Photos Of Mac's EDC Lights

[smarkum]

Wow Shado! NICE.
trying out some different settings on camera. . .

 

[Light11]

Sweet Knurlies Cary!
is the big one Titanium?

The Knurly !

 

[Light11]

WOW,love the polished copper look.

Some pics with Hinderer pens, a nice EDC combo :thumbsup:


Copper XM-L EDC, Tri EDC's and Hinderer Copper investigator pens

 

[rda1]

Stupid industrial revolution.

The irony of this comment. Without the industrial revolution, we could all be sitting around comparing candles and debating which fat/oil makes the best wax.

Besides, copper doesn't tarnish all that fast and can quickly and easily be refinished.

 

[fyrstormer]

The irony of this comment. Without the industrial revolution, we could all be sitting around comparing candles and debating which fat/oil makes the best wax.

Besides, copper doesn't tarnish all that fast and can quickly and easily be refinished.

Congratulations, you discovered the humor hidden in my comment. *hands rda1 a cookie* :devil:

Tarnishing at all is tarnishing too fast. I love the way bright copper looks, but I hate having to polish it. That's why I went with the artificially-enhanced patina on the one copper piece I own, because then at least I wouldn't have to deal with a finish that keeps changing when I touch the light. I like my tools to look as functional and inorganic as they actually are. YMMV.

 

[rda1]

Ultimately I opted to use chemical brass blackener to turn it black, and then scuffed off some of the black coating with a Scotch-Brite pad, because I wanted a finish that would be more consistent and require less maintenance over the course of years.

I am curious, how is that working out for you? Has the finish and the look of the copper heat sink remained stable? It looks pretty nice in the pictures, it would be interesting to see that treatment to one of Mac's Copper EDC lights.

 

[Vernon]

My 3 new cerakote light.

I really like the tungsten cerakote

Beautiful!! Love Mac's work.

 

[grayhighh]

Sweet Knurlies Cary!
is the big one Titanium?

Yes

 

[eala]

Frozen lakes make great heat sinks.









eala

 

[aflashinthenight]

Houlala Eala!!!.....
Very very nice shots!...
Congrats for your inspiration.

 

[fyrstormer]

I am curious, how is that working out for you? Has the finish and the look of the copper heat sink remained stable? It looks pretty nice in the pictures, it would be interesting to see that treatment to one of Mac's Copper EDC lights.

It's on a piece that doesn't get much handling, since the exposed area is forward of the hand-grip, but other than some slight browning of the exposed copper I see no change in the finish. I had to use a green Scotch-Brite pad to remove the blackening to get the two-tone finish visible in the pictures, and the scrubbed area was a bit shinier at first than it is now, but other than that there's been no change.

I don't think the patina would remain unaffected indefinitely with the scuffing from sliding the light into a pocket after each use, but it's a good way to get the initial patina set-up, so you don't have to put effort into "helping" a completely natural patina form evenly across the surface.

 

[Fitz]

Beautiful pictures in this thread, love the "fire and Ice" pics eala!

 

[rda1]

It's on a piece that doesn't get much handling, since the exposed area is forward of the hand-grip, but other than some slight browning of the exposed copper I see no change in the finish. I had to use a green Scotch-Brite pad to remove the blackening to get the two-tone finish visible in the pictures, and the scrubbed area was a bit shinier at first than it is now, but other than that there's been no change.

I don't think the patina would remain unaffected indefinitely with the scuffing from sliding the light into a pocket after each use, but it's a good way to get the initial patina set-up, so you don't have to put effort into "helping" a completely natural patina form evenly across the surface.

Very good, it certainly looks nice, like a brushed antiquing treatment. I like it.

 

[S1LVA]

 

[tanasit]

I have a few:

 

[grayhighh]

Neutral - Red Devil - Cool - HCRI

 

[aflashinthenight]

"I'll take the HiCRI"..
Zzzzzboob! I mixed up threads!
I'll take it anyway!

 

[grayhighh]

Okey, a shot for my friend, Tim, as he requested.

Sorry for the white balance. Looks like i didn't set it to the right k. Please bear with it.

 

[kaichu dento]

I like the collection going on around the lights too!

 

[Obijuan Kenobe]

Okey, a shot for my friend, Tim, as he requested.

Sorry for the white balance. Looks like i didn't set it to the right k. Please bear with it.

The light at 2 o'clock with the pattern welded dam head...what's that one? I haven't seen that one before, I don't think!

obi