Mirage Man Customs

[E-J-J]

Very beautiful work

I am loved

[arewethereyetdad]

Very beautiful work

I am loved

Yes, you are.

[scout24]

As if I didn't think Brian's machining was impeccable, I just had a "Duh" moment... See if you can find the seam on the fatty for the bezel to be removed. I couldn't. It took two days of carrying this light and me catching it in the right light to see it... After getting the light, I didn't see the seam, and just assumed that was how he built it... No big, I thought, just beautiful! I am not sure if this results from the finish he is now using, but when I screw it back on tight, I still have trouble finding it unless I am outside and looking for it.

[easilyled]

Yes, it wasn't easy for me to spot the seam on my light either.

[Chauncey Gardner]

I'm at work driving around in the squad and saw this thread. I just happen to be carrying both my Mirage_Man custom lights tonight. Fatty with a Cree R2 Flupic and the 38mm Titanium with a Milkey Modded quad K2. I am thinking about a Fatty 27mm and maybe 38mm

This is mine next to a Mcgizmo XR19-PD-S

Those are some sweet lights. Thanks to both of you for posting.

Love the styling & ergonomics of the fatties, beautiful lights.

Would love to see an aluminum bronze version that will run a 17500 or 14500 liion in it. That would be perfect for me.

[RIDE]

Just wanted to bring this thread back to life. Mirage Man makes some of the most amazing lights to grace this wonderful forum....and I can't get enough of seeing them!

SOME day....one will be mine!

RIDE

[Mirage_Man]

[lisantica]

[ninemm]

You're getting the hang of that camera really well! Those last three shots are money. Still over that knurled number with the interchangeable body tubes.

[fyrstormer]

My god man.

After the meteor hits and civilization crumbles, stuff like this will be used to buy houses with.

[Mirage_Man]

A new twist on the Fatty design... a knurled body, extended flutes and trits.

[karlthev]

Very nice!


Karl

[crossliner67]

They are impossibly handsome ..I just don't get it why a vast majority of cpforumers put high end lights on the pavement or on any rough surface. I could not even imagine myself placing my ITP A3 on an abrasive media or against it ..Up to now even my Mini Maglite/Solitaire torches of more than 6 years are still bereft of scratches or dings. Sounds lame or even improbable but it's true

[Mirage_Man]

Just thought this was a cool picture of a light I just finished.

[Notsure Fire]

Good craftsmanship. Good photography.

[dcaprilia]

That looks really nice!

[Mirage_Man]

Thought I'd post a little something I did to spruce up a light I did awhile back. I made this light back before I had a milling machine for Chipwillis. After seeing some pictures of it recently I thought it looked a little plain so I offered to spruce it up a bit.

This is what it looked like when it left me the first time...



And this is what it looked like a year or so later...



And this is what it looks like now...

[arewethereyetdad]

Better, definitely. Like the cren bezel, too. Does Corey still own this light, or is this back in the House of Brian?

[Mirage_Man]

Better, definitely. Like the cren bezel, too. Does Corey still own this light, or is this back in the House of Brian?

Yep, it's still Corey's.

[taewoopa]

Wow.. upgraded best from better ..
Fantastic job, Brian.

[easilyled]

Looks really good now.

[malakye666]

Just thought this was a cool picture of a light I just finished.

Wow thats a real beaut what LED are you using.

[TITANER]

Thanks guys above ,otherwise i would miss this wonderful thread.So many fascinating lights here.

[TITANER]

Wow thats a real beaut what LED are you using.

Very cool,super polishing and knurl .It looks rather comfort .

[Mirage_Man]

Very cool,super polishing and knurl .It looks rather comfort .

Thanks but no polishing there. That's the finish right off the lathe .

[TITANER]

Thanks arewethereyetdad for your this thread and beautiful pics .Maybe i will sleeplessness tonight.

[TITANER]

Thanks but no polishing there. That's the finish right off the lathe .

Wow,great machining.

[donn_]

It looks like we lost some posts in this thread. I'll re-build one I posted back in early February.

This is one of my latest Mirage_Man customs. It started off as a VME/Malkoff Ti head for Malkoff drop-ins and E-Series lights.



Brian did some creative Ti-cutting on the head, and ended up with this:



Then he went further, and created his first unitary body/clicky tail, with a matching field of grooves:





And here's one of Brian's photos:

[easilyled]

This is my collection of Mirage Man Customs to date:-

top: 27mm light with mirage_man's own copper custom XM-L L.E
bottom: 38mm light with datiled custom XM-L L.E
right: 20mm light with darkzero custom XPG L.E

[donn_]

I had photographed this one just before the crash...my latest from Brian.

I bought the tail from Brian in the fall of '08, and bought the head on the forum at around the same time. This has always been my favorite of his A-19 clone heads, because of the wide and deep round-bottom grooves. This photo is from Brian's original sales thread:



I just didn't like the look of it on a McGizmo Ti Clicky, so I waited and waited to find exactly the right body to go between the head and tail.

After over two years, the perfect body never showed up, so I sent Brian this photo, and asked him to make me one:



So here it is, finally complete. It's running a LE made by Tranquillity Base, with a Cree XR-E Q5 and an RV7 AA 3-speed converter.