WTS: Hanko copies

black sold to anotherguy

I just paypal’ed

I hope it went correctly

Light received , thanks!

I just thought you guys may be interested in this, I was a bit stunned to say the least - i have ordered one for re- conversion lol.
Here is the same ‘light’ and it has been repurposed into a vape! best of all it’s solid copper for £20! it will need tweaking, but I have a lathe so no big problems hopefully.
Depending on how that goes I may do a stainless one as well
Fasttech link

This version is stainless

“reconversion” that’s a word that doesn’t get used much :disguised_face:

Looking forward to what you come up with GO0SE :nerd_face:

reconversion or recondition lol maybe recreate or reincarnate!
No pressure then…… :person_facepalming: odd the head part looks reversed compared to the photo’s further up this page. What was male is now female……and what was a light is now a vape lol.
I may have to solder something in the head to hold the guts in… unless I can steal a thread out of something brass, pipe fitting maybe. I’ll have to work it out when it arrives.

Wish you good luck for it to arrive.

My girlfriend ordered some masks from FT at a premium (DHL express). After a month they wanted more money for postage. She paid, because she still needed them. Since then there’s silence. No more FT for me. Ever.

Nice find, G0OSE.

I don’t know why but the Fasttech website doesn’t work for me. I would love to build a flashlight out of this, too.

I'm not crazy about the skull, but otherwise it looks pretty nice!

Do you think this could be done also without a lathe? It would be awesome to get a quad flashlight out of this but is it even possible only with hand tools and soldering?

Hmm, yes.
I am thinking even with a lathe, some will need to be done by hand.
I think the glass and optic/led will fit right in. I don’t think they changed the end, just put a button in there instead of glass - that end is about 5mm longer too by the looks of it - you can either leave it, or cut those crenellations off.
I think the whole pill holder bit is going to have to be made from either copper pipe and soldering rings etc, or find a thread off something else to solder in since there are no threads in the head for a pill. I can’t turn threads. Until it arrives i have no idea about sizes.
I will make a heatsink from copper on the lathe - I’m sure you could buy a piece of copper bar on ebay and hack saw a bit off.
The tail end is the bit that is going to cause the most hassle with no lathe, though you could just carefully drill it out and flatten it on wet/dry and a file.
Mine hasn’t even been dispatched yet.

Thank you, G0OSE, with your explanation I feel confident enough to try this.

I will order one, too, and see how far I can get with copper bars and wire, hack saw, dremel and drill. :smiley:

nice chunk of copper, good luck with the mod

youre only hours away from this hanko Cu Tesseract

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
So make it a great imitation. :slight_smile: :+1:

Hehe! that’s the spirit :+1: - if I’m honest I don’t think it will be too bad, so long as you are half good at modding/using tools - it’s basically there, you just need to make bits fit, which is doable for sure.

Homage maybe :stuck_out_tongue:
First thing that’s happening is the clip is coming off…….for good probably.

I like that word

on the light is a Titanium clip (Homage to McGizmo) you might like,

available from info@jetbeamlight.com for $15 ($2 for the clip, plus $13 shipping… not affiliated)

the short clip in the photo fits my
Nitecore Piston Drive (Homage to McGizmo) EX11.2

imo good ideas should be copied :slight_smile:

Thanks Jon, but when I said the clip will be coming off I meant and none would be going back on :smiley: . I hate clips, not a single one of my lights has them on.
They can be as fancy pants as they like, they just ruin the aesthetics for me and I don’t care for the feel of them in my hand when holding the lights. Obviously for those that need them, and use them they are a bonus, for me they are an eye sore.
If I did have one it would have to be something that added beauty to it, not functionality.

Me too! I only have one on my D1 and D4 cos they’re too slippery without!

Looking forward to see what you do with this.

tell it like it is!

I usually remove clips also
when I put them on it is mainly as antiroll

like you, I much prefer not to feel a clip when holding a light, though they do make for easy carry (and possibly easy loss).

I like the short clip, because I can almost not feel it in use
partly because I can wrap a finger below it

I agree that the clip on a light draws an excess of visual attention

wishing you good progress with your mod
that is a beautiful copper host

OOS now………not dispatched
3rd time in a row ‘Fraudtech’ have stolen my money without an item being in stock and I’ve had to accept less in refunds due to ‘conversion rates’ - the only thing that is getting converted is my money into their pockets.
STILL no refund either, only the promise of - they automatically ‘keep it’ for you - how kind of them……… how about auto refunding immediately.

Refund now received, but they aren’t getting any more - I’m actually very gutted about it, I had big plans for that……ah well!