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I’m not surprised “you do not see how ‘I’ see it like that”. We are talking about two different things.

  • Of course none of us ’need’ this light. Did any of ‘us’ ask for this light, or was it presented & offered to us?
    It is a neat light, but the sun will still rise if it never happens.
    Your coming at this from the hobby aspect & I agree… nobody is ‘owed’ anything.
  • What I am saying is this, and it pretty much applies to anything in life. If I start something that involves others, I have learned to finish it OR have the common decency to at least tell those involved “I quit”, maybe even with no explanation.
    Don’t tell me that takes any effort at all to do.
    It is simply the respectful thing.

I see both points here however after this amount of time (since 5/2017 when it was originally proposed) disappearing from posts all together with no update good or bad is disappointing. Hank proposed his idea of having a super throw version of the D1S and when he came to the conclusion that it was not feasible he came out and said sorry no go. If the light is having issues tell us. I think most if not all BLF members will appreciate communication in this regard.

Could it be manufacturing decisions determining that Fritz needed to make a design alteration regarding tube wear lead to a conflict, or at least varying views ?

Though precision is a concept that Chinese manufacturing has been learning to dominate very well, could the realities of hand made skilled craftsmanship find conflict with mass market production realities ?

I see both sides as well. My Emisar D4 does what this light is proposed to do, so it’s not like I’m going to be at a loss if this light never happens. This is a hobby for 99% of us so we definitely should respect other people’s decision if they go “cold turkey” and leave the hobby. Obviously we can’t force a member to make lights for us :sunglasses:

For me, it rubs me that they still log in, possibly even reads this thread, yet refuse to chime in on anything. If Fritz hadn’t logged in since his last post in 2018, we could all assume he gave up the hobby, or worse, and we could move on. But every month when he logs in, we’re reminded he is still here, just chooses not to speak. Which for me, is frustrating considering how close to the finish line we are.

Not only a cat has so many lives… don’t give up too early. :wink: :beer:



Are those new pictures? It looks so good with that color

Nice :sunglasses:

Someone mentioned disappointment.
It is indeed disappointing that this project seems to be grinding to a halt.
And even if it doesn’t grind to a halt, it’s disappointing there is little to no progress at the moment, and that the main players seem to have disappeared.

Needless to say that nobody is obliged to do anything they don’t want to do anymore.

I love it :money_mouth_face:

I get that no one owes us anything. No money has been laid out, only a “I’m in for one”. You think that from a marketing standpoint, keeping us updated from time to time would be good business sense. Hundreds of requests already with no communication, just think what it could be with an occasional update.

Dark matt grey?

Uh!

A light Batman would carry

Man that looks good. If only we could get a real HA III finish on it.


tatasal that is so beautiful! I really like the flush attachment on the pocket clip. How does the tailcap look?

Do you have any information for us? We are dying for info here! :laughing:

That looks amazing tatasal. Lets get this moving to production.

I agree a hobby is for fun. But when a project like this is made public, we all get excited to see the finished product. :smiley:

To not get stressed and bombarded with messages from members its best to keep the idea private so no one knows until it is ready to ship if that is the plan :slight_smile:

Very nice indeed. . :+1:

tatasal How did you end up with 3 of them?

He is connected …. :smiley: . :smiley: ……

Or just maybe…… 1 light, three pictures._ :wink:

:smiley: … That brings back some memories!! :wink:
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Teacher, you aren’t old enough to remember that. :wink:
The light does look great.
I keep thinking how cool a 18650 light this small would be.
I sure hope it still happens.

I sometimes wish I weren’t old enough to remember cabfrank. :person_facepalming: . :smiley:
IIRC, I think I would have been in about the 4th grade at that time. :wink:
Yep, those pictures are very impressive!! I’m hoping so too.
In fact, despite everything; I think it will. :wink:

My god…did you REALLY just ask that question. Surely you were joking

Noooooooooooooo waiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!