Display ideas.

RDGAC · 1st July 2011, 12:08 PM

Living as I do in rented digs, I find myself pretty well unable to display any items at all. The sad result is that my muskets are propped up in the corner, for no-one's pleasure save my own. Yet, in a way, I like that; there's a certain hint of the natural about them - as though they still stand ready for action, rather than having entered retirement...

ariel · 1st July 2011, 12:18 PM

Easy to grab one in a hurry and blast the intruder to smithereens!

Just keep them loaded, boy, keep them loaded :-)

RDGAC · 1st July 2011, 12:37 PM

Sadly the UK's a little more cautious with it's gun laws than Michigan!

Though having said that, one can never guarantee that it's not - "I checked the bore, m'lud, honestly I did, and I swear I thought it was empty. My finger just slipped on the trigger, m'lud!"

Hell, even if it's empty, I'd love to see the look on some thieving scallie's face when he sees the muzzle of a jezail lined up on him!

tom hyle · 7th July 2011, 02:11 AM

Leaning around in stacks and piles is the kind of reason why I avoid leather sheathed swords, for instance; just hard on them being haphazardly stored and concomitantly repeatedly moved. "display" type storage is not only good for showing; it's good for preserving and can be (traditionally is) good for access. In many traditional settings hanging something on a wall is a way to store it while keeping it handy.

Dom · 3rd March 2012, 12:42 AM

Hi Gentlemen
I lift up this old post because, I did not see the need to create a new
and, it's a pleasure to watch again, some fantastic collections

as far as I cannot have a room dedicated to my edged weapons,
our flat is a "loft with mezzanine", where is our bed-room
I'm obliged to disperse my blades all around the main room salon/dinning room,
at least not easy to do a global picture
taking opportunity that I'm bachelor till 2 weeks , I collected all the blades, and made a "flooring display"

all my collection is here, some good stuff ... average, and "limit" ... as in the life

just a shamshir incomplete is "not showed", until his complete refurbishing

à +

Dom

3rd March 2012, 12:42 AM	#5
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	Hi Gentlemen I lift up this old post because, I did not see the need to create a new and, it's a pleasure to watch again, some fantastic collections as far as I cannot have a room dedicated to my edged weapons, our flat is a "loft with mezzanine", where is our bed-room I'm obliged to disperse my blades all around the main room salon/dinning room, at least not easy to do a global picture taking opportunity that I'm bachelor till 2 weeks , I collected all the blades, and made a "flooring display" all my collection is here, some good stuff ... average, and "limit" ... as in the life just a shamshir incomplete is "not showed", until his complete refurbishing à + Dom Attached Images

1st July 2011, 12:08 PM	#1
RDGAC Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: York, UK Posts: 167	Living as I do in rented digs, I find myself pretty well unable to display any items at all. The sad result is that my muskets are propped up in the corner, for no-one's pleasure save my own. Yet, in a way, I like that; there's a certain hint of the natural about them - as though they still stand ready for action, rather than having entered retirement...

1st July 2011, 12:18 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Easy to grab one in a hurry and blast the intruder to smithereens! Just keep them loaded, boy, keep them loaded :-)

1st July 2011, 12:37 PM	#3
RDGAC Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: York, UK Posts: 167	Sadly the UK's a little more cautious with it's gun laws than Michigan! Though having said that, one can never guarantee that it's not - "I checked the bore, m'lud, honestly I did, and I swear I thought it was empty. My finger just slipped on the trigger, m'lud!" Hell, even if it's empty, I'd love to see the look on some thieving scallie's face when he sees the muzzle of a jezail lined up on him!

7th July 2011, 02:11 AM	#4
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Leaning around in stacks and piles is the kind of reason why I avoid leather sheathed swords, for instance; just hard on them being haphazardly stored and concomitantly repeatedly moved. "display" type storage is not only good for showing; it's good for preserving and can be (traditionally is) good for access. In many traditional settings hanging something on a wall is a way to store it while keeping it handy.