Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater. Had a light and couldn't keep her. :nana:
Yup, the Ti parts were sent to Peter Atwood for anodizing prior to assembly and then back to Dave for the final steps. It was originally going to be Tropical, to match LunaSoup, and it wasn't going to be bead blasted, but there were some problems along the way and Peter had to redo it twice.
I do think it came out pretty nice in the end though! Because of the problems, I do not know if Peter will want to do any more of these lights, but I believe Dave is talking to him about it. My advice if you are chomping at the bit is to just let Dave handle it if it's going to happen.
I do not think it is possible to anodize a light while it's assembled, so anodizing existing lights may be more trouble than it's worth and would almost certainly require Dave's participation, unless you are some kind of mad genius. The bead blasting, I suppose, might be possible with good masking. Perhaps one of our machinists can comment on that, because it's just a guess on my part.
This is my first Spy and I was very interested in checking out this light that many have stated is a peer to McGizdom. It certainly seems every bit worthy of the hype. Quite the little engineering marvel. One thing I can say about it is that the beam is freakin' GORGEOUS. This may well be the nicest beam of any light I own. I am still adjusting to this light. The interface is very nice, but I do not know if I can get used to a non-PD at this point. I am also a little wary of a thousand dollar light I can't thread paracord through. In any event, it will be fun deciding!!