Riddick's saber set was constructed starting with one of the daito (two handed) sabers in the set, with the others following soon after. Aesthetically, Riddick drew inspiration from his master's saber, as well as the one's owned by his parents and from cultural influences. In terms of actual construction, Riddick would blend traditional and advanced weaponsmithing. He would use lightsaber resistant Phrik in the making of the hilt, and would build into each saber a larger than normal crystal chamber, allowing for the blades to be more acutely tuned to Riddick's wants and needs in the swords. Also in the construction was the ability to work underwater, by way of a bifurcating cyclical-ignition pulse in each one, and a dual-phase setting in the daito sabers, though the DP setting was rarely,