Info Favorites Register Log in
myArmoury.com Discussion Forums

Forum index Memberlist Usergroups Spotlight Topics Search
Forum Index > Off-topic Talk > Best way to hang a sword on the wall Reply to topic
This is a standard topic Go to page 1, 2  Next 
Author Message
Joshua Stolarz




Location: Oregon
Joined: 16 Sep 2013

Posts: 7

PostPosted: Sun 29 Dec, 2013 3:33 pm    Post subject: Best way to hang a sword on the wall         Reply with quote

I'm trying to figure out the best way to hang my first sword on the wall. I think I want to hang it horizontally, or maybe diagonally? One thing I am wondering is that a lot of the sword hangers appear to be made from metal,and it seems that resting a metal blade on a metal hanger would be bad for the edge. Do you put some type of buffer between the sword and the hanger or am I really over thinking this?
You can't get a cup of tea big enough, or a book long enough to suit me. - C.S. Lewis
View user's profile Send private message
Bjorn Hagstrom




Location: Höör, Skane
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
Likes: 1 page
Reading list: 8 books

Posts: 355

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 3:05 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

i keep mine suspended vertically, using plastic suspension hooks and a loop of string. No metal-on-metal contact, practically invisible and easy to take down and put back up again.


 Attachment: 46.79 KB
photo 2.JPG


 Attachment: 29.93 KB
photo 1.JPG


There is nothing quite as sad as a one man conga-line...
View user's profile Send private message MSN Messenger
Arne Focke
Industry Professional



Location: near Munich, Germany
Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Reading list: 34 books

Posts: 204

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 5:44 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

For a sharp blade, it is always a good idea to cushion the edges a bit.

With my swords I've some vertically and some horizontally, forming patterns.

I am thinking of a similar, but different problem right now. How to use near invisible wall hangers and secure the swords a bit more to the wall. In case of small kids and the like ...

So schön und inhaltsreich der Beruf eines Archäologen ist, so hart ist auch seine Arbeit, die keinen Achtstundentag kennt! (Wolfgang Kimmig in: Die Heuneburg an der oberen Donau, Stuttgart 1983)
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Alan Schiff
Industry Professional



Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 06 Oct 2008

Posts: 248

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 1:25 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I have mine on a plaque on the wall. It's not the easiest way to do it but I think it looks really nice. I made the shield-shaped plaques in the attached picture, but the daggers on the bottom are backed by a laminated shelf from the hardware store, as are most of my axes and hammers.


 Attachment: 83.05 KB
wall1.jpg

View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Dean F. Marino




Location: Midland MI USA
Joined: 24 Aug 2011

Posts: 229

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 1:46 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

All of mine are in a rack that I built - 1"x2" oak slats, screwed to the wall studs, WIDE coat hooks set to maintain level.

Each sword is IN it's poplar cored scabbard: protected with CLP, I have seen no rust in a good five years.

This method allows me to hang 12 swords & make use of the total height of the room. I'm about to build a second rack Happy.

In edhil, hai edhil. In edain, hai edain.
View user's profile Send private message
Mark Griffin




Location: The Welsh Marches, in the hills above Newtown, Powys.
Joined: 28 Dec 2006

Posts: 802

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 3:26 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I usually just leave mine embedded in the wall/tree/pallisade with the Frenchman still on it.
View user's profile Send private message
Richard Eskite




Location: Northern California
Joined: 27 Jun 2006

Posts: 37

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 4:26 pm    Post subject: I like to use...         Reply with quote

loops of deep sea fishing leader. It's very thin steel cable with a vinyl covering. Very very thin. The same place that sells the leader also sells metal crimpable fasteners, so I can make the loops as large or small as I like. I've started using the same material for picture hanging, too. Easy to get very accurate lengths. Once the loop is made that fits around the blade, I hang on the wall with regular picture hangers. Works great and the swords just float there on the wall.
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Tim Lison




Location: Chicago, Illinois
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
Likes: 1 page
Reading list: 6 books

Spotlight topics: 1
Posts: 1,606

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 4:29 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Mark Griffin wrote:
I usually just leave mine embedded in the wall/tree/pallisade with the Frenchman still on it.


I was going to say point first into the plaster board but this sounds better now.
View user's profile Send private message
David Lewis Smith




Location: NC
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Likes: 4 pages

Posts: 506

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 6:19 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I use curtain hooks. With a blade they are almost invisible. There is no need to use padding, the blade is just resting, padding can damage the edge more by holding moisture. I have been collecting and using my blades for a very long time.

you can see what I have done here
http://abnsmith.deviantart.com/gallery/

David L Smith
MSG (RET)
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Christine Munro




Location: Oxford
Joined: 01 Jun 2007

Posts: 39

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 8:22 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

As an alternative to hanging them on the wall, I keep mine in a cast iron umbrella stand. It has the additional advantage of giving me something to trip over.

Having scabbards for them is pretty much essential with such an arrangement, though.


