displaying your collection

[Valjhun]

I'm trying to set up a display for my collection, but I haven't got any good idea. How you store your artefacts? Shelfs, walls pannels? Can you post some pictures of your collections on display?

[Mick]

Valjhun

Take a look at this page http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002302.html. While on it you can drill down on several of the other links to get more ideas.

[Lew]

Hi Valjhun


Here is another link with some more wall hanging ideas.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1515


Lew

[dennee]

I have most of my swords on typical seven- to eight-sword racks one buys from a martial arts supplier. Then, spears are in a corner, helmets and bucklers on holders on a top shelf, and the knives, daggers and small axes under glass on a coffee table I bought from Ikea.

[Spunjer]

...and yet here's another thread that might help you some:


http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1169&highlight=display

[Flavio]

I want to show you my new dispaly (first picture). Moreover i was able to obtain from my wife one small room where I can put all my loved weapons ;) (or at least those that enter!). Sorry if the images aren't so clear, but the space is truly little (1.7 meters X 1.3 meters!! :o ) but i'm happy because is my territory!! Sorry also for the chaos, but still the work is not finished :rolleyes:

[Tim Simmons]

Flavio your treasures are displayed most handsomely. A large part of mine look like a junk shop :o . Timhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/jamhappy/dis.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/jamhappy/dis1.jpg

[Lew]

[QUOTE=Tim Simmons]Flavio your treasures are displayed most handsomely. A large part of mine look like a junk shop :o .

Tim

The next time I am in the UK I will come over for a visit and help get your display in order :D

Lew

[Rick]

Pardon a 'candid' shot . :)

Cats have no respect ........ ;)

Of course the rest of the living room walls look like an armory . :D
If you get bored with one drawer's contents you can switch for one of the other two .

*yes, we are clutterbugs ... :o

[Tim Simmons]

Lew, let me know when the flight arrives :cool: .

[Freddy]

Hey Tim, I like your junkshop. When is it open ? :D

Freddy

[Alan62]

Here is some of mine.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a173/Alan62/rs005.jpg

[Tim Simmons]

When collecting not just weapons, why is it near impossible to heed the maxim " less is more", trade in every thing and just have a few excellent pieces. Is it possible that collecting is a mild, more tolerable less incapacitating form of "OCD" obsessive compulsive disorder, a knowledgeable one at that :eek:. Tim

[Battara]

Flavio,

I like the blocks you used for your wall display. Nice method.

Rick,

The kris on the table on the right, haven't I seen that somewhere before? ;)

[Rick]

Yep ! ;)
One of my faves !

[nechesh]

BTW Rick, that vicious looking four-legged weapon with all the fur around the "blades", it's exact twin brother occupies a place in my collection as well. :D

[Flavio]

Of course the rest of the living room walls look like an armory . :D


Hello Rick, could you show us? :)

[fernando]

Four legged "pieces" are the best of a collection. This one died six months ago and i still cry for him.
I am lucky i leave in a three bedroomed flat, but my wife is not fond of domestic decorations and other apparatuses, so i am allowed to occupy all corners, armoires, wall spaces, clothroom tops, sometimes together with fire weapons ... all that is possible, and trying to avoid the living room to look like a weapons shop.

[Tim Simmons]

Super things fernando, we also get another look at that special African knife with the two snakes and human figures on the handle. This picture has captured and is showing us that it does indeed have a respectable age to it. Very nice. Tim

[Rick]

Hello Rick, could you show us? :)

A view of the living room ; just finished installing the little woodstove . :)
I'll have to rearrange a few pieces away from the new stove .

There are also spears over the sliding glass doors and front bay window .

Part of my den ; I also have a large Chinese brass urn crammed with swords which will all get put on the walls someday .

[Rick]

BTW Rick, that vicious looking four-legged weapon with all the fur around the "blades", it's exact twin brother occupies a place in my collection as well. :D

Ahh , sad to say Samurai cat has returned to his Maker as has the brave
Lionhound . :(

We do have replacement troops though .
Here are the FNG's .
The cats (coon) are all grown up now .
The dog is quite the fashionable youg lady ; is she not ? :D

[punal]

And this is how I did mine!

