What is LGT, Nexus, Damiensabers, VHC, and TXQ?
What is LGT, Nexus, and Damiensabers?
LGT, Nexus, and Damiensabers are lightsaber manufacturing companies which at one point were all part of the same company and all produce entry to mid-level lightsabers. At some point a philosophical shift in business practices, moved each entity into different directions of the saber market. However, functionally these entities share the same factory and thus share many of the same parameters within the lightsabers and components they make.
What is VHC?
VHC is short for Variable Hilt Component, a system of sabers typified by four main characteristics:
- standard threading system used among Nexus, LGT, and Damiensabers that allows the exchange of parts between sabers.
- body parts generally adhere to an external diameter approximating 33mm.
- body parts generally adhere to an internal diameter approximating 25.6mm.
- switch sections are formatted to and accept modular electronics of a consistent and predictable form factor.
These qualities are often seen in LGT and Nexus entry level offerings. Saber components of this system generally exhibit a structure composed of four elements: Emitters, Switchs, Grips, and Pommels.
As a generally accepted system standard, Switches, Grips, and Accessories are formatted to have one external (male) thread and one internal (female) thread. By contrast, pommels and emitters typically have a singular type of thread either external (male) or internal (female). Some vendors maintain and stock items such as adapters and couplers, which can change or manipulate the type of threading from Male to Female or vice versa. There also exist a variety of accessories from a variety of vendors, Corvus Saber Foundry included, that add options like chokes, tsubas, and shrouding as well.
It should be noted that these are generalized concepts about part formatting, however, there are some outliers such as: switch/emitter combinations, grips that exhibit female threading only, among others.
VHC is not a holistic system built from the ground up for modularity, the VHC modularity seen today was discovered after the parts were manufactured and capitalized on by intrepid retailers. Parts were manufactured for sabers of a specific theme and subsequently discovered to be interchangeable.
What is TXQ?
Much like LGT and it's sister companies, TXQ is a competitive saber manufacturer that also produces a variety of lightsaber models and saber components in the entry to mid level saber market.
Does TXQ have a system like VHC?
Many of these components manufactured by TXQ exhibit the same threading, diameter, and rough similar formatting to LGT/Nexus offerings, however, much like VHC, TXQ does not advertise this modularity as an official system. Some retailers have caught on and offer their own version of a modular hilt system. TXQ offerings adhere to a slightly different, less formulaic format exhibiting components that follow similar layouts of: 1) emitter, 2) switch/emitter combination, 3) switch/grip combination, 4) pommel.
Much like Nexus and VHC, TXQ’s modularity is not holistic, not built from the ground up, nor intended as an interchangeable system. While TXQ’s modular offerings are not as varied as VHC, the system can be used in a similar fashion to VHC. As a result of the similarities between these systems can be combined in spectacular fashion.