grade-five biomechanical titanium hilt. This is especially fantastic, as it is accompanied by a matieral-matching custom piece-unique pommel. As a whole, I am proud of this hilt, for it is entirely my own design.
The crystal chamber is where things really get interesting. The chamber is fully removable, with the control box using a unique spring loaded connector system to allow for a removable, and modular--should you own another V2 Dragon--crystal chamber. Hidden inside the emitter is an enclosed, but removable, 18500 battery, and a SCW NPXL V4 blade connector.
The upper section of the crystal chamber is constructed from a large, solid piece of brass, which has been hollowed out and detailed with an aluminum insert. Under the insert, decorated by brass micro-mesh, is a pixel strip which on many sound fonts doubles as a battery level indicator. On the reverse, there is a USB-C port for 1A charging and data access, as well as a brass-covered kill switch.
The chassis is constructed from three main disks, including the large brass segment, which are dotted with perlage, a traditional horological technique. The center disk is titanium, and has been anodized a violet purple. The brass disks hold hidden details--pressed in brass cabochons are two synthetic rubies, a common article in a mechanical watch, placed in between the rear grooves of the radiator fins. Used as early as 1902, synthetic rubies, like lab-grown diamonds, are physically identical to organic material. The difference here is that since the ruby is used as a bearing in a wristwatch, it must be internally flawless. A necessity for watchmaking, but a simple homage to a bygone era inside this saber.
The radiator fins are made out of grade-two titanium, and are cut by hand on a vintage pantograph machine. That means there are no computers involved in making the fourteen radiator fins--just traditional techniques. The fins are cleaned with micro files, and given an electric blue anodizing.
Separating the fins and providing structure for the chassis are brass washers. These are machined from scratch, and maintain tolerances of 0.02mm across all dimensions. They must be precise, or the chamber would be visually bent. When assembled, the precision of the washers gives the appearance that the radiator fins are floating along brass rods, not spaced between brass washers.
Placed on the outer diameter of the chassis spacers are handmade meteorite bars. They are cut out of a solid piece of space rock, cleaned, etched, and in the case of the center disk, heat stained to match the chassis details. Pressed into the meteorite on the brass disks are cabochons holding more synthetic rubies.
Holding the crystals are a unique material for a crystal chamber. The crystal holders are machined from a resin composite, commonly used in luxury pens. This material was chosen specifically because when off, the holders appear to be made from the night sky itself, and when illuminated they glow alongside the crystal.
Detailed along all sections of the inner chamber is an assortment of rods and tubes, some for structure, some for wire passage, and some for artistry alone. They are all placed and designed in such a way that grants an additional level of realism--no detail is purely aesthetic, as even the smallest rod could be imagined to be a coolant pipe or a temperature sensor.
Chamber Details:
-Style: 3
-Motion-works: no
-Removable: yes
-Animation: none
-Radiator: 14x anodized titanium fins
-Accents: meteorite bars
-Premium Materials: meteorite, titanium, resin composite, synthetic ruby
-Premium Finishing: perlage, anglage, anodizing
-Unique Attributes: resin composite, meteorite, synthetic ruby, anodized titanium fins, anodized titanium chassis disk, removable control box module