If you're familiar with knives, "art knives" and "gentleman's knives" (no offense, ladies) are quite popular, and every bit as functional as their less attractive cousins.
My own EDC knife is the inexpensive Kershaw Rainbow Leek, with a scratch resistant rainbow titanium oxide coating.
If you look at knifemakers catalog, such as here, for example, you'll find a wide range of interesting materials--though mostly non-conductive--that might be utilized in flashlights. Unfortunately, most of the materials are offered in a flat, thin shapes, though some can be had in cylinders up to 1.5" in diameter.
[Simulated] mother of pearl MicroIlluminator with red emitter to navigate to your opera seat, for example? [Simulated] ivory Arc? Scrimshawed SpaceNeedle?
Just wondering if this isn't a possible direction for some of the more artistically inclined (not including myself) to move in, and possibly open up flashlight market in another direction.
My own EDC knife is the inexpensive Kershaw Rainbow Leek, with a scratch resistant rainbow titanium oxide coating.
If you look at knifemakers catalog, such as here, for example, you'll find a wide range of interesting materials--though mostly non-conductive--that might be utilized in flashlights. Unfortunately, most of the materials are offered in a flat, thin shapes, though some can be had in cylinders up to 1.5" in diameter.
[Simulated] mother of pearl MicroIlluminator with red emitter to navigate to your opera seat, for example? [Simulated] ivory Arc? Scrimshawed SpaceNeedle?
Just wondering if this isn't a possible direction for some of the more artistically inclined (not including myself) to move in, and possibly open up flashlight market in another direction.
