that came out awesome! congrats on the functional work of art. jealous.
Thanks Pulsar. The large hole in the tail was intended for my Ti curb chain, but I decided to do some reshaping on a McGizmo Ti gate clip so that the end is more rounded and fit’s the Texas Poker readily and mount that on the chain instead. I took the clasp out of the chain and reattached the links so that it’s a continuous chain with no break, the Ti gate clip hangs from the chain and the light is easily removable for use. This way everything that can be is Titanium, even the spring on the gate clip.
Don’t know if it’s water proof enough to just leave on in the shower or swimming, need to ask that question. With the o-rings it has in it I would think it would be safe for 30’ or less.
Low is very nice in the night. Hi is intense. Med I can set where I want it in 10 steps from Lo to Hi, have it at 4 for the time being and it’s looking like that’s a good choice.
Couple of new pics, what can I say, I’m obsessed. 
Did I mention that I LOVE this light? 
Awesome work DBCstm !
Thanks Hikelite, how about an accessory from Photon Fanatic to match the light? A battery holder for the keychain so a spare cell is always ready to go…
Looking like a very large bullet, it’s Texas Poker Ammunition.
Trying out a Plastic Spring from Lee Spring Co, cut down to a single coil it’s purpose is to keep the battery separated from the driver when in the off position and to be slippery enough to keep the twisty smooth and silky. With these fantastic threads smooth and silky is guaranteed!
The Plastic Spring:
Installed in the Texas Poker:
For perspective (and just because I love looking at these threads):
A closer look, keep in mind that the driver under this spring is 10mm in diameter:
And just because:
really state of the art craftmanship. excellent work of photon fanatic. none of their lights are boring to look at…
thanks for sharing the making process Dale
A few pics of the pair, the Texas Poker with it’s sidekick the Battery Bunker. (Don’t ask me, Fred names em)
The pair with my fav blades from Benchmade, the AFCK with 3.9” ATS-34 blade and the Nimravus cub with 4.5” M2 blade.
How do you turn this perfect a radius on a manual lathe?
Happy trio
Matching tailcaps, except the Battery Bunker is left with a sharp glass breaker point!
Showing the cap off the Battery Bunker and it’s payload: the Efest IMR10440
The Texas Poker and it’s backups, the MBI HF in Ti and CU. The Ti HF has an XM-L T5 while the CU HF has an Nichia 219. They are in configuration to run the Nuke 10250 cell.
Daily carry, the Texas Poker on it’s Ti curb chain and the HF’s along with a Ti Pen, and Ti pill fob of my own make on my keychain….among other things.
Everytime I think I know a little about working with tools or electronics, someone on this forum shows me how puny my skills are.
I hate all of you for making me feel bad about myself. LOL! Just joking but the level of skill and knowledge on this forum is formidable. If all you talented guys could pool your skills in to a single vein, you could start a company that would instantly rival any flashlight manufacturer out there.
Brilliant observation Speedsix, I wonder what it would take to implement a collective action into mass production? My limited knowledge of lathes and CNC machines tells me that once the product is figured out and programmed into the computer, it should be relatively “easy” to produce multiple product of similar quality to the original hand made device. Now wouldn’t THAT be interesting! Custom one-off lights for the masses! In a way, that’s exactly what Guy from MBI did with the HF lights in the photo above. Prototyped it till it met his exacting standard, then produced them in batches of 100 or maybe 200 in metals such as Al (beadblasted or anodized black) Cu in RAW finish only, Ti also in bead blasted or RAW and I think there’s a SS version on the way. Also with or without Trit inserts. Even allowed the first production run to have specific serial numbers. I have the very first HF shipped to the States in Cu with XM-L U2 emitter and a custom serial number. (Yes, I have 3 HF’s) These tiny lights produce some 600 lumens from a special run of 10250 cell designed by Guy and called the Nuke, a high discharge 80mAh cell that gives that 600 lumens number by driving the XM-L at some 3.02A for a short duration (heat is a real issue in this small of light, even in solid copper variant) {that 3.02A was just measured on my DMM from a fully charged but rested cell}
What a beautiful collection !
Any chance of putting something next to the Poker for scale, please?
A dollar bill (or $100 ;) ) would do nicely.
Thanks !
I’ve got some shot’s of it next to an 18650 cell, standing beside an L2P light, and with the AAA sized 10440. Also with a quarter perched beside it. They should all be here somewhere…
How about on top of an L2P and beside an LD01?
Alongside an 18650 and in front of an L2P
With a quarter
And in hand
It measures 79mm tip to tail, 20mm at the head with a 13mm battery tube.
that is gorgeous, congratulations on such a wonderful little light.
Thanks much - I have a much better sense of scale now.
I made the finishing touches on the Texas Poker. Anodized the head, then polished the exterior back up to achieve a complimentary blue to the orange of the copper. All done, and really really loving it!
Can someone buy me a mill? I hate looking at this light. :heart_eyes:
No mill was used during the making of this project, an old manual Swiss lathe (Wahli Multi 78 or 76)
Gotta step it up my friend! lol The guy that made this started using a lathe about 5 years ago. (IMMSMC)
Your right. I’m handing my license to drive a lathe in. I’m not worthy anymore. Must have something to do with getting old. Its a shame as I was going to do your HD2010 pill when I was able bodied again. Oh well, thems the breaks. :_(
Yep, some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you!