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Geordan Saunders
Location: Toronto, Ontario Joined: 20 Jun 2009
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 Posted: Wed 29 Sep, 2010 9:57 pm Post subject: How do you display your sword and scabbard combos? |
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Hey all!
I've been lurking for a long time (years!) and finally have a question I haven't answered by persistant reading and researching. I have a beautiful custom sword coming from Arms & Armor, complete with scabbard and matching dirk, and am at a loss as to how to display it. Up until now, I've been limited to a wallhanger for decor and a basic plaque and a long dagger on a horizontal display stand on a shelf.
This piece, however, deserves to be displayed front and centre. My condo is relatively small, and I don't have any surfaces to put it on, which limits me to wall displaying.
Does anyone have any photos/advice on displaying all three pieces? I cannot reconcile it mentally without thinking it looks unbalanced.
Thanks for your input everyone!
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Artis Aboltins
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Well most of my swords with scabbards are ounted on walls so that scabbard hangs slightly at angle crossing over the sword - that way you see both the blade and the scabbard. Sadly I got no photos at hand at the moment.
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Nathan Robinson
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Artis Aboltins
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| Nathan Robinson wrote: | | How about something like this? |
Your living room, Nathan? :)
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Nathan Robinson
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Chuck Russell
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man when i walked into that wall my wife (who was walking in behind me) said that my body went stiff as a board and i didn't move hahaha
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Marc Blaydoe
Location: Maryland Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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Now THAT is a MAN-CAVE!
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
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Geordan Saunders
Location: Toronto, Ontario Joined: 20 Jun 2009
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Great mancave indeed! I wish. I'll bet my place would go in there with room to spare for parking.
That being said, does anyone have any pics of how you've got your blade/scabbard combos displayed? Pretty please? :)
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Marc Blaydoe
Location: Maryland Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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My modest display which included my Navy Sword here:
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My sword wall
An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
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GG Osborne
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My solution is rather simple. Scabbards in the closet, blades on the walls!
BTW if you really want a heart stopper closer to home, tour the Governor's Palace at Williamsburg. Wow!
"Those who live by the sword...will usually die with a huge, unpaid credit card balance!"
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JE Sarge
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I don't display any of my swords. Everything I own weapons-wise is locked in my firearms vault for safe keeping - I only take them out when doing events or for the occassional cleaning. I don't want to run the chance of a burglary or home invasion arming half the criminals in my area with my swords, firearms, and other assorted goodies from my collection. ;)
J.E. Sarge
Crusader Monk Sword Scabbards and Customizations
www.crusadermonk.com
"But lack of documentation, especially for such early times, is not to be considered as evidence of non-existance." - Ewart Oakeshott
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