Typically a long and short sword (katana and wakizashi). For those of you who are not Weebs, Daisho is the name given to a pair of Samurai swords. The cylindrical protrusion is the rear hinge point for the bino. He is still using the same flange attachment design from the Katana to mount the rear of the pod. He is using the battery tube, on the monocular pod, as a hinge point. The 3D renderings are over a year old but you can get an idea of what Jeffrey has planned. It is for the articulating bridge Nocturn will be making for the Tanto. Remember that cylindrical protrusion at the back of the Tanto battery compartment? It has a function. If you have Carson lenses on both Tantos, a complete Panobridge set will weigh 19.7 ounces. That is with RPO lightweight lenses and Nocturn’s diopter housings. With dual Tantos, a complete Panobridge weighs just 17.3 ounces. The Nocturn Tanto is compatible with the Panobridge. Some of you have forgone dedicated dual-tube binos for the Noisefighters Panobridge. With the X-14 arm, the Tanto is a lightweight yet versatile monocular. Also, the Tanto does not have any onboard illumination like a PVS-14.
The Tanto does not have manual gain adjustment, nor can it accommodate an 11769 tube unless you circumcise the pigtail off. There are some compromises though for the lighter weight. With a Noisefighters X-14 arm, a complete Tanto weighs just 8.4 ounces. If you recall in my Saving Weight With Night Vision article a PVS-14 with all the weight-saving modifications weighed 9.4 ounces.Įven with Carson lenses, the Tanto is lighter weight than the PVS-14 with all the bells and whistles.
With the Nocturn diopter housing and RPO lightweight lenses, a fully built Tanto, with battery, weighs just 7.8 ounces. To help reduce weight, I used an RPO lightweight eyepiece in the Nocturn diopter housing.
Also, it reduces the weight of your ocular lens assembly.Ī standard Carson diopter housing weighs 6 more grams than the Nocturn eyepiece. Nocturn will be offering up their own diopter housings in the future. You can see it sitting just behind the objective lens.įor those of you paying close attention, you might have noticed the eyepiece is also 3D printed. Nocturn Industries is also printing their own infinity focus stop rings. I will explain that a little later in this article. Take a look at the back of the battery compartment. On the other side, you have the purge screw. On one side you have the J-Arm threaded hole and anti-rotation pocket. It is a standard constant-on clicky battery cap. For the sake of simplicity, the Tanto uses the same battery cap as the Katana. The Tanto is almost like a standalone Katana monocular pod with an integrated power supply. It is not your standard desktop home FDM 3D prints. Just like the Katana, the Tanto is 3D printed by the same Multi Jet Fusion technology. Well, Jeffrey of Nocturn has been keeping his monocular design under wraps until now. It offers night vision enthusiasts an affordable articulating housing with integrated pupillary distance stops while being lighter weight than most fixed bino housings.
The UANVB, also known as the Katana, has been a commercial success. If you recall, Nocturn Industries came out with their dual-tube bino housing. Friday Night Lights: Noisefighters’ Panobridge MK1 – Panoramic Binos.Friday Night Lights: DIY Night Vision 2.0 – Modified Functional Dummy PVS-31.3D Printed Night Vision Friday Night Lights: Nocturn Industries 3D Printed UANVB As with all of our sponsored series, Friday Night Lights will continue to bring you unbiased news and reviews from a variety of companies.
As always, the Friday Night Lights series is brought to you by ATN Corp, manufacturers of night vision and thermal optics like the THOR LT. Nocturn has also been busy upgrading Crye Airframe helmets with their M-LOK rails. They are releasing a night vision monocular night called Tanto. This week we have some new stuff coming from Nocturn Industries. It is Friday and you know what that means, night vision show and tell.