We are so close to the real thing! 🤯

[@Victorakaerj]

"Ooh... *Pipe* bomb"

[@Wubsy96]

"So cool!"

[@ruka8106]

*explosion 💥*

[@Birdguy112]

I wonder what happens if i

[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

​@@Birdguy112. *OH!*

[@IsaacLuce-m2l]

Be careful don't dro....... ahhhhhh

[@magicstick9922]

I think it's insane how in trying to create one they've followed the canon progression of light sabers in Star Wars, kinda crazy

[@DinoLoverGaming]

*canon

[@magicstick9922]

@@DinoLoverGaming thanks, mb lol😅

[@kingketchup3609]

They mention this in the video

[@magicstick9922]

@kingketchup3609 ohhhh, sry I'm a little slow ig😆

[@BleachedWheat]

Underrated comment

[@Ninjapizza8247]

The best thing about this version is technically there are lightsaber staffs, so yes, this is a lightsaber

[@speedytotodile3177]

Erm, akshually it's called a lightsaber pike🤓

[@Razgriz_Ace18]

​@@speedytotodile3177 I think you mean "Light emitting death poker" thank you very much.

[@hansnystrompastor8690]

bro, it would be a lightstaff, isnt a light saber if aint any saber

[@speedytotodile3177]

@@hansnystrompastor8690 bro, have you seen an sabre, it looks nothing like a lightsaber

[@hansnystrompastor8690]

@@speedytotodile3177 yeah, its not my fault ol good lucas didnt know the diference between a sable an a sword bro

[@ctobree5252]

These do exist in lore. It’s called a Lightsabre pike

[@kingketchup3609]

That’s what it’s supposed to be

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Shouldn't it just be called a lightpike then? Saber is a type of sword already so it doesn't make sense to include that

[@IGuyAF]

@@Batchall_Acceptedcalled it a Lightspike

[@VideoAnimations1]

Dude hacksmith creating Star Wars irl

[@Leland_Gabor]

@@Iasked559They’re called Lightpikes

[@reckless_boiaj97]

"Perfectly F**kin vertical"

[@spacesharkwriter6554]

Perfectly vertical as all things should be

[@dove_shampoo2957]

Funny

[@pokeking753]

I remember that from Rick and Morty lol

[@liammcguire4046]

WHO DROPS A LIGHTSABER PERFECTLY F**KIN VERTICAL MORTY?

[@pokeking753]

@@liammcguire4046 lol

[@laserrider2325]

I love how the progression of hacksmith’s light sabers actually fits the canon evolution of them

[@kickpushlongboards]

Science fiction eventually becomes science fact

[@Ozzymandius1]

True, but that’s still not the case here.

[@matthewboire6843]

Soon probably

[@jonhansson5199]

Ooo so one day we will have faster than light travel?

[@kickpushlongboards]

@@Ozzymandius1 "eventually"

[@secretchiley]

@@Ozzymandius1 Step in a right direction though. They started with just having solid "Lightsaber" that wasn't retractable and then its just making next one better. Big step forward from their previous lightsabers, was to make it cordless. Since they now have the cordless version of it, they can start miniaturizing it.

[@kunoplays7733]

we gonna have a fully functional lightsaber before gta 6

[@music79075]

😂

[@dutch_and_dimes]

Technically this is a real Lightsaber, since there are Lightsaber Spears and Pikes in the series.

[@josbud1112]

To bad it’s only using butane

[@zachclawges6932]

​@josbud1112 did you want them to invent a magic space crystal?

[@vulkeule5306]

@@josbud1112they literal say pure oxygen in this video, butane is different

[@josbud1112]

@@vulkeule5306 you know oxygen doesnt burn it's just a catalyst for the butane that they say at the end of the short

[@cjames9320]

No, because two lightsavers can collide. Two of these would just pass through one another

[@SalveASMR]

I love these 5 minute breaks from reality. It takes me back to better times...

[@magmo6132]

Real

[@OldNavajoTricks]

A more elegant and civilised time...

[@OfAngels444]

... you mean 1 minute?

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

​@@OldNavajoTricks Did I ever tell you about Ahsoka Tano?

[@OldNavajoTricks]

@@xenogorwraithblade2538 I'm not up on the recent slew, I saw ghosty Luke win a battle and think that was the last I saw.

[@DragonJax29]

We need to give smart nerds more money

[@YavuzTheIntern]

You can by buying merch or mini light sabers

[@awitcheskid]

Smart money knows there is no practical market for this thing. It's an expensive novelty at best, and a huge liability at worst.

