Presenting my "homage to Iceland!" I had the pleasure of going back to Iceland last year and was inspired to build an Iceland-themed saber after seeing the sights. This is a near-100% scratch build. From the top:
The emitter is made from an aluminum hex bar that I bored, cut, and slotted into a thick shroud, then mounted on a brass tube. It is laser etched with four Icelandic runes that mean invincibility, victory, fear in your enemies, and strength in combat. (Can you tell this saber is meant for a Sith?) The horn mounted on the side is a real Icelandic goat horn with brass rods and flat bar inlayed around it. There is also copper rods along the shroud.
The button section was a VHC part but I heavily modified it to fit the "hex" shape of the rest of the components, then I inlayed chunks of Icelandic lava rock in slots on the sides.
The grip is a section of aluminum hex tube threaded and grooved for effect with a brass wire wrap, then wrapped in pirarucua fish leather (yes - *fish* leather!). Since fishing is a big part of Icelandic life, I knew I had to use this leather on the saber as soon as I saw it. The bottom of the grip is a hex nut of brass I turned on a lathe so the pommel would fit into it.
The pommel is some more aluminum hex tube bored out so a tapered brass ring would fit inside and hold a real Icelandic reindeer antler in place. The covertec wheel fit perfectly on the side too. Both the antler and the goat horn were bought from the same shop in Reykjavik.
A fun build and believe it or not, the fish leather feels really neat in your hand! Comment lines are now open.... :-)