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Geeks, Your Dream Has Become Reality – You CAN Own a Light Saber

bladehilt1Ok, it will not slice the arms and legs of Anakin Skywalker, but it looks just as cool. Oregon designer, Phillip Isherwood, has been building these things for years… and this isn’t just some kid that goes to renaissance fairs that makes crude weapons in his parent’s basement – he really makes them… as in he has a 5,000 sq. ft. facility with 20 employees that work on these things all the time. Yes, geeks. You can rest assured, you are not alone in your desire to own a realistic light saber. There is enough of a steady need for these that twenty adults get paid well to work on these full time, year round. Seriously.

Isherwood just upped the ante by making adaptive saber kit parts so you can construct your own saber, just like any young Jedi should do. You don’t think Obi Wan Kenobi just went to Walmart, do you? Isherwood started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the mass production of these kit parts so you can have different saber to take with you to every sci-fi convention you attend. With more than 2 weeks to go on the campaign, it’s already earned more than double its goal.

You can follow Isherwood’s company, Saber Forge, on Facebook, Twitter, Etsy, YouTube and their website.

Beautiful Geek-worthy Fridge Magnets That Work

Screen Shot 2015-06-20 at 1.16.31 PMAll geeks have a thing for magnets. They are fascinating. I spent countless hours of my youth playing with them – and then the whole adult thing happens – now they’re not only cool, but they have real purpose. Apple uses them for charging their laptops and lots of gear we like to play with involve a magnet here and there. Sometimes you just want a respectable looking magnet that will actually be able to hold up a couple of receipts on your fridge or your filing cabinet without sliding down to the floor or just falling off (loudly) at 3 a.m.

Canadian geek and designer, Brendon Nunes, has designed such a magnet and has launched a Kickstarter campaign through his company, Trintec, which also makes stunning aviator watches. It mimics the design of map push-pins, minus the pointy end. 🙂 It is solidly constructed out of solid aluminum or brass (your choice) and has a pulling strength of over 5 lbs. That translates to 16 sheets of paper between the magnet and the fridge, baby!

The strong magnets are screwed in to the solid metal housing – not glued in like lesser designs I’ve seen – so barring an EMP or nuclear blast, these magnets will hold for a lifetime.

You can follow Trintec on Twitter, Facebook, and their website.

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