[@YokoX23]

​@@awitcheskid the money for this is just in the video revenue - even trying to sell one of these would come with a huge stack of legal paperwork.

[@madsvigan2898]

Thats called the army. You know able to track hyper sonic missle are not easy

[@Axeeco]

​@@awitcheskid yeah but aren't dangerous, impractical, cool looking, real life lightsabers sick?

[@bob7920]

Imagine breaking and entering, and find a guy with a lightsaber as self-defense weapon.

[@mbphilipblack8993]

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." - Han Solo Before they can strike you down, they'll just get popped. If they have two I'd gladly challenge them to a Duel lol.

[@galiciaart]

I can totally see it hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@WmysticR]

The only down side ist that we can't parry .

[@shakira.rahman8786]

Yet

[@SpeedyGwen]

Exactly, that's why it's not a light saber...

[@trankhackinh6134]

@@SpeedyGwen Maybe a heating element that could extend and can reach up to 1000 C be worth researching. For now what we have is a mini gas stove that got put in a stick

[@daviddragonheart6798]

Give it time. We can get the lightsaber to WORK, getting it smaller is on the list of things to accomplish. Parrying would be fantastic, but I suppose that might be done if they can compress the design to be smaller first. Best I can think of is super strong magnetic fields

[@greenaum]

I expect putting one of these against another, the gas jets would blow against each other, so you'd have the "light" sort-of bending. So a sort of parrying, you could perhaps deflect a blow that's coming towards you from burning you. Although they don't look entirely safe even to hold in your hand so I wouldn't get too clever with the sword play.

[@edubflameface5499]

I love how this is the actual progress that the Jedi made in making lightsabers in the comics

[@domesticonion8026]

Now we just need an energy sword

[@Ginger_Idiot202]

I think they did that.

[@ElderDogg]

YES, we need the Halo energy sword in full

[@Knight62708]

They've done it already

[@spaceengineeringempire4086]

Those will take even longer. Let’s focus on shrinking the light sabers to hilt level. Beach’s then it won’t be a leap to make an energy sword.

[@amog8202]

"The cable. I'm going to cut it." -Thel 'Vadam

[@Xominus]

Just give these guys 10 years and we'll be super close.

[@Brancr]

You already know that this year, or next year these dudes are gonna somehow manage to shorten the staff into a more manageable kind of hilt. How far they’ve came and the stuff they’re produced is out of this world.

[@pixelpatch]

They're already working on it, impressive

[@Corzappy]

Unfortunately there's a limit to this technology since kyber crystals obviously don't exist, a power source dense enough and strong enough to create a sustained stream of plasma in a one-handed hilt just doesn't exist.

[@LVD3NS]

@@Corzappy what if we used nuclear

[@Corzappy]

@@LVD3NS A nuclear reaction inside a handheld device is not happening bro.

[@LVD3NS]

@@Corzappy it will happen trust me

[@eyespoon846]

Just wait till hacksmith becomes military contractor... Oh god

[@Paladinsabre]

Its closer to the Gundam Beam saber than the Star Wars Light Saber.

[@kevinlawrence9798]

Not be discouraging, but I kinda looks like a very long flame thrower...😂

[@MassivePonyFan]

It is.

[@defintlynoob4263]

i mean, we cant really make plasma act like a solid so this is the closest we're gonna get

[@MainlyWaffles]

Also long lightsabers exist is star wars

[@OfAngels444]

That's, exactly, what it is 😆

[@dra6o0n]

It's basically a giant wind-proof lighter.

[@ambroseoneil8199]

You should combine the heating coil lightsaber with the current one.

[@lowbudgetgodzilla5663]

The heating coil would melt?

[@Guyonnn]

If the people making current Star Wars films worked or cared half as much as these guys, we would actually get some good content.

[@Random_Dragon_Furry]

They're slowly climbing through the star wars tech tree😅

[@yahdood6015]

“We made a fully self contained light saber” [ is upside down rocket ]

[@literalist.]

Clever clipping the end of the blade off screen so it looks better

[@bubbleheadft]

They've been using that trick for YEARS. Like if you're gonna keep the project going this long just be honest about it.

[@Axeeco]

​@@bubbleheadft wdym, we all know, and they've said it themselves, that this is pretty much just an incredibly cool flamethrower, but that doesn't discourage most of their viewers including me, considering a solid lightsaber isn't possible (yet), and that they've managed to get it as close as this with our current technology. I mean, getting the flame to be that hot and keep it's shape up until its tip while being able to fit ALL OF THAT in a cool looking pike is simply amazing.

[@arthurlefevre7706]

Yeah kinda frustrating to see everyone calling these light saber when we are wayyyyy farer from it than they think lol, it always bothered me a bit to see how they mindfully hid the tip to make us believe more

[@Mazeboxx]

Looks like candles on a tree won't be the biggest fire hazard this Christmas

[@c.seld019]

this is cool but i still miss the actual blade so that you can cut through things and actually have some resistance when making contact with another object

[@TheArtofWalls]

And don't forget the main but most fanciful feature: two lightsaber blades clash to each other instead of passing through. No matter what you can cut with it if you can't sword fight with it!

[@dra6o0n]

It wouldn't be a lightsaber, but it would be a special blade with a mechanism to extend out of the hilt, and then charged up to cut using a very hot energy on the edge of the blades, due to the cutting power, the blade itself doesn't have to be super durable in that case, just solid and stable enough to hold on it's own. It'd be closer to a 'beam' saber of sorts if the 'edge' emits a cutting beam in front of the solid blade.

[@jasonsorin1021]

@@TheArtofWalls canonically, the blades are contained by magnetic fields, which can definitely clash as well as looking cleaner. it's a lot more difficult, but theoretically possible.

[@ACE_215]

This is what us Star Wars fans call a Lightsaber Pike.

[@b8702131]

Less of a light saber from Star Wars, more plasma sword from early Gundam anime

[@lemonzyaboi6953]

WWlll finna be crazy 😧

[@Eldritch_the_enderman_mage]

Make 4 of them please

[@defintlynoob4263]

'a fine addition, to my collection'

[@Jaythesparrow]

Now we just need the smaller, single hand held version 👌🏻

[@AngeloArcana]

Not that this is a bad thing at all, but it seems closer to a "beam saber", ala Zero from Megaman X1~5. I'd love to see if it leaves the "smear trail" when swung.

[@sirdeadwing5559]

The best part is that in star was that is actually what the first ever lightsabers looked like, spears then they used the small portable ones

[@Cepterman]

I am pretty sure there were also older versions of lightsabers, that needed a battery pack connected via a cord to be powered. So their other versions are pretty accurate too.

[@caligator310]

I thought they had a new discovery, but it's just the long form video as a short. That feels like klickbait

[@duckyboy4329]

It's crazy what nerds with skill, determination and funding can do.

[@BritishBeeMan]

What electrodes are you using? Surely these are just high temp blow torches. Not plasma...

[@Acudit]

Unless I am mistaken, fire is a plasma.

[@_so1ius]

@@Acudityou’re not

[@adlerstrohkirch6191]

Nice tap in the drill chuck 👍

[@mycomikko]

Could have told you years ago they'd still be on flame torches.

[@-TheUnkownUser]

This technology only needs a powerful enough nuclear battery to be a complete replica of canon lightsabers.

[@devinosborne7785]

Imagine you break into someone's house and you hear a lightsaber power up 😂

[@theenclave5332]

I’m fully convinced that they are gonna make an actual lightsaber in my lifetime

[@mr.e822]

They are REALLY cool…but I still don’t think I’m going to consider them lightsabers until they can bounce off each other - until then, they really are just blowtorches or flamethrowers. Once they can bounce off each other, that is a “saber” made of light. Of course, I’m sure that they are looking for a way to do that. Until then, this is still the best tool for cosplay on this planet.

[@cyberinsecuregaming2890]

All that's missing is the kyber crystal.

[@martinbuci5506]

it IS a staff to be fair, but even in the comics, this is the first saber they had, before they advanced and made them more compact... Getting there Hacksmith team!

[@dakotamann7900]

Imagine hitting a dab with this bad boy

[@sydneymattingly2773]

Dude made a lightsabre pike.

[@AlittleBitOfeverything2122]

Seven years…. Seams like it was only yesterday

[@yo_moe-1341]

Born early enough to see Star Wars as a series, born to early to own my own personal lightsaber.

[@Merik2013]

Congratulations. You've made a Light Pole-Arm

[@chiragmidha2878]

When they started this project I thought that, no way they will even get close to the real thing. The first few iteration seem so bulky afterall, but incremental improvements are making it closer and closer to the real thing.

[@codelyokofan1092]

Now all we need is a higher ground...

[@JayWilkins-zh7fx]

Shoot argon gas out of a handle at high speed through a high electric current and the argon gas will turn into plasma.

[@derekspammerton5295]

Its funny because some lightsabers actually looked like that too

[@Theguitarplayer-guitarriff]

I can’t wait for the next lightsaber

[@DrivenZacy]

*welding metal* "hey i need to bend this piece, can you hand me the lightsaber" "THE F**KING WHAT?!!?"

[@Christus_Resurrexit]

Dude I watched the video when it released and it feels like fricking yesterday man

[@Mothy5ive]

Cyberpunk 2077 and Star Wars crossover coming soon

[@ActTwoGames]

I just got the best idea: Make a ghostbusters proton pack

[@Sandmandodds]

Going to school for engineering, can’t wait for the time where I’m able to do and create a fraction of the stuff you make.

[@A.BladCommenter]

Me : playing with lightsaber Also me : drops lightsaber face down😮 Oh sh*t

[@chrisjacksonuk]

and it's going to get better, as tech changes, i'm so looking forward to the next version.

[@adrianaslund8605]

You made a lightspear. Pretty legit.

[@ww2mate683]

And bonus bit if it stips working you can beat you enemys with your long pipe

[@Kudara]

Some of the stuff you guys come up with is truly out of this world that nobody would've even thought possible to make

[@spafieman-wq3bh]

I have been watching you make lightsabers for over 7 years

[@game_masterariana]

That’s so cool. May the force be with you!❤️‍🔥

[@OGSauceDaddy]

Best part of where they actually showed it working

[@CCKeller]

These guys are making fantasy reality every year!

[@TheNacols]

We protecting the Jedi Temple with this one🗣🔥

[@ubahfly5409]

A potent reminder that just because you "can" doesn't mean you can...

[@amog8202]

"The cable. I'm going to cut it." -Thel 'Vadam, The Arbiter

[@Ghent_Halcyon]

Are we literally watching the evolution of lightsabers from Star Wars just come to life?

[@gamerfrenz4060]

Light pikes are awesome, especially now that they're real

[@Mrvinsmoke221]

Bro really be living every star war fans dream

[@AidenKurt-z7v]

_5 years of war later_:. Execute order 66…🗣️

[@milojacob3196]

Fun fact, the light sabers with chords actually were called Proto sabers

[@Racco20]

This makes me cry 🥲 beautiful

[@chrismarsden8958]

It's a welding plasma cutter!!! Old technology

[@hacksmith]

Nah, you wouldn't use that for welding

[@chrismarsden8958]

@@hacksmith same principle is what I meant!!! Cool non the less!!!

[@theinternetlawyer7126]

Istg these guys are going to invent a new element to make these lightsaber 1% better

[@lilthommodt]

So, in other words, youve perfected the pikesaber.

[@MyMomsADadNow]

"By using 100% oxygen for the flame...." Me: Sir, that's not possible. "And here we have the Butane cylinder..." Me: .... ? ....

[@robslife27]

I absolutely love this!!

[@stormtendo]

“CEASE HOSTILITIES!”

[@bpexodus]

Joker went HAM on this one!

[@MuizMusthafah]

I guess the star wars first lightsaber was invented in this universe is them.

[@cheffy101]

This is what happens when you dont tell your kids to go play outside…

[@TommyReaperProductions]

A fully completed light saber, BOOM!!!

[@HalcyonEX]

I'm so glad someone with the time and money is working on this eventually we will live the dream

[@Atmatan]

Underrated use for a mini saber: fly swatter. I am not responsible for those without force attunement following this advice.

[@jlfilip]

with different design it could look even better

[@unkownanon3098]

With it being that long it feel like we are closer to a plasma gun than a lightsaber

[@ph0bia639]

An intro on this would be👌🏽

[@furycat28]

I love the 3,000 degree Fahrenheit titanium lightsaber. My favorite

[@Dubstepbob-z2j]

You should make an Iron Man suit that flies

[@pandex2707]

Didn't they did (almost) did that?

[@Dubstepbob-z2j]

Idk but it they should use water

[@jamielishbrook2384]

Congrats guys. You made Darth banes like saber a reality.

[@StraightKermit]

They are gonna make BILLIONS.

[@Ma_boy299]

Me: wow thats interesting! Also me: doesn't understand 99% of what he said in the video

[@Billy-jo3bt]

I can’t wait for them to get a real one the size of the movie ones. This has been amazing watching the progression

[@ArchangelExile]

Less of a saber and more of a staff.