Show your Rare/Unusual SureFires - Part 2

[tx101]

This isn't mine, a friend sent it in for a mod. A few dings here and there, good to see it has some heavy use. I'll take a better photo when it's done.

The suspense .... how are you going to mod it ?

Just did a quick search and found McG auctioned one off 9 years ago on the behalf of PK
He modded it with a 5W X bin SideEmitter Luxeon
Just wondering, does the Photon King reflector have the same size opening in the reflector
as a KT-6 head ? or is it something entirely different ?

 

[tobrien]

PK = paul kim, right?

how do y'all get a hold of these PK lights? do you have to know people or is there some email list or what?

 

[Genoan]

Here's some new shots of the PK Surefire titanium Titan prototype currently listed for sale on eBay:



http://i.ebayimg.com/t/RARE-PROTOTYPE-Surefire-Titan-Flashlights-TITANIUM-Museum-pieces-/00/s/MTM1NVgxNjAw/$T2eC16NHJHIE9nyseGi,BP9JU5SJmQ%7E%7E60_57.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/RARE-PROTOTYPE-Surefire-Titan-Flashlights-TITANIUM-Museum-pieces-/00/s/MTU5N1gxNjAw/$T2eC16FHJGoE9nuQeWveBP9JVByb,Q%7E%7E60_57.JPG

Oversize Images removed

 

[tobrien]

i saw that, too, but it doesn't say PK on it, though... seemed odd to me. I saw the auction said they were PK pieces, but they don't have PK on the lights that I can see ya know

 

[Monocrom]

PK = paul kim, right?

how do y'all get a hold of these PK lights? do you have to know people or is there some email list or what?

e-mail list??

We all wish it was that easy. Normally, it involves a great deal of hunting one down, and just sticking to it.

 

[koala]

Alright, here's more pictures, I have to retrieve it from its hiding place, I really can't afford to lose it if someone break into my place. I don't think money can replace this rare gem.
I have no idea what's a KT-6 but the PK1 is significant bigger than the M6 KT-4 head. The LED opening is slightly bigger than 11mm. As for the mod, I probably turn a piece of sink from copper and a 3A XML, this will keep the PK1 head untouch. The reflector is a part of the head it is non removable.

The PK1 sink is very thick which is important because the poor Lux V 5W is over-driven by a step-down converter. The output current to the LED is about ~1350mA @ 6.5V. Input is [email protected]. So the output at the LED is 8.78W, and current draw of the battery is 10.42W.Efficiency is about 84%. Not bad. But the 5W LED is being over-driven badly, it got very hot quickly with the module detached from the head.

The beam is nothing to shout about, the wide reflector produce a very tight spot. Something I have never seen before, it is as if the light is coming from a P60 XR-E reflector light. The 5W is a loser for today standard.

As to where it came from, I have no idea, my friend said he bought it from a Korean. Which I believe a lot of PK items are traded there. The seller also has numerous rare Surefire such as A2T, L6T, PK2. So I guess this is a different PK1.

 

[Size15's]

Thanks for the photos - It's been many years since I got to play with those sized TurboHeads.

I have no idea what's a KT-6 but the PK1 is significant bigger than the M6 KT-4 head. The LED opening is slightly bigger than 11mm.

The M6 does not use the "KT4" - The KT4 used the same TurboHead as the M6 - namely the "Millennium TurboHead".
The KT4 is 'Kit, TurboHead, No.4' - this kit features the Millennium TurboHead, MN15 and MN16 Lamp Assemblies.
These Lamp Assemblies are for three-SF123A models, and the KT4 TurboHead Kit is used to 'convert' the M3 into the M3T, the M500A into the M500AB and the M900A into the M900AB, and so on.

Also worth noting that SureFire does not tend to use dashes it's KT4 not KT-4.

I'm not sure what KT-6 is either...

 

[Helmut.G]

well used 3P with german branding:

 

[eg1977]

Surefire 310 weapon light

 

[gripnSUREFIRE]

Nice^^^^^^^^

 

[novice]

The seller also has numerous rare Surefire such as A2T

I really only had one unobtainable grail that I knew existed, and that was Size15's purple A2. The A2T is now sharing that status.

 

[koala]

The owner of PK1 also manage to get hold of A2T earlier. They too paid a visit at koala's sanctuary for a quick mod, previously.

 

[novice]

Thank you for sharing the photo, Koala. That turbohead aviator is just too cool for words. Does the reflector add mainly more spill to the light, or does it help project the main beam further, or both?

 

[koala]

Better throw, tighter spot, less spill. Sorry I didn't get a chance to take a beamshot but it isn't excatly 'wow'.

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[It01Firefox]

This just arrived here:

A Surefire Z3, not as rare as some of the others in this thread, but it's still BNIP.
I'm still trying to work up the courage to open it

 

[Helmut.G]

This just arrived here:
[image in original post]

A Surefire Z3, not as rare as some of the others in this thread, but it's still BNIP.
I'm still trying to work up the courage to open it

I suppose this is the one that was on ebay a few days ago? Nice to see it went to a CPFer. I didn't bid because I wanted to avoid the conflict whether to open it or not

 

[It01Firefox]

Yup, that's the one. Thanks for letting me have it.
I'll put the decision off till I get home tonight

 

[cland72]

I respect y'alls willpower -- I have yet to buy a NIB light that I didn't immediately rip open when I got it home. Maybe that's why I don't consider myself a collector

 

[Kestrel]

I know I'm the oddball (less so in this thread though), but I wouldn't open it - I think that the Z3 is rarer than most folks give credit for.

It's deceptive in that it's relatively recent production, but I see way more 3P's, 6Z's, and 9Z's changing hands even though they are considerably older and more desirable when in mint condition. I almost never see a Z3 up for sale on CPF/MP - there just aren't that many out there.

I know its wishful thinking, but I'd love to see production numbers for the various SF's. I think the low #'s of Z3's would surprise some folks.

I know that collectibility is a function of rarity and desirability, and I feel that the Z3 is rather rare. They are less valuable than other collector SF's because they are not considered to be as desirable, but those types of things can change over time.

What did this Z3 go for, BTW?

 

[It01Firefox]

Well I have a lot of Surefires but I usually get them to use them, so the only SF I have that is NIP, other than this Z3, is a 6P gift set of which I have two, so I only opened one.

But you're right, I think the Z3 is a rare find, too, so I'm on the fence on this one.
Ah well, we'll see how this one plays out at home

80$ incl. shipping.