View user's profile Send private message
Glen A Cleeton




Location: Nipmuc USA
Joined: 21 Aug 2003

Posts: 1,968

PostPosted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 10:22 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Love the umbrella stand. I use a modern cane stand for some of my slim straight stuff.

Don't mind the tomato soup paint, it is offset with kind of other pastel turquoise walls and a fire engine red door Wink (hey, I just live there). 14 old swords in a sideways use of some Shaker pegs. No space here but a pile in the corner next to me, the eight hole stand and a mess o stuff on a deep closet shelf (more leaned against corners in there). The compact shaker peg routine let me find a space for a favored guitar. I was just happy to find a wall for my eagles and some other stuff.

I used to just use sheet rock screws by themselves and also cruciforms on loops of cord. Worked well for many years

Cheers

GC

View user's profile Send private message
Patrick Kelly




Location: Wichita, Kansas
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Reading list: 42 books

Spotlight topics: 2
Posts: 5,739

PostPosted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 3:45 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Here's the latest incarnation of my study.





I normally mount the pieces with simple cups hooks of varying sizes. A couple of the longswords use wall plaques, such as the Albion Svante which required a handmade mounting plaque due to its guard.

"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
David Lewis Smith




Location: NC
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Likes: 4 pages

Posts: 506

PostPosted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 4:11 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Patrick Kelly wrote:
Here's the latest incarnation of my study.


I normally mount the pieces with simple cups hooks of varying sizes. A couple of the longswords use wall plaques, such as the Albion Svante which required a handmade mounting plaque due to its guard.


What do you mean by 'Cups' hooks? I am not sure what those are

Great looking room by the way, really nicely and tastefully done

David L Smith
MSG (RET)
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Patrick Kelly




Location: Wichita, Kansas
Joined: 17 Aug 2003
Reading list: 42 books

Spotlight topics: 2
Posts: 5,739

PostPosted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 4:15 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks. It's actually an L-shaped room, with the library around the corner. No swords in there though, just a Chaise, a roll top desk with my computer and a ton of books. Big Grin

A "Cup Hook".

"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
J. Hargis




Location: Pacific Palisades, California
Joined: 06 Feb 2012
Likes: 22 pages

Posts: 350

PostPosted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 5:06 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Alas, in earthquake prone California I use various types & sizes of floor stands for my collection. I do have some mounted on table stands or simply placed across ornate old chests.

Shakin' all over.

Jon

A poorly maintained weapon is likely to belong to an unsafe and careless fighter.
View user's profile Send private message
Terry Thompson




Location: Suburbs of Wash D.C.
Joined: 17 Sep 2010

Posts: 165

PostPosted: Fri 03 Jan, 2014 5:56 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I prefer to hang my swords by the cross-hilts. Nothing touches the blade, and the balance point is far below the mounting point, so it's not going to roll off of the wall.
I live in an apartment, and don't want to patch-up 400 holes in the walls when I move, so I just mounted a 1x6" on the wall supported by two 50 lb. wall anchors. The 1x6 board is painted the same color as the wall so the swords look more like they are hovering. Similar to the cup-hooks, I use inobtrusive "L"-hooks. 2 per sword.



L-hooks:

-Terry
View user's profile Send private message
Paul B.G




Location: Victoria, Australia
Joined: 01 May 2011
Likes: 2 pages

Posts: 140

PostPosted: Fri 03 Jan, 2014 6:28 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I'm a bit envious of these displays, unfortunately in Victoria, Australia, we have to keep swords under lock and key. The only way I understand I can display my swords would be in a custom cabinet with a least 5mm glass and key lockable ;(
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person

O====[::::::::::::::::::::::::::::>

Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

—Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses
View user's profile Send private message
David Lewis Smith




Location: NC
Joined: 26 Aug 2003
Likes: 4 pages

Posts: 506

PostPosted: Fri 03 Jan, 2014 7:10 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Things change weekly, I am always tweeking how things look






[/img]

David L Smith
MSG (RET)
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Jeff Larsen




Location: Chandler, AZ
Joined: 06 Jan 2004

Posts: 300

PostPosted: Sat 04 Jan, 2014 7:32 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Here was mine. Swords all sold, rack remains.


"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience." Julius Caesar
View user's profile Send private message
Joshua Stolarz




Location: Oregon
Joined: 16 Sep 2013

Posts: 7

PostPosted: Sun 05 Jan, 2014 3:06 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I'm really loving some of these ideas and tips. I thought the woven swords that David Lewis Smith did was very cool as well. Clearly I need more swords Wink
You can't get a cup of tea big enough, or a book long enough to suit me. - C.S. Lewis
View user's profile Send private message


Display posts from previous:   
Forum Index > Off-topic Talk > Best way to hang a sword on the wall
Page 1 of 2 Reply to topic
Go to page 1, 2  Next All times are GMT - 8 Hours

View previous topic :: View next topic
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum






All contents © Copyright 2003-2024 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum