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Sir Edward:

Ah, yet another person who follows the "age rule", where you should have more swords than your age? :)

Sir William:
If that is the general rule, I am a LOT younger than I think!  lol

Sir James A:

--- Quote from: Sir Brian on 2011