SaturnNyne
Enlightened
I don't really know much about it, but I would assume it can be done since it's been done to Clickies in the past. I've been hearing some complaints about the lesser durability of cerakote lately though, in case that would be an issue. Sure looks nice.
Thanks for catching that! Especially since it's such a rare model.I notice I have one missing from the list
Callmaster...................170C-Ti........#10014
I'm gonna give you the long version. The original HDS EDCs of about five years ago started at 1 (I guess?) and went to 4999 or less. The Ra Twisty again started at 1 and went to around 2299 probably. The prototype version of the Clicky, which used the body style of the original EDC, started around 2300 and seems to have run to around 2600, so it appears to be working from the same pool as the Twisty. However, that's a range of 300 serials and I'm pretty sure there were well under 100 protos made; I believe the reason for the large spread of numbers is because, as I believe I noticed when I started this list, the proto numbers have been chosen so as not to duplicate any numbers from the original EDCs, which crossed into this range. I believe I asked Henry about this and he confirmed that there would be no shared numbers. For the production Clicky, Henry decided to avoid creating any more conflicts than he already had by restarting the Twisty at 1, so he started them where the originals left off, with the idea that all HDS lights from there onward would probably stick to this one company-wide serial pool. The first generation Clickies span 5000 to 19999. The second generation Clickies and Rotaries start at 20000. So there are quite a lot of Clickies out there. No surprise there since it's listed as the #1 must have light on CPF.
I'm pretty certain Henry makes no effort to line the bezels up precisely and send the lights out in order, but the serials are assigned in more or less sequential order. I would guess that he receives a box or bin of 1,000 bezels all within the same thousand block and then he just picks from that at random until they're all gone and then moves to the next block. My 140Cgt was among the first shipped out to US distributors and is 5366. The others that arrived around that time were also all in the 5,000s I think. About three months later I got a 100wwC in the 7,000s; about a year after that I got a bezel from the 12,000s; recently I acquired one made probably late last year from the 18,000s. Pretty orderly.
Someone else will have to weigh in on the Rotary cap hole; I don't have one and am not familiar enough with their differences. Of course I'd certainly guess that if yours has a hole in it, it's probably supposed to be there. The first design of the Clickies included tailcaps with four holes for the purpose of gripping them with the tool that connected them and removed them; maybe it's something like that.
Heh, the locator beacon... I love it too, or at least it's the feature I so want to love! Before I ever got an HDS, I thought that was such a great idea, but I've never been able to use it much because I've just found it too bright for the way I carry, use, and store the lights. Oh well. Still a cool feature even if it doesn't work so well for me.
And I still like the feature enough to have made a quick little video in honor of it, if you're curious: http://youtu.be/uyDKgVp0pzc