[kino]

Fernando, Rick, both of you have awesome displays. Weapons everywhere you look. It's great.

Punal, you have a superb Moro weapons collection. I especially like the SP89 and the M1A (Nat'l match?) Is the scatter gun Benelli or HK? I used to work at RNJ Guns in Carson during the good ole days.

My display.... not really a display but a staging area, until I can find room
in my closet, under the bed, file cabinets....anywhere?

[punal]

Punal, you have a superb Moro weapons collection. I especially like the SP89 and the M1A (Nat'l match?) Is the scatter gun Benelli or HK? I used to work at RNJ Guns in Carson during the good ole days.

Kino,
I got my SP89, Benelli's (M3, M1 and super Nova), the AR15 colt and 5 more pistols, from Romy himself (owner of RNJ) he was a good friend of mine, I also knew all the salesman there that worked there, most of the time I ask for Romy himself, or Andy, that before things happened! you know what I mean? I used to live in Carson, during early 90's, near Cal State Domiguez.
Btw, the Remington scuttergun, I got that from the Orange County Crossroad Gun Show. MA1 was from B&B Garden Grove. Small world man! what made you moved to WA?

[Naga Sasra]

I thought we needed a little more representation from the keris people, here is a part of my collection ;)

[Flavio]

WOW :eek: !!!!

[Emanuel]

SWEET MERCY!!! That's a lot of keris :eek: :eek: :)

A question to all of you hardcore collectors: any special climatic conditions for your weapons? Humid/dry, cool or warm? There's people here from all over the world, so how do the weapons fare?

[nechesh]

I thought we needed a little more representation from the keris people, here is a part of my collection ;)

Wow indeed! I love the artistic arrangement you have created, especially that wave of keris leading up to the ceiling on the right. The only reason this would not work for me is my own constant desire to handle, inspect and oil and cense my keris. So i need my blades a little more at hand. Some of yours are a little too inconviniently placed for my own personal purposes. But otherwise a fantastic presentation. Thanks for showing. :)

[nechesh]

BTW Naga Sasra, i count more than 100 keris in this one picture and i am sure you have a few more that aren't showing. Your "disease" is even more advanced than mine. ;) Thanks for this display. I can show it to my wife next time she questions my sanity or wonders where i will put my next keris. She will then see how easy she actually has it. :D

[kino]

Punal, email sent.

[Rick]

BTW Naga Sasra, i count more than 100 keris in this one picture and i am sure you have a few more that aren't showing. Your "disease" is even more advanced than mine. ;) Thanks for this display. I can show it to my wife next time she questions my sanity or wonders where i will put my next keris. She will then see how easy she actually has it. :D

Wonderful display Naga Sasra !
One can only wonder what further delights await down the hallway . :D
By what method are they all suspended on the wall ?

[Naga Sasra]

Thank you for the kind words, I can tell you that the use of the walls in my family room and the hallway took a lot of (expensive) negotiation with my wife to get the space allocated.

MANOLO: Living here in South Florida expose my Keris to the highly corrosive enviroment that nature can provide, heat, moisture and an occational bad wind, this problem is solved with the exeption of the bad winds, by having the house at a nearly constant temperature using the air conditioning system year round, this also lower the moisture (humidity) content to an acceptable level.

nechesh: I also have a constant desire to handle my pieces, which I do at least on a yearly basis, where they are cleaned and scented and oiled, and it seems to be working as I have noticed no corrosion on the blades. They are in fact very easy to get down the way they are mounted.

RICK: The hallway is also occupied all the way down and so is the opposite wall in the family room but to a much lesser extend.
They are mounted with three 1 5/8' white panel nails if they are on an angle, two where the gambar meet the gandar and one to support the angle. If they are hung straight just two is necessary. Once the nails are in place I use 28 GA green painted wire (corrosion free) between the two nails and they are locked in place, yet easy to take down and reinstall, the wire can be reused over and over.

