Nice! Yeah, displaying them well and getting good pics is always a challenge. I have the same problem. I use software now to keep track of my weapons list. It's crazy. I noticed you added a link to your site in your signature, and have a nice little spreadsheet sort of thing there too. Very cool.
Yep, the spreadsheet is a MS SQL database, and I have a whole admin-side section that I just flip a switch to list it on the "public" side of the website. Behind the scenes, I tag purchase price, purchase date, blade length, hilt length, crossguard length, etc ... and I add links for what I want to buy as a "wishlist". When I get it, I click a checkbox and poof, it shows up on the page. I also have a private link that shows the "wish list", and I can just email that link as my Christmas list.
Unfortunately, I'm still horrendous at taking pictures, though I just have a point-and-shoot cheapie digital that was something like $49 on closeout.
very cool! a war room indeed!!!
any pics of you in your harnesses?
Not yet, I am still working on pointing the arming coat for the plate harnesses and making voiders, and I've been a bit shy about modeling the samurai armor.
I will definitely post up pics when I do have some.
hey, i didn't know you were from charles town WV! only 2 hrs from me (mineral co wv)
Been here for about 3 1/2 years now, but born & raised in northern virginia. I like Charles Town; much more calm and less obtrusive than northern va is. And far cheaper! Commuting is rough though.
You're probably one of the few people I've met who lives up to the "age rule". That is, the sword count should be the same as your age or higher. 
I hope not! I'd have to be somewhere around 40-45? I'm not that age, yet.
If you take out the SLOs and only count the real swords, it's a much closer match though. :lol:
hehehe i've sold a few so i don't think i can make that rule anymore Sir Edward.
but man, now I wanna clean the basement and set all my goodies out like that!
It's actually my hallway from the bedroom, they were just there for pics. I laid them out for some quick pics since I was in the process of moving the european weapons from the master bedroom walk-in-closet to my office closet to keep my wife happy, and testing out a stand I made for my katanas. It's infinitely easier to make a katana stand since they're relatively the same size and design. The european swords are tough since they run 30-56" and have crossguards from 5-12", different blade widths, etc.
In the next year or so I hope to make a small addition to my house, "decorate" it like an armory, and devote it strictly to the arms & armor. The room they are in is currently my office / pull-out-sofa guest room / armor room. It'll be interesting to see how my mother-in-law and sister-in-law sleep this weekend, with those harnesses staring at them from the foot of the bed all night.
Topic: My Collection of Arms & Armor (Read 9613 times)