Surefire should sell articles with those designs nowadays to profit off of that good design.
The Surefire designs of the early 2000s were the best looking sculpted military grade flashlights of all time. The machining was impeccable, the form of a truly inspired original creation. They worked as bulletproof as they looked, worth every pretty penny. Without question SF had no equals at the time: absolute best you could get.
From my inaugural 2001 L1 Lumamax to my M6 and many models in between there was a common thread of a design aesthetic akin to exotic sportscars. They were all no compromise illuminators that were also works of machined art.
When I look at the entire current SF lineup it is screamingly obvious that the innovative unparalleled exotic design elements so abundant in the early 2000s have completely evaporated and really bland uninspired basic shapes have taken their place instead. There is nothing they offer now that can raise my pulse rate as far as handheld flashlights go, only pricing that raises my blood pressure. I concede their preeminence in specialty weapon lights.
Apparently it was PK that was the soul of the early Surefire and the origin of the secret sauce design cues. Apparently he has disappeared from the flashlight world after an attempt to go solo many years ago.
Some may harshly criticize Jetbeam for blatantly copying those classic SF design elements but I welcome it as a form of tribute to timeless works of machine art. I bought a Jetbeam M30 solely for the nostalgia I have for my long lost M6. I wish they would make an iteration of my beloved U2 Ultra. That brightness ring selector was genius! In a sense they have copied the design on a small scale with the long selling Jetbeam RRT01 Raptor. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Here's hoping that PK's spirit could return and knock our socks off with some wonderful extreme designs. That any of the manufacturers commit to some radical new forms beyond the aluminum tube.