Best regards to you all :)

[VANDOO]

A VERY NEAT DISPLAY OF KERIS, WITH THE WHITE BACKGROUND IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A FLOCK OF KERIS FLYING TOGETHER :D I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ADD TO ANY OF MY DISPLAYS LATELY AS I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANG THEM ON THE CELING YET :D PICTURES OF OTHERS COLLECTIONS AND DISPLAYS IS THE NEXT BEST THING TO SEEING THE COLLECTIONS IN PERSON. THANKS FOR THE PIC'S GUYS IT ALWAYS MAKES FOR A GOOD TOPIC.

[John]

Very impressive display of keris indeed Erik. Your collection has been one of those I've been secretly hoping to see and here we are even though it's only a glimpse of part of what you have. Thanks for sharing and wouldn't mind seeing more.

One must commend you guys for having good understanding wives for allowing displays even in family/public room/halls etc. I only have my private hi-fi room to play with and compromising some sound acoustics. :(

[nechesh]

One must commend you guys for having good understanding wives for allowing displays even in family/public room/halls etc. I only have my private hi-fi room to play with and compromising some sound acoustics. :(

A room! You have your own room? :D
Actually it has been a long and delicate series of high level detante and negotiation that has allowed me to slowly spead my collection around the common spaces of my home and in general my wife has been very good about it. But i would actually prefer to have my own room for my collection since sometimes sharp and pointy delicate antique objects are not so good to have around during a party or when your friends want to bring their small children over. :eek:
Erik, i wasn't questioning the care of you blades as i am sure you keep them in very good order indeed. My own personal obsession, however, requires that i handle each and every blade at least every few weeks so i tend to keep them all at ground level reach. :)

[JPSF]

This system is easy to install, change as needed, makes the knives accessible
and requires no special tools. 2 nails, some 28 gauge black wire and a brass or nylon washer.

[John]

A room! You have your own room? :D
Actually it has been a long and delicate series of high level detante and negotiation that has allowed me to slowly spead my collection around the common spaces of my home and in general my wife has been very good about it. But i would actually prefer to have my own room for my collection since sometimes sharp and pointy delicate antique objects are not so good to have around during a party or when your friends want to bring their small children over. :eek:


Well, the room (15' x 24' x 10') was a dream come true specifically for room acoustics following years of interests in hi-fi. However my other half doesn't want anything sharp edged esp head hunting swords and keris in family areas so no choice; the music have to give some way to Bugis. Can't win them all. :)

[Rick]

Well, the room (15' x 24' x 10') was a dream come true specifically for room acoustics following years of interests in hi-fi. However my other half doesn't want anything sharp edged esp head hunting swords and keris in family areas so no choice; the music have to give some way to Bugis. Can't win them all. :)

Hi John , have you heard of this company ?
Some prefer vacuum tube amps I hear . :D
http://www.thoraudio.com/

[John]

Hi John , have you heard of this company ?
Some prefer vacuum tube amps I hear . :D
http://www.thoraudio.com/

Rick, I'm on vacuum tube amps ie Cary which is US made. :). They are great for female vocals, a favourite of mine...

[Rick]

Ah ha ! :D
Paul who owns Thor is an old schoolmate of mine .
If you're into vacuum tubes then you're hardcore my friend . :D

Now back to the subject at hand ..... :)

[Andrew]

I've got small children, so display in my home is not an option. Here's a wall in my office. The sword hangers are handy, and permit me to easily rotate through examples from my collection.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cha-con/DSCN0739.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cha-con/DSCN0741.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cha-con/DSCN0742.jpg

[Lew]

Andrew

Dhat display of yours looks wonderful :D


Lew

[nechesh]

I've got small children, so display in my home is not an option. Here's a wall in my office. The sword hangers are handy, and permit me to easily rotate through examples from my collection.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cha-con/DSCN0739.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cha-con/DSCN0741.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/cha-con/DSCN0742.jpg

Gee Whiz Andrew....maybe i should start collecting dha after all. :rolleyes: :D

[Andrew]

