HDS/Ra Clicky & Rotary Serial Number Registry! (Part 2)

[diesel79]

My third HDS...200T. Black bezel, raised boot. #22267.

This Flashlight is superb in every department.

Is this light from a dealer or straight from HDS?

 

[Jackyl]

December 2012 would involve time travel as its currently April 2012

DOAH!

 

[jalal20]

My 170E arrived today, from the new batched going out, SN 23719

 

[Jackyl]

Jackyl...................EDC-R1S-200........#12974 (bought from CarpentryHero, came from Batt. Station / acme threads / XP-G 1137 sticker on board)

 

[hakyru]

My HDS

Hakyru______________________HDS Systems EDC E1S 120___________________________________#23423
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems RA Clicky 140 Executive SSC P4 High Cri Modded_____ #10322
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems RA Clicky 170 Tactical___________________________ #16653
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems RA clicky 140 CN Narrow Beam____________________ #5874
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems EDC-R1S-200 Rotary____________________________ #20431

 

[NocturnalKnives]

NocturnalKnives______________________HDS Systems EDC-R1S-200 Rotary____________________________ #22634

Thanks!

 

[SaturnNyne]

Hey everyone, sorry for the delayed response. I was out of town for a little while, but also gmail decided to start spam filtering all cpf emails, which I use to judge when this thread needs some attention.

Now that he knows that, is he going to use the wrongly numbered bezels or toss them? Will mine remain the only freak or will there be more?

I actually did ask Henry about that a few weeks ago but I forgot to relay the answer to you. There were about 50 mislabeled bezels. An uncertain number of them went out to dealers, but the ones remaining in the shop were pulled and used for testing. So you're not the only freak (a few more have shown up on the registry now) but there won't be too many others.

I have: 200 T rotary...............................SN #21953
200 E rotary...............................SN #22765
170 Tan cerakote........................SN #18185
170 White cerakote.....................SN #18281
300 XML Orange cerakote............SN #18107
100 Ra twisty.............................SN # 1898
HI CRI Twisty.............................SN # 1742

Wow, quite a collection. Did your XML Clicky come with any indication of what it was prior to modification, or was it just billed as a 300C? I'm glad you included the Twisties in there just for the sake of completeness, but I'm not the registrar of them so I can't add them in. However, I'll go ahead and submit these to the official Twisty registry for you. It's still there, though I see it's been sitting dormant for a couple years now. The Twisty serial keeper isn't dead though, he's just been heavily devoted to his studies. He graduates in a couple weeks, so I'll pester him then to get things updated.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...SN-Registry!&p=3935026&viewfull=1#post3935026

Proud owner of #21350 170T bought from Azpops in the Marketplace. The more I use it, the more I love it!

:thumbsup: That's how it tends to go! A lot of lights get old as the novelty wears off and the flaws become more irksome, but my HDS lights still fascinate me after more than five years of use. I try other lights occasionally, but I always appreciate Henry's lights above all others. Glad you're enjoying your light; hope you get as much long lasting enjoyment from it as I have from mine.

That's how you do it! Nice! Group shot perhaps?

Agreed.

#13092, High CRI Twisty, black bezel...She's a beauty!

Twisty? Since you're registering it here and it's from the 13xxx range, I'm assuming you mean Rotary and that this is one of the lights that got a bezel from the incorrectly engraved batch. Please let me know if this is actually a Twisty with a G1 Clicky bezel on it! I have to make sure since this certainly wouldn't be the first Twisty I've had registered here.

This is my first HDS acquisition. I purchased it brand new from Steven lamb, owner of springboard engineering, here in california. He's actually a dealer of HDS lights among many other fine things, to blow your money on. He had them in stock so I didn't have to wait for shipping or anything else. I couldn't have had a better buying experience and I could not be happier to be a part of the HDS/RA family now.

Welcome to the HDS family, fellow Saturnian! The 170C is an excellent rendition of a fantastic light, I hope it serves you well. By the way, it's actually HDS/Ra; the short-lived and now defunct brand name for the lights wasn't an acronym, just so you know.

I got an EDC-R1S-200 from CarpentryHero with serial #12xxx and Jan 2011 manual. I will have to post the full serial from home tonight, but I thought it was odd looking at the list...???

What I found weird was the 12xxx serial as I was expecting a 2xxxx serial which I realize doesn't even really have much meaning "in-house".
ETA: Maybe it's a G1 bezel with acme threads?

Quite right, it's an oddity. The strange serial is the result of an engraving mishap, explanation and discussion here and in the rest of my recent conversation with nbp, including above in this post. A G1 bezel with acme threads would be an oxymoron since triangular threads are the primary diagnostic characteristic of the G1 lights; this is a fully G2 bezel, it just got the wrong number put on it.

Definitely acme threads, not sure what G1 means lol

Generation one. Kind of like how Apple used to do it: G3 or G4 iBook, G5.... Or, if you prefer old toys, like G1 Transformers. So far there have been G1v1 and G1v2 Clickies (And I guess you could say the Twisty was a light from the G1 Ra era? Complicated.) and G2 EDCs (Clickies and Rotaries). This is the first version of the Rotary, but it's a variation of the second generation of HDS lights made in the "modern era."

E_Dit

I have no idea what that means. But it kind of looks like a face. So that's cool.

Hello everybody ! Happy to join....And glad to tell you in my first post this wonderfull light is now mine !!

WELCOME TO CPF! :welcome: I hope you'll enjoy your HDS and continue to participate here.

My HDS
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems EDC E1S 120___________________________________#23423
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems RA Clicky 140 Executive SSC P4 High Cri Modded_____ #10322
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems RA Clicky 170 Tactical___________________________ #16653
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems RA clicky 140 CN Narrow Beam____________________ #5874
Hakyru______________________HDS Systems EDC-R1S-200 Rotary____________________________ #20431

Good stuff, thanks for the group photo.

NocturnalKnives______________________HDS Systems EDC-R1S-200 Rotary____________________________ #22634

Am I correct that you bought this from jalal20, who registered this number last september? Or did you get this from HDS or a dealer? I ask because I've had a duplicate number once before and still haven't gotten a definite answer as to how it happened, so I'm taking extra care to make sure. Thanks!
Edit: Nevermind I guess, just saw that he traded his Rotary away.

 

[thejafe]

HDS 140 Tactical Clicky 21336. Just picked 'er up a few weeks ago :thumbsup: :

 

[LGT]

twisty 1403,rotary 23351,170 tac 15269. I'm also completely envious of all of you with more HDS lights then me,esantana, NICE collection!

 

[Sparky's Magic]

@thejafe,:welcome:, This is a great forum.

Enjoy! :thumbsup:

 

[Sparky's Magic]

Is this light from a dealer or straight from HDS?

From the Aussie Dealer, though I'm not sure it makes any difference; they all come from Henry, in the first place. Some emitters have a slight edge in brightness, some lights have a tidier beam profile but all the ones I've seen have been first class - The one problem I had with an older 140 ex. (Parasitic Drain), was fixed 'lickety split' by HDS and came back even whiter and brighter (?).

I'm happy! The 200T (non-rotary) lives in my pocket and hasn't missed a beat! :thumbsup:

 

[diesel79]

I know where they all come from, I was simply trying to determine where he was at in his backlog.

 

[choombak]

Latest HCRI, #12928.

 

[hakyru]

Hakyru______________________HDS Systems EDC-R1B-200 Rotary____________________________ #21544

 

[Nicrod]

:thumbsup:Very nice indeed!

 

[hakyru]

:thumbsup:Very nice indeed!

Thank You

 

[thaugen]

HDS Rotary #22634
HDS HCRI Clicky (older style) #15526

 

[logikal16]

EDC-E1S-120, #23681

 

[beach honda]

Bezel reads "HDS Twisty #1165"
85tr
Would you mind adding me to the registrar?

Thx
cB

 

[davyro]

I've just been looking at the list & i realised my Rotary wasn't on it so here it is
Rotary 200 SN 23478