EXTREMELY Rare Lights... Let's See Them!

Kiessling said:

The "Golden Dragon" McLux Set. 1 of 1.
Made by McGizmo for me and never left my home. It is al with a TiN coating, the PR head is a X-bin LuxV and the Standard head an R2 binned LuxI.
It has a custom clip with "Golden Dragon" hand engraved.
A very prized possession.
bernie

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I know I'm quoting an old post but Bernie those are absolutely beautiful! I was stunned since the day I seen them many years ago. Glad to see there's still a classic Mclux fan, may have forgotten these.

I hope these never do leave your house, as you said CPF History. If one day something happens & they do need to go, there's a very good home for them on the the other side of the world. Here's proof....:grin2:







I'm not a big collector of one of a kinds, luxuries, & exotics (can't afford them). I mainly like to hold onto lights with history & meaning. Here are the ones in my collection that I consider rare. :wave:


I'm not a big SF collector but these I plan to keep forever (still have all the boxes):

Top: E1e-BK 4 flats with 3rd gen L1 head.
Middle: 1st gen? L1-BK-RED w/ McGizmo delrin guard
Bottom: E2e-BK 4 flats Luxeon SE mod (sterile head)


Pics of the E2e SE mod. It's a "McGizmo", Don machined the head for me, I built the LE...e-sink, ecan, DownBoy, Luxeon R3J Side Emitter (remember these?)







Top: Blue Arc AAA 2002 CPF Member Edition "sterile" (w/o member name engraved)
Middle: Red Arc AAA 2003 CPF Edition
Bottom: Black Arc AAA UV sterile body





Top: Arc LS2 w/ matching AA fat tail (not original configuration)
Middle: Arc LS2
Bottom: Arc LS1





Top: Sterile Arc LS head w/ 14670 TSP (P7 Tri-FLuPIC mod)
Bottom: Arc LS3 (not an original & the 2x123 TSP's anodizing isn't so great but I'm happy to own it)





One-of-a-kind (as far as I know) TranquillityBase BB Ti "C" host. Accepts a McR-27L/S/XR reflector, Aleph LE, AW C li-ion, & uses a McClickie. Head & tail are E-series compatible. Ti Aleph1 bezel. Three blue trits in the tail.




Here it is sporting a Bi-FLuPIC (3A) SST-50 LE (not mine) & a McR-27XR





Not a rare host but it is one of a kind & is one of my most favorite McGizmos. My Ti PD Mule w/ a Nichia NCSU033A 365nm UV chip. This one really is a "tool" as I use it for curing.




Here's probably one of or the last Larry Lights (NLS). Larry unexpectedly gave me these parts long ago. He told me that someone had to get the last of the parts. Told me to not say anything which I never did. That was years ago so I think it might be ok now (thanks Larry). It's not one of the green anodized ones & it was not a complete working light when I received it but I am still very thankfull. IIRC these were never sold, only offered as gifts. Because of which, never ever seen one for sale until a couple of months ago. :shrug:





Longbows aren't that rare but you rarely see them anymore. Aside from the PR head, I purchased everything as a set (still have the box). Eco tubes are very rarely seen (2AA with removable sleeve to fit 3x123s)





McGizmo Pelican M6 6W UV. Uses an OptoTech Shark 60 UV LED array McModule. Frenchy (Pascal) beat me up on an auction for one a long time ago (but it was fun). I had to have one & eventually found one.






TnC Key Lux AA CPF Special. This one is different from the Key Lux AA that is currently still available. This one activates by turning the head instaed of the tail. It does not use a Canister, uses a MJ Micro Converter pill (upgraded to Seoul P4). Tail end accepts a Kroll. Only 60 made but I never see the others appear anywhere.








FFII w/ sterile body (were there many of these?)





I'm not a big Mag collector but here are some not so common Mags....

HAIII-NAT & HAIII-BK 14670 MiniMags





Top: Pewter Mag3C
Middle: "Mini MR-X". This one was built using the same MagicResistor that is in the MR-X, a X-bin LuxV, and a Hotlips. Cutdown to use a SilverLegacy Mini-HID Mag battery holder (4x123s or 2x17670). I have another identical host w/ battery holder in pewter
Bottom: SilverLegacy Mini-HID Mag. A fair number of them were made but are no longer seen. As far as I know, this is the first HID Mag that was available. 10W WA Solarc. Tailcap switch, custom battery holder for 4x123s. Otokoyama PMR.



Thanks for looking & sorry if I bored you. :wave:

An amazing post to read. So much cpf history. You have a really amazing collection darkzero. Thank you for taking time to share it !

David

That is a truly incredible collection! :ooo:


How about a beamshot from that Lux R3J? :poke:

I've never seen the beam pattern on one of those.

One of the rarest flashlight In my opinion ;)





I think this one is unique ...


..and this one no longer mine, too !!

Pascal

Please can you supply some details of the top light!

Merci

David

Hey David :wave:

All information I have are here ==> http://frenchyled.free.fr/Lighoon3_1.html

The maker didn't make light now.. :(

Frenchyled said:

Hey David :wave:

All information I have are here ==> http://frenchyled.free.fr/Lighoon3_1.html

The maker didn't make light now.. :(

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Thank you for the information :thumbsup:

(Did the brass base come with the light?)

This is awesome Will!!!!

dmdrewitt said:

Thank you for the information :thumbsup:
(Did the brass base come with the light?)

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Yes the brass base came with the light :)
The maker especially advertise me not to resale this light, he did me a favor thanks to a good japan friend here at CPF :)

Not sure much about the history or how many were made ,but the "Porsche" E2e by Surefire is one of my more rare lights..

It is a nice one Dafabricata !!
I owned one and sold it here at CPF some years ago...I really regret it :(

BitZ Pocket Titanium Prototype
1 of 7 made to my knowledge
Of those 7, only 5 were standard "blast" finish, making it 1 of 5 of its kind.



-Robert

sporting an sst-50 right now:kiss:

AND



sporting a P7 @ 2amps.

Toohotruk said:

That is a truly incredible collection! :ooo:


How about a beamshot from that Lux R3J? :poke:

I've never seen the beam pattern on one of those.

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Thank you.

Here's a couple of beamshots. It's not very bright by today's standard so I took some beamshots with some old stock classics for comparison. Fairly nice beam & great tint for a very old emitter. IIRC it's driven at 700ma. Beamshots at 10 ft.


Left: E2e R3J SE, Right: Stock SF L4/KL4



Left: Left: E2e R3J SE, Right: Stock HDS U60GT

Metatron said:

sporting an sst-50 right now:kiss:

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Nice light! I've got the camo Mag 2D here getting a SST-50 that's from the same run/sale. The anodizing is unbelievable!

Here is a rare Gizmo, the XR-27 C.
I am the second owner of it, aquired not long after first sold.
Only about 5 ot 6 of these were sold, I still dont know if the clicky or the PD version of the XR-27 is more rare, very few of each.
I polished it up to a showroom shine, this pic of it is still my favorite.


OK, a couple more.

Wow, cool thread! Some great lights here. :twothumbs

:thumbsup: john

We are only custodians of these extremely rare and collectible lights.

Gorgeous lights BF1! :ooo:


Thanks for the beamshots Darkzero! :)

Very awesome lights bf1! :grin2: