Ummmm, love that blue!
My currrent HDS lineup. Have had two Twisties including the very cool 85Tr and and bunch of other Clickies including a Ti Clicky come through my hands but these are what I have now.
Clicky N170 w/ Prometheus clip I torch flamed
Clicky 325 NRA Blue Cerakote w/ Ti Moddoo clip
Rotary N200 Orange Cerakote
Whenever I put my HDS back in the holster I got from Hogo, I carefully slide the clip over the holster's edge. Before I used the clip, the light once tried to work its way past the spare the battery and slip out the bottom of the holster. Luckily, I noticed before the light made it all the way out, but from that point on, the clip is part of the system.
--flatline
Nice set you have there. That blue one looks pretty special.
Is that orange cerakote a sterile bezel? I got a deal too good to pass up on a NOS orange clicky (200 XPG) a while ago. It has a non printed sterile bezel, it's also had a couple of LED changes but it'll spend the rest of its days fitted with the sw45k R9080.
The cerakote has a really nice feel to it, smooth yet grippy.
Have you tried anodising with some 9V batteries (stacked in series for colour of choice) and a plastic container of water and bicarb soda? It's another cheap and easy way to play around with titanium.
Is yours one of the early ones without the lip sewn in the bottom? Send it back. It's a free fix. It shouldn't do that. Some years back I started sewing a lip in the bottom to prevent just such a thing after a lot of use.
When you first started selling HDS lights and you offered a free holster to your first X customers, I was one of those customers. The light rests against the end of the leather that makes the loop for the spare cell.
I did not find your shipping address on your website, but if you'll please PM me you shipping address, I'll happily ship you the holster for the fix. I look forward to getting many more years of use out of this holster.
--flatline
My currrent HDS lineup. Have had two Twisties including the very cool 85Tr and and bunch of other Clickies including a Ti Clicky come through my hands but these are what I have now.
Clicky N170 w/ Prometheus clip I torch flamed
Clicky 325 NRA Blue Cerakote w/ Ti Moddoo clip
Rotary N200 Orange Cerakote
… I do know if Henry doesn't have the tails by the 21st of this month, he is in for a bad week at SHOT show with me! I'm a real nagging ******* when there are delays and he'll be stuck with me in the car on the way to, at, and on the way home from Vegas! I can't help it. It's just how I am.
Hogo was true to his word and browbeat me mercilessly. In self defense, I browbeat him back - I told him to either put up or shut up - fix the problem so it will go away and never come back. He agreed.
We spent some long hours figuring out the details and putting together a plan of action. We did break for barbecue ribs and microbrew stout on several occasions so we would have the strength to continue.
You will be seeing a number of new items and improvements - things people have been requesting - coming along. We just cannot say what they are until they are released. OK, I can tell you that the headlamp is definitely on that list and has been scheduled in. Watch the web site for announcements.
Henry.
You will be seeing a number of new items and improvements - things people have been requesting - coming along. We just cannot say what they are until they are released. OK, I can tell you that the headlamp is definitely on that list and has been scheduled in. Watch the web site for announcements.
I thought I would make a little list here of things that folks have wanted from HDS, and let me know if I'm missing anything...
Hogo's Top 10 Requests.
10. Fix the damn grittiness of the rotary tail in counter-clockwise mode (and please don't then make clockwise gritty in the process)
9. Key-chain style HDS
8. GIVE ME SOME REAL THROW!
7. Titanium, brass, copper, stainless, and unobtanium lights!
6. Where's my damn 18350 tube!
5. Where's my damn 1AA tube!
4. I want a diffuse reflector. Stop teasing by making them and then not making them!
3. More LED variety!
2. Headlamp. HEAD LAMP!!!
And Number 1...
1. Where the heck is the light I ordered 3 months ago!
Have I missed anything?
Hogo was true to his word and browbeat me mercilessly. In self defense, I browbeat him back - I told him to either put up or shut up - fix the problem so it will go away and never come back. He agreed.
We spent some long hours figuring out the details and putting together a plan of action. We did break for barbecue ribs and microbrew stout on several occasions so we would have the strength to continue.
You will be seeing a number of new items and improvements - things people have been requesting - coming along. We just cannot say what they are until they are released. OK, I can tell you that the headlamp is definitely on that list and has been scheduled in. Watch the web site for announcements.
Henry.
Thank you. I do try to make the best holsters.
As for most preferring clips, I can give you actual numbers. The number of people who order a clip for the HDS light is 15%. Now, the universal clip is ugly. I mean UGLY. If this were a girl, she better have one heck of a personality. So, some might feel as I do and choose not to dance with this dame even though they want to dance. I personally don't dance as it messes with the titanium in my leg. So, while "many people" may prefer pocket clips, it's only 15% who buy them... but again, she is one ugly broad. Of course, that is my opinion... about it being fugly. The 15% is fact. So, the vast majority actually don't prefer clips, or just don't want to dance with the ugly girl (she does have a very strong personality though!)
I prefer to carry my knife with the pocket clip (Benchmade Mel Pardue automatic)... which recently fell out of my pocket while I was climbing in and out of my MUTT and was returned to me by a nice neighbor after it had been run over several times in the middle of the street (true story). A little cleaning, bending, and now it is happily back in the same pocket... but I'm keeping a weather eye on it in case it decides to go on walkabout again.
But I digress. With a 15% sales rate on the current clip, a production run with different heads does not make a lot of financial sense. Yes, the increased cost could go directly to those who want them, but isn't the light expensive enough?
All that being said, Henry is working on it. He's been sketching and thinking (thank goodness not while we were driving back from Vegas as he was the one driving... well, he was thinking, not sketching at the time). I was taking notes that I sent to him after he dropped me off at home. It will take some time and testing and prototypes, but you have been heard and hopefully we will see a viable solution in the future.
And in case anyone is wondering, yes, I am that blunt with Henry. I don't hold punches and I speak my mind with him and there were probably more than a few times he would have liked to shove me out of the car while doing 75 to SHOT. It's why I had my seat belt on. I would say my mama didn't raise a dummy, but I have a brother.