Gee Whiz Andrew....maybe i should start collecting dha after all. :rolleyes: :D

lol. Move along....nothing to see here. :D

[Andrew]

Andrew

Dhat display of yours looks wonderful :D


Lew

Thanks. You're dha man, Lew. :D

[Lee]

Naga Sasra, that sweeping display just blows me away, fabulous even if many are out of reach. Speaking of out of reach, I put several items at ladder level several years ago after a good waxing:

[galvano]

for me, the exposure, it is only when friends want to see my collection.
But in the future, I would have a room for my collection. 5 meters * 6 meters
galvano

[Luc LEFEBVRE]

I hang the knives at the wall or I used magnetic stands.
Luc

[nechesh]

Hey Luc, where do you get those stands? :)

[Luc LEFEBVRE]

:D I do it myself & with a friend who can works the metal (cut sheet of metal)
Luc

[Titus Pullo]

for me, the exposure, it is only when friends want to see my collection.
But in the future, I would have a room for my collection. 5 meters * 6 meters
galvano

Looking at the pictures of the Japanese swords, and lances...it seems to show that the Siamese and the Japs fought in similar fashions when using weapons, and maybe even tactics and strategies. The long lances with the curved cutting blade looks exactly like the ones the Siamese use, and the one with straight penatrating blade looks almost exacty like the Siamese, except the shaft is a little thinner and shorter, if I can remember correctly.

[wepnz]

So while going across the web I found these pictures from a travel blog that might be inspirational and also show off some nice weapons
.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gr8tJ3kgma3Jp1nucJGzTg?authkey=Gv1sRgCLiF9Y_bm-iCXw&feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6ml41xyKWWtMcjiQtF6x1A?authkey=Gv1sRgCLiF9Y_bm-iCXw&feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yZpNBxSAv80QiiPCWzDW3w?authkey=Gv1sRgCLiF9Y_bm-iCXw&feat=directlink

and one of the best displays I've seen:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Qdpfk6Oddoyt9vCWcB_K3A?authkey=Gv1sRgCLiF9Y_bm-iCXw&feat=directlink

[KuKulzA28]

wow... you guys have quite the collections amassed there... :eek:
If i could even have just 3-4 really nice antique ethnographic weapons I'd be contend for years...

I have a couple machete-type blades and two swords, a folding knife, and a badik... :shrug: :D

[Battara]

Here are my displays:

[Tatyana Dianova]

One of my 'old-style' displays.

[Valjhun]

Well... nice displays folk.... I still have a small room wich is begginning to be overcrowded... :shrug:

And that's nearly a half of my collection, newly aquired pieces toghether wiht stuff I would like to sell (reason downsizing my collection) the other half is with pieces I will never sale is kept in boxes, cos I'm renovating my appartment.

[kahnjar1]

I look at the beautiful collections displayed in this thread and wonder about security in this modern age. It seems that ones personal property, which used to be respected by others, is no longer held in this regard. A shame, and an indicment on modern society!
The unfortunate thing about this is that one can no longer safely display their collection in an open room, and it needs to be kept in a secure place, out of sight. Unless one is fortunate enough to have a seperate room which can to some extent be "fortified", there remains only a large safe, or a hidden place to display ones collection. I have the latter, and although not large, only 2m wide x 600mm deep, it has doors which also serve as a display area, and will in fact hold quite a reasonable number of items.

[Marcokeris]

One of my 'old-style' displays.
Very very nice :)

[Rick]

Most keris are kept in their bags in a chest except for a few favorites which are displayed .

