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Post by viece on Mar 24, 2019 16:43:35 GMT
Hi all, Here is a big (~ 3x5 ft) sword rack I just made for my office. It's 1/4-inch plywood covered with coarse burlap and with an H of 2x4s behind it for support, then a bunch of old-fashioned rose-head steel nails (Old Nail Store on Amazon) driven into it from the front. The look I was going for was Vaguely Rustic. I may eventually go with the longer blades crossed behind and then smaller ones layered on across the front. At any rate, it will be easy to change it up. Right now it has some of my non-US antiques arranged with the oldest on top: late 16th/early 17th century basket, mid-17th c Scots basket, late 17th-early 18th c. Walloon, late 18th c. smallsword, 19th c. saber with mensur-style basket. I hope you all like it.
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Post by pgandy on Mar 24, 2019 17:11:53 GMT
I like your rack, more than most I’ve seen, and appears to be simple to make. I am in the need of another rack and doggone if you haven’t given me an idea. Thanks. One suggestion if I may, the next time iron the creases first.
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Post by viece on Mar 24, 2019 17:16:18 GMT
You got me. I tensioned and glued the cloth face down, then turned it over and realized "oh sempr!ni"...
Oh well, I'm fine with it for $30 worth of supplies.
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Post by elbrittania39 on Mar 24, 2019 18:01:56 GMT
You got me. I tensioned and glued the cloth face down, then turned it over and realized "oh sempr!ni"... Oh well, I'm fine with it for $30 worth of supplies. Awesome antiques! By the way, do you happen to have the weight and total length for you walloon? Ive been trying to accumulate some historical averages for walloon stats recently.
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Post by pgandy on Mar 24, 2019 19:13:40 GMT
I was remiss Viece, they are indeed nice looking swords. Congratulations.
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Post by viece on Mar 24, 2019 19:49:11 GMT
You got me. I tensioned and glued the cloth face down, then turned it over and realized "oh sempr!ni"... Oh well, I'm fine with it for $30 worth of supplies. Awesome antiques! By the way, do you happen to have the weight and total length for you walloon? Ive been trying to accumulate some historical averages for walloon stats recently. ElBrittania, give me a few days. I put up the rack in my office and may be working from home and other locations for a bit. Will try to remember to weigh it later. Sounds like a neat project. I love Walloons and might be interested in trading for another one, like one of those "Sahagom" Amsterdam examples.
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Post by pellius on Mar 24, 2019 22:48:44 GMT
Cool rack. Nice swords.
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Post by pvsampson on Mar 25, 2019 4:42:01 GMT
Looks good and displays well. But I have to ask,what are those type of nails called??
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Post by pgandy on Mar 25, 2019 14:54:54 GMT
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Post by christain on Mar 25, 2019 15:13:56 GMT
Very cool rack, --- and swords --- indeed! Might I suggest some rustic corner pieces for the board? They would give it a more finished look --- in my opinion.
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Post by viece on Mar 25, 2019 16:08:41 GMT
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Post by viece on Mar 25, 2019 16:09:48 GMT
Very cool rack, --- and swords --- indeed! Might I suggest some rustic corner pieces for the board? They would give it a more finished look --- in my opinion. Thanks! Good point. Maybe a chunky L-shaped corner piece of weathered wood with rivets/clavos? Might do that.
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Post by christain on Mar 25, 2019 16:34:08 GMT
I was more thinking of darkened metal with rivets or studs...kinda like you would see on the corners of an old steamer-trunk...but old, weathered wood ('barn-wood', as I call it) would look great too!
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Post by pvsampson on Mar 25, 2019 23:41:19 GMT
Thanks guys.I did search for horseshoe nails before asking but only came up with smaller ones,yet I have been looking for larger sized like these.
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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Mar 27, 2019 12:38:36 GMT
Oh, very nice rack there, now I know what I'll be doing when I make one, excellent!
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Post by viece on Mar 28, 2019 13:15:22 GMT
Thanks everyone for your kind words and suggestions!
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Post by viece on Mar 28, 2019 13:20:27 GMT
You got me. I tensioned and glued the cloth face down, then turned it over and realized "oh sempr!ni"... Oh well, I'm fine with it for $30 worth of supplies. Awesome antiques! By the way, do you happen to have the weight and total length for you walloon? Ive been trying to accumulate some historical averages for walloon stats recently. ElBrittania, Finally got around to measuring my late 17th/early 18th c. Walloon. It's very light and delicate, probably an infantry officer's degen. It's 37" overall with a 32" blade. The weight is 1.87 lb or 850 grams. Unfortunately the grip wire and sheepskin have come loose. It was fine when I got it from Pino. But I mistakenly let a colleague handle it and he immediately swung it around hard in a tight hammer grip, not realizing it was fragile. The grip is probably a replacement but seems very old, perhaps a field repair during its working life. I am just crushed. Will try to stabilize for now and get it to a professional to tighten it back up later. I am fine experimenting with repairs on my 19th-century stuff (inexpensive, common, mass-produced swords) but not on this one.
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Post by elbrittania39 on Mar 28, 2019 13:49:36 GMT
Awesome antiques! By the way, do you happen to have the weight and total length for you walloon? Ive been trying to accumulate some historical averages for walloon stats recently. ElBrittania, Finally got around to measuring my late 17th/early 18th c. Walloon. It's very light and delicate, probably an infantry officer's degen. It's 37" overall with a 32" blade. The weight is 1.87 lb or 850 grams. Unfortunately the grip wire and sheepskin have come loose. It was fine when I got it from Pino. But I mistakenly let a colleague handle it and he immediately swung it around hard in a tight hammer grip, not realizing it was fragile. The grip is probably a replacement but seems very old, perhaps a field repair during its working life. I am just crushed. Will try to stabilize for now and get it to a professional to tighten it back up later. I am fine experimenting with repairs on my 19th-century stuff (inexpensive, common, mass-produced swords) but not on this one. Thank you so much! Yeah those stats were more petitie than I was expecting too. The other walloons I've gotten measuresments for have been heavier inch for inch.
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