Haha Iām just glad someone knows what it is, and can hopefully appreciate the pun.
Iām in for one.
Fritz has his own forum at TLF, where you can read about some of his mods.
Google translate does a good job of translating into English.
AFAIK the FW3A is based on a custom design of his, described in the thread :ā3000 Lumen EDC im Entstehenā
I donāt know about you all, but I have other flashlights.
I still remain interested and will stay on this list because what is being offered is still very special and surprisingly affordable. I do hope that it comes to fruition (soon). But I do have other lights to use until that happens.
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Whaaaa!? Shocked! Shocked I sayā¦
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Two flashlights for me please!
O. K.
weight?
. . . ?
Last year, these were Fritz expectations, in the beginning of the project:
It may have changed now, on the subsequent prototypes!
how long it takes to get hot?
only 55 grams mass seem light
ToyKeeper, some help on this please :zipper_mouth_face:
Any number given, can only be given regarding the prototypes!
The idea was that Fritz designed it, the mechanics, and the driver (and presumably firmware). He spoke of having done both.
Then Cawi would get it made, with his experience and access to German CNC equipment.
So Cawi cannot hide behind having no technical knowledge. He should be as able to judge any mechanical problems as Fritz.
A small run, at an unknown āFritzā price, which usually starts at $300 dollars (or Euros).
Then it went commercial and BLF/The Miller was asked to help out, which he did, and set up the contact with Lumintop. And DEL (driver). And TK (firmware). And BLF (publicity and organisation).
But then had to duck out for higher-priority reasons.
Meanwhile the whole mechanical purity has become diluted, nay, bastardised, IMO.
I do hope that it will still happen. Eventually. It might even be marginally reliable.
Well, thatās how I see it, and am prepared to be challenged on any of these historical āfactsā.
Meanwhile, TK, DEL and Lumintop, I wish you well.
Perhaps it will all be over by Christmasā¦
From the beginningā¦
āA collaboration between TLF (Germany) and BLF (global)
Fritz15 made a small triple flashlight on his lathe.
TLF reacted very positive and at first a small hand made batch would be pursued.
Yet, this elegant design just screams for a wider audience.
For a lot of us mere mortals, seeing the cool things machinists make on their lathe is just a dream.
Hence the finish of the FW3A will be clear anodizing, no sanding/beadblasting before anodization.
The idea is to give all the chance to have a light looking like it came of a lathe with the protection of anodizing.
(surface finish details are still being worked out though)ā
Any updates on this the last prototype and when we could see production?
Short answerā¦. Nopeā¦. 
Count me in - I would like to buy one. Samsung LH351D 4000K 90CRI
Free Beer tomorrowā¦ā¦ 
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