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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Sept 24, 2007 22:01:20 GMT -5
This picture showed up on the Ewan Oogling thread and it seemed the perfect thing to ask this question with. How do you sit with your lightsaber?
Should you sit with the saber hilt pointed inward, or outward? Common sense tells me that it should be pointed outward, just in case it, y'know, goes off. But that's not the way Obi-Wan is sitting with it here.
I suppose that with the Force, accidents like that are unheard of for Jedi. And for me at least, it tends to naturally point inward unless I deliberately point it outward. And it's only comfortable to do that if the saber is hanging closer to the side than the front.
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Sept 24, 2007 22:10:16 GMT -5
Being that I have the exact same hilt as Ewan there I sit the same way he does, however
I have two other hilts I wear an Ecehlon Parks and a Luke stunt version. If I have the Echelon on I cannot swivel it because of a screw by the clip so it must point down or I have to take it off as some chairs won't ket me sit with it at all. The Luke is the same thing because of the metal hanger .
I'm looking to get a qv soon which will be able to swivel like the Obi-Wan which I like alot more
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Sept 24, 2007 22:45:53 GMT -5
Pointed in, you just have to shift it when you sit.  |
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Post by Seda Navilli on Sept 24, 2007 22:54:38 GMT -5
I find that if you sit with the saber pointing backwards, it has a tendency to push up your belt whenever you move about. Plus its more on display sitting on your leg ;D
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Post by Granny-Wan on Sept 24, 2007 23:05:49 GMT -5
I had mine on pointed backwards and sat down and it knocked the covertec clip completely off my belt, which led to me crawling under chairs at the opening ceremonies at C-IV to retrieve my lightsaber... which was exceptionally stupid looking considering my age and size... LOL
So, point it in.... just my advice...
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Post by JediKai on Sept 25, 2007 1:47:24 GMT -5
I sit with mine as pictured.
Ky-Wan, I have the QV on order....hopefully I will receive it within the month (ordered it 5 Aug).
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Post by 2saberjedi on Sept 25, 2007 5:54:00 GMT -5
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I sit with my fx luke hilt in when i would wear my hasbro sabers out and about to bars and to disneyland thay all pointed in unless i shifted it myself
My luke FX saber hangs in and i find the D/ triangal clip to be better then the covertec clip but thats just me
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Post by Stey Fann Jull on Sept 25, 2007 7:26:40 GMT -5
thats true. with a convertec clip is a pit tricky to sit. D clips are the best. But personnaly when i go to a con, i walk and stand up almost all the time.
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Post by Olos Nay on Sept 25, 2007 19:58:22 GMT -5
I too generally stand up when I have a saber.
If I have to sit, pointing anything else then as picture would reslult in a catastrophe... so I say leave it inward.
(by catastrophe, I mean
saber out of clip,
clip out of belt,
other items out of belt,
saber stuck in chair when standing up
and other unpleasant situations)
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Post by acalsohei on Sept 25, 2007 23:27:47 GMT -5
Gee, Granny-Wan, I thought I was the only one to do something like that!
Since then, mine is in also.
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Post by 2saberjedi on Sept 26, 2007 6:36:00 GMT -5
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well i have never ben to a con so i coldent tell u how i would act then but i do/did go out with my friends alot to bars and other such places and i never had a problem with my FX Luke or my hasbro Obi-wan at Disney land geting on or off the rides...
well maybe the tea cups lol but who hasent had a hard time geting out of them =)
well now that i thinkin of it one of my sabers did fall off my belt but i was in a fight and when the saber hit the ground everyone stoped and my friend mat calmly said "Mikey ur saber fell"
and no i didnt start the fight i was at my fave bar when this guy wanted to pick a fight with the owner of the join so i jumped in to help being as it was a 5 on one fight i was just doing what any good jedi would have done and helped a man in need
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Post by Granny-Wan on Sept 26, 2007 15:20:54 GMT -5
Gee, Granny-Wan, I thought I was the only one to do something like that! Since then, mine is in also. I thought I a felt a disturbance in the Force underneath those chairs... ;D |
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Post by Kryy Jacobi on Sept 26, 2007 17:35:09 GMT -5
We discussed this sometime last year in another thread (can't remember which). I think the two main factors are: - where the saber is on your belt -- I have 2 different belts and on one the Covertec is more "forward" toward the buckle
- the nature of the seating -- whether a deep chair or a stool or whatever
I believe Mon-Jas puts a screw through his Covertec to avoid the "popping off the belt" problem. In AOTC, when Obi-Wan goes to Kamino and sits down to talk to Lama Su, he kind of pushes the saber out of the way so discreetly you don't really notice. That's the key ... not to fuss with it. |
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Post by JediKai on Sept 27, 2007 3:53:42 GMT -5
he kind of pushes the saber out of the way so discreetly you don't really notice. That's the key ... not to fuss with it. Exactly. I've noticed myself doing this naturally. This is how wearing the clothes helps you inhabit the character. Once you've spent a lot of time in your Jedi garb, these sorts of actions become automatic. Obi-Wan would have done that everyday of his life since he started wearing a lightsaber on his belt at a young age. |
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Post by Olos Nay on Sept 27, 2007 20:44:34 GMT -5
Yeah, we should insist on having people "practice" wearing their costumes.
I've seen so many costumers who can't look like what they are costumed in. Even with the best costume, it makes wrong results.
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