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Post by Lord Newport on Dec 16, 2019 20:43:44 GMT
What are you all foing to display sords in your homes / man caves? Anyone make a good sword rack for wall mount?
I would like to see how you all are doing your displays...
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Zen_Hydra
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Dec 16, 2019 21:18:54 GMT
I like guitar hangers. They aren't terribly expensive, and they don't take up much real-estate.
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Post by joe_meadmaker on Dec 16, 2019 21:47:26 GMT
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Dec 16, 2019 22:23:12 GMT
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Post by Lord Newport on Dec 16, 2019 22:23:52 GMT
I tend to get a little carried away with it. I have a building disorder. Time to build a castle...
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Dec 16, 2019 22:31:11 GMT
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Dec 16, 2019 22:34:34 GMT
All things are possible, if you can dream it you can build it.
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Post by Verity on Dec 16, 2019 22:42:52 GMT
I have a wall collage of display cases. 😋
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Post by snowbite on Dec 16, 2019 22:50:43 GMT
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Post by illustry on Dec 16, 2019 23:00:40 GMT
I made a nice stand so my wife would let me display a sword on our dresser.
And with scabbard...
That's about all she can stand, so the rest are tucked out of sight on a rustic rack I made of pine.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2019 7:37:45 GMT
Ewart Oakeshott used to mention just using small nails. I had often hung my cruciform swords using a loop of cord, ribbon or string on a single nail or screw. Half of a yoke type of decorative hanger had be perfect for the pommel of an A&A GBS. The standoff depth for the side rings perfect. I have used a cheap eight hole cane stand for spadroons and other straight stuff And a cheap floor stand for table use When I had been in a single room a few years ago, space was pretty tight but I managed to get most of my eagles and some others on a few feet of wall, utilizing two rows of shaker pegs vertically What I really need to set up is a suite somewhere and do racks like this Condo life has me with most of my dozens in storage and a half dozen or so leaned in a corner here My Rubbermaid long pole stand has been very utilitarian when out and about Cheers GC
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Post by LeMal on Dec 17, 2019 9:34:03 GMT
It's funny but the older I get the less I like having most of my collection on display. I usually have most stored in a closet or storage space hung vertically on wire shelving. Maybe two or three, but no more than half a dozen, are in my living space at any time--and my "display" is usually no more than being nicely visible propped in corners of rooms. (Usually my going favorites, but I do try to rotate those and what's in storage a bit.)
For my own joy, I want to handle them anyway, so intentionally pulling them out doesn't require them to be already out. But mostly I find that going subtle with what's in the open, with just a few nice pieces, feels a more focused aesthetic. In any case it's definitely less overwhelming (or intimidating) to guests not to be hit with dozens of blades at once; instead of putting them on edge (no pun intended) they seem to just be nicely intrigued, and so the swords actually succeed better at being true conversation pieces.
(Not that this is true just of swords. Collectible books, art, any other trinkets, like I said as I grow older having most or all of anything I love on display at once seems too "loud" to me. Just my own feel.)
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Dec 17, 2019 13:59:50 GMT
I have one in every room of the house...save the bathrooms. So you can take 3 steps and grab one from anywhere. The funniest one is in the basement next to the heater-a/c. (crap cold steel machete) Why? I have no idea, it kind of organically grew that way to keep my wife from complaining about how many I have...now they blend in.
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Post by Gunnar Wolfgard on Dec 17, 2019 21:34:24 GMT
I'm the opposite I have all my swords in clusters in parts of my living room and a few in my bedroom. But I don't have a wife to deal with.
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Post by pellius on Dec 18, 2019 0:18:36 GMT
I’m in the LeMal school of thought. I just have the one display spot in my office, and I rotate the sword(s) being displayed. It’s usually just one sword with its scabbard, but sometimes I show as many as three. 🙂 Cheers.
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Post by Lord Newport on Dec 18, 2019 1:10:00 GMT
I’m in the LeMal school of thought. I just have the one display spot in my office, and I rotate the sword(s) being displayed. It’s usually just one sword with its scabbard, but sometimes I show as many as three. 🙂 Cheers. Nice presentation of the three U.S. saber's from the Civil War..... M1840 Artillery Saber M1840 Heavy cavalry saber M1860 Light cavalry Saber
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Post by demonskull on Dec 18, 2019 1:11:55 GMT
i.imgur.com/pCfNfhQ.jpgThe rack in the picture is a little over 5' wide and 12" deep. It holds 59 blades in the vertical slots. The ends have crenalations (like a castle wall cut into them) and they hold additional items like axes and a few quivers of arrows. The base holds still more knives and daggers laying down. The whole rack is about 4' high which leaves plenty of room for bows and spears laying horizontally on pegs. The materials cost less than $25 to make.
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Post by Ouroboros on Dec 18, 2019 1:30:33 GMT
A couple of old specimen cabinets from Ottawa University I acquired. I rotate my display of blades and other items. Total cost at auction < 50$ I keep a few others in my office but it's a higher class security zone than these cabinets. Photos not allowed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2019 1:40:51 GMT
I tend to get a little carried away with it. I have a building disorder. Most people make me jealous with their collection. You do it with displays Holy heck that's beautiful how you make it happen
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2019 2:01:27 GMT
I’m in the LeMal school of thought. I just have the one display spot in my office, and I rotate the sword(s) being displayed. It’s usually just one sword with its scabbard, but sometimes I show as many as three. 🙂 Cheers. Nice presentation of the three U.S. saber's from the Civil War..... M1840 Artillery Saber M1840 Heavy cavalry saber M1860 Light cavalry Saber Actually, three French swords. The parents of style adopted by the US. sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/59392/happy-wednesday-pics-french-trioCheers GC
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