Transporting lightsaber question

[D-Wan ()]

I am looking for suggestions on how to transport FX Lightsabers on a plane trip. I am worried about them getting broken. Input from the veteran traveling Jedi would be greatly appreciated.
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[Jedi Loreen (Lori Procopio)]

Padded rifle case.
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[Qui-Gina Jinn (Camilla Lilja)]

Or, if you have still got the boxes it came in (both th black and the brown cardboard one), use them and check it in as fragile.
Worked for me.
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[Anakinos (Thad Laskowski)]

I have seen both of the suggestions done. good luck
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[Bryanakin (Bryan Nguyen)]

Is your blade detachable? If so, you can wrap the hilt and blade in separate towels to put in your luggage.
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[TI-9827 (Tapio Komulainen)]

We used "carrying cases" made from 3" plastic sewer pipe with insulation tube inside and some padding around the hilt part.



There was the mounting socket in the end of tube so I put end cap there and to other end I made cap from joining socket and end cap.



I measured the tube that way that the saber cant jiggle in there.
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[Padme of Hidden Lake ()]

I used a ski flight case (made for transporting skis on planes) its a hard case and as they adjust for the length of your skis they can be sized to perfectly fit your sabre. I put it in the original box and then stuffed the rest of the case with my t-shirts. I used my Dad's which has a built in luggage tag which made it very easy to find and since it is designed for planes they knew how to handle it without an issue. And it has wheels on one end making it easier to get too and from the airport/hotel. Dad's is a bit fancy (he used to bring skis on business trips so had to look like he thereby the company was doing well) but I know there are inexpensive ones at sports shops - and some of the newer ones even come padded (I will admit I was looking for my skis so at the extra big ones for 2 sets so I'm not sure of the specs on the smaller ones but if the big ones are that affordable I would guess that the little ones are even better.)
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[Masterbean (Brian Bean)]

I like that idea, I was thinking of looking at golf cases made to travel, but I'll bet the Ski travel cases would be even better.

[Aramys Strael (Bill Kohlleppel)]

PVC tube and pipe caps work great, too.... if you are looking for a cheap solution.

- Bill

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[Mastershane (Shane Gordon)]

an inexpensive hard rifle case can be found at a army surplus store for around 15.00 and usualy has places for locks. The cases I've seen you can put 3-4 sabers in. I have several friends that use them.
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[twilekjedi ()]

I'm not a veteran Jedi, but I like to fly fish, so I use a fly rod case when I need to transport my lightsaber:

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_36819____SearchResults

The nice thing is that it's padded and lined. It also has a shoulder strap which is really handy. It's relatively inexpensive, too.
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[Ky-Wan Zann ()]

I use Drafting or blueprints tubes that are padded on the inside
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[Folard-Toz (Charles Foltz)]

To protect my sabres when going to events I built a simple carrying case using the right size pool tube (like the kids use in swimming). I wrapped the tube in cheap vinyl and stitched it with D-rings top and bottom. The lid is just one of those plastic measuring cups from liquid detergent.

If you need more rigidity then notch along the outside length of the pool tube and slide some lengths of aluminum flat rod down each side.
I get some compliments on the case at events, but if they knew how simple it was to make they would be surprised.
Hope this helps!

[D-Wan ()]

Thanks for all the great ideas!
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Knights of the Jedi Order
The Jedi Assembly
1 Thessalonians 5:14
"The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded."