The brand new Starlight blade, our finest blade ever. Ultra bright, with unparalleled evenness and a perfectly-illuminated tip. Available now in the Saberz.com Store

So at Saberz.com, we spent a lot of time refining our blades, looking for the perfect balance of diffusion, translucency, evenness, and that undefinable characteristic that just makes a saber blade look "right." Rather than offer a half dozen options of blades that are all mediocre, we spent our time developing that one perfect blade, and that's what we sell. Just one option, and it's awesome. Our first effort was called the Z-Blade. But after years of refinement, prototyping, and optimization, we are proud to unveil the next great blade. This page is all about the result: the Starlight Blade. We're going to tell you all about how it was developed, how it is constructed, and what it means for your saber.

Blade Material: Translucent White Polycarbonate

The first step in the blade-construction process was to decide whether the blade would be based on a clear tube, or a translucent white tube. The advantage of a trans-white tube is that it inherently provides excellent diffusion, and can produce very even light all by itself. Previously, trans-white blades had a disadvantage of washing out the colors. However, the particular material used in Starlight does not have this drawback. Colors are pure and vibrant, both in person and in video/photography. Starlight does not produce the same 'core' look as a clear blade material, but produces far more even light, and is brighter throughout its length. And just to be clear, our blades will fit in any blade holder designed for a 1-inch blade.

Wall Thickness: 2.0mm The Starlight Blade maintains the advantages of a thin-walled tube, but is just slightly thicker for greater durability

Video Demo

Fine-Tuned Dual Diffusion Starlight compared to our previous Z-Blade

The second method of diffusion is, of course, the translucent white blade stock. It provides a near-perfect conduit for the LED light to spread evenly and efficiently over the length of the blade. We preserve as much light as possible, so that every last lumen of light-blasting capability goes into creating a blade, rather than getting sucked up by diffusion material.

The combination of our film and blade stock, and the careful fine-tuning of each, is the secret to creating the perfect saber "look." But that's not quite the end of the story.

Blade Tip: the Hybrid Parabolic Tip Our custom Hybrid Parabolic Tip

This tip is our attempt to use the best aspects of all others. They are machined from solid polycarbonate into a completely custom shape that merges the traditional hemisphere with the bullet tip. It's round at the end, and has no sharp points. These tips are machined specifically for Saberz.com, and can't be found anywhere else. They are machined to perfectly match the Starlight Blade's tube stock, and won't fit in other blades.

In the development of Starlight, we made significant revisions to this tip compared to our previous Z-Blade. This included an increase in the shoulder depth, as well as unique shaping of the shoulder that improves tip retention. So duel as hard as you like, these tips love to stay on. Moreover, the interior shaping of the tip was completely changed, in order to provide perfect tip illumination while still reflecting light back down the saber for improved evenness and brightness. We went through several dozen different prototypes, changing the style and shape of the interior reflective surface, experimenting with different shapes and sizes of the interior features, and finally arrived at the perfect combination. Our Hybrid Parabolic Tip lights up evenly and completely, without sacrificing any of the blade brightness. It's a quantum leap forward compared to our previous efforts, and one more feature that sets the Starlight Blade apart from the competition.

It wasn't easy to arrive at all the properties we wanted in the Starlight Blade; the process involved a lot of experimentation, prototyping, and searching for the right source materials. And even after all that, the final product takes quite a bit of time and labor to construct. But at Saberz.com, we believe the effort is worth it. The Starlight Blade maximizes potential of any illuminated saber, and we are proud to be able to offer it to you. Just to recap, here is an easy summary of the Starlight Blade's specs:

The Starlight Blade:

The Starlight Blade is available exclusively from the Saberz.com Store.
[null, {"document_url": "https://www.saberz.com/starlight-blades.php", "unformatted_src": "images/store/500/000_Store_455.jpg", "src": "https://www.saberz.com/images/store/500/000_Store_455.jpg", "formatted_filename": "Store"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.saberz.com/starlight-blades.php", "unformatted_src": "images/store/350/000_Store_460.jpg", "src": "https://www.saberz.com/images/store/350/000_Store_460.jpg", "formatted_filename": "Store"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.saberz.com/starlight-blades.php", "unformatted_src": "images/store/500/000_Store_472.jpg", "src": "https://www.saberz.com/images/store/500/000_Store_472.jpg", "formatted_filename": "Store"}, null, {"document_url": "https://www.saberz.com/starlight-blades.php", "unformatted_src": "images/store/350/000_Store_459.jpg", "src": "https://www.saberz.com/images/store/350/000_Store_459.jpg", "formatted_filename": "Store"}, null]