This is an old family chest which I have selected to store them in .
A sort of Pusaka itself . :)

There is a play on words in the crest . ;)




Yes Jose, it runs in the family .. :D

[trenchwarfare]

I look at the beautiful collections displayed in this thread and wonder about security in this modern age. It seems that ones personal property, which used to be respected by others, is no longer held in this regard. A shame, and an indicment on modern society!
The unfortunate thing about this is that one can no longer safely display their collection in an open room, and it needs to be kept in a secure place, out of sight. Unless one is fortunate enough to have a seperate room which can to some extent be "fortified", there remains only a large safe, or a hidden place to display ones collection. I have the latter, and although not large, only 2m wide x 600mm deep, it has doors which also serve as a display area, and will in fact hold quite a reasonable number of items.
kahnjar 1. Very nice collection, and excellent use of a small space. With room for more. :rolleyes: I do have one observation... The tension, and pressure on the sling of your awsome Martini Henry, will pinch it two, eventually. I've had similar happen to me. :(

[kahnjar1]

kahnjar 1. Very nice collection, and excellent use of a small space. With room for more. :rolleyes: I do have one observation... The tension, and pressure on the sling of your awsome Martini Henry, will pinch it two, eventually. I've had similar happen to me. :(
A good point and thanks for that. The problem has been rectified. :) Thanks also for your kind comments re the collection, and as you say, there is room for more.
Regards Stuart

[Saracen]

This is a very good topic. She is very "warm".
For some reason, it stopped in 2009. Why don't you continue it today?
Perhaps something has changed since that time? :)
And don't forget to show your four legged, furry Samurai, Rajputs and Janissaries :)

[mariusgmioc]

Here is a small part of mine...

[DhaDha]

Beautiful Dhas! Nicely displayed. Also like that you are watching the humidity. A big factor in deciding how, or if to show.

[Sajen]

The walls in our house are the display for my collection. ;):rolleyes::D

[kino]

The walls in our house are the display for my collection. ;):rolleyes::D

Really amazing display.

[Sajen]

Apropos of dha displays!

[Sajen]

Two more. ;)

[Sajen]

Really amazing display.

Thank you! :cool:

[Sajen]

Moro display, still place to add! :D

[gp]

The walls in our house are the display for my collection. ;):rolleyes::D

but the most precious, beautiful and dangerous is not included...
what about the Puan Sajen ???

[kino]

Moro display, still place to add! :D


That’s what I was waiting for…… very nice.

[Green]

Just found out this thread and great to see so many fantastic display of the collections of fellow ethnographic arms maniacs! i wish i know how to display on walls but there are drawbacks if you live in hot tropical countries. They get easily cob webbed and house lizards will soil with their little droppings. And much more difficult to maintain and clean compared to paintings, so I decided to 'display' them in cabinets with glass panels in a room dedicated to my collection. Below are mine.

[kai]

That's a massive collection - congrats, Nik!

[kai]

And we all knew/assumed that Detlef got a space problem... ;)

[Sajen]

but the most precious, beautiful and dangerous is not included...
what about the Puan Sajen ???

The Puan isn't dangerous but very tolerant! ;)

[Sajen]

And we all knew/assumed that Detlef got a space problem... ;)

Don't worry, there is still space! :D

[Sajen]

Just found out this thread and great to see so many fantastic display of the collections of fellow ethnographic arms maniacs! i wish i know how to display on walls but there are drawbacks if you live in hot tropical countries. They get easily cob webbed and house lizards will soil with their little droppings. And much more difficult to maintain and clean compared to paintings, so I decided to 'display' them in cabinets with glass panels in a room dedicated to my collection. Below are mine.

Would like to see the mandaus and balatos! ;):D Like Kai said, a substantial collection. :eek:

[asomotif]

Oh no ! those mandaus and balato's deserve some more space. :eek:

I think I have some space for them ;)

[colin henshaw]

Two more. ;)

Great collection, Detlef !

[Battara]

How wonderful and thank you for sharing these.

[mariusgmioc]

Another suggestion...

[Sajen]

Thank you Jose and Colin! :)

[Sajen]

Another suggestion...

Nice display! :)

[corrado26]

This is what I think a very tasteful presentation, thanks for showing!

[Peter B.]

In order not to neglect the African weapons:
Here is the part of my collection that made its way onto my wall

[fernando]

Beautiful Dhas! Nicely displayed. Also like that you are watching the humidity. A big factor in deciding how, or if to show.
Humidity; the worst of enemies, specially for who lives by the sea (up to 90%).
I keep the (shoulder) guns in the 'spare' room, where i have connected a dehumidifier; gun barrels rust so fast. At night i close the room and a time switch starts the device until 08:00 AM.


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[Sajen]

Very nice Peter and Fernando! :)

[Cthulhu]

I'm excited to see how others show their collections. It's something I've been wondering about. So many great displays!
I'm trying to keep mine as tastefully decorative as possible; while I don't currently have to get anyone's approval for how I display them, I don't want to go so hog wild as to frighten anyone off. Although I've already been told my collection makes me look like a serial killer, so maybe I should just go with it.

In the first I'm using brass mounts which include posts and a loop for the sword tip from bytheswordinc.com, which are pretty attractive and work very well. The posts can be easily unscrewed to unmount the swords.

The Moro pieces come down easily by undoing the Velcro strip run between the brass screw eyes at the top.

I love that there are stands for keris. Though they don't seem appropriate for many of the collections in this thread; they only make stands so big.

The stairwell is using the aforementioned brass mounts, plus brass cup hooks, bent to be more accommodating.

And then there's the closet of shame. I really should do better by these pieces!

[gp]

my Bosnian Bichaqs and one Sarejevo Yataghan

[gp]

and some close ups

[Drabant1701]

You have a beautiful collection. Thanks for sharing!

[gp]

You have a beautiful collection. Thanks for sharing!

thank you very much / Tack så mycket!

[TVV]

my Bosnian Bichaqs and one Sarejevo Yataghan

Nice collection, do you make the stands yourself?

[Peter B.]

my Bosnian Bichaqs and one Sarejevo Yataghan

An enviable collection. These photos are a wonderful reference for the different artistic styles of these knives.

Many Thanks
Peter

[gp]

Nice collection, do you make the stands yourself?

thank you. No, the stands or displays I did buy from 2 guys who make them; one in France and one in Latvia.

[gp]

An enviable collection. These photos are a wonderful reference for the different artistic styles of these knives.

Many Thanks
Peter

Herzlichen Dank. Yes indeed they are artistic as only 3 have the same decoration on the hilt/grip/handle, all others differ.
The "cutlery" (knives and forks) which I showed in other threads and are smaller are all identical.
I wanted to draw all the different "designs" into a small booklet but as I never came to it, I have a problem now as I have so many...guess I have to wait untill I retire some day and start...
no rest for the wicked or punishment for having been lazy... :-)

[gp]

First to the members celebrating the end of the Ramadan: Bayram Mubarek Olsun! Happy Eid el Fitr ! ☼


Tip on displays:

some guys who make standard ones do custom make them as well when asked and for not too much additional costs.

I met a very kind guy in the UK who makes 3D printed display stands.
Amongst them some for knives, bayonets and daggers.
So I simply asked if he could make a long(er) one ; long enough to support 2 yataghans. Gave him the dimensions and he did.
Got 2 set for 2 yataghans each and one set to support a yataghan and its scabbard.

The advantage of these 3 printed ones: they are very light and still do support my yataghans very well. Hence shipping costs are very low due to the weight ; almost to be ignored and hence when paying import duties ( % on purchase price + freight) and VAT taxes on all your costs due to Brexit.... remain low. As also the price of these 3D printed once are not high...
So I am getting aways from the wooden ones and turn to these black "printed"once. Modern technology for this old bloke ☺ And like lego, you can take them apart easily as there is no need to glue the 9 pcs.

[JeffS]

Adding this from another thread...

Nice display. A little off topic, but could we see the back of those stands? Are they secure? I live in an earthquake zone.

Attaches via magnets that are adjustable in height. Direct blade contact is extremely strong, through scabbard depends on shape (flat surface very solid, convex can slip to sides) and thickness of material. The example here is very secure. For earthquake I would be more worried of the stand toppling, particularly for longer pieces. These are heavy metal plates but I would want heavier for your case. These stands came from a well known French collector of African swords.