In my Econ classes, it was called Conspicuous Consumption, which is the same thing.
Just imagining now what a flashlight could satisfy an Arabian sheikh. Did anybody visit a flashlight store in Kuwait? It’s a good market for sales too. But besides adding fancy ornaments,is there any technical possibility to spend say $5000 for main components like driver, led or host? Judging by the flashlight shops I visit it would be extreme difficult to spend such money for a single flashlight. At least unless you tell to custom make each component. Or machining in gold/platinum.
when you look on Food there are several foods in resturants that beat 10k$ for just somth to eat, usually decorated with gems and gold
These are cheap.
HID based ones cost more. I don’t know the prices though. $5k? Maybe $16k? Unlikely.
The Spy Tri-V 3B with all the upgrades at $5200 or so is the most expensive custom light I’m aware of that isn’t just an expensive exotic metal sold at auction. The above Hanko is the most expensive custom auction I’ve seen to date, though I believe the superconductor one was auctioned for $9500 which was the previous mark.
Just make a BLF GT with a body made from a chunk of solid gold instead of aluminum.
The amount of gold in a finished light of the same dimensions would be over $500K, not including the cost of the initial stock or casting
Maybe just make the tailcap out of solid gold? 
@Firelight2, that would be nice.
However, it wouldn’t actually make much sense if silver exists, and would actually make for a better performing flashlight.
I would try to make a gold anodization, but pure gold wouldn’t be very useful anyway.
bring up an old old thread.
ok the hankos are pretty cool and sexual looking
but here are my concerns
leds and drivers are pretty much what we can find in lumintops, convoys and various other mid priced-low prices torches
if i was paying 1k or 5k for a flash light id be wanting something thats pretty rare in a flash light, other then the massive man hours hand making a super looking torch
lexel drivers. some custom lexel drivers a led cluster with different tints is a example
something more then a 1k torch with 30euro electronics!
I call it completely obscene when others are homeless or working 3 jobs just to make ends meet. The lights are beautiful but what's wrong with this picture?
Hope China starts making copies.
Enough. Post like this got me permabanned on CPF..
its not as obscene as someone buying a porsche or fefe
if i had 5k to buy a light i would
if i had 250k to buy a porsche i would
on the same hand if i had 250k to buy a car , i would and then help people in need in my local area
i like pretty things and also like to see people happy
there are billionaires in the world that help less then someone on 50k a year
Can’t you get an SX-16 Nightsun helicopter mounted searchlight for like $8K?
There you go. I bet you can have way more fun with that bad boy than with some of the other lights mentioned in this thread LOL
not exactly pocket thrower though…
and wouldnt get me moist if someone brought that out the back of a suzuki vitara. with added battery backpack
How did they make it so ugly and who would pay for this?!! Does anyone even know that this company exists?
Those lights are nothing compared to the key chain light a nice Nigerian Prince offered to sell me for an even 10 grand.
Solid 24K gold with a green patina
not how but why did they make it look so ugly
who would pay for this= rich people who like torches
who know this company exists.a few
now
its so ulgly but so cool at the same time
that turny know to change the tint colour does it just right
that fat glass lens is loverly, ok the square led in the middle could get the fck out of here.
drunken engineers!
i bought one of them also, just waiting for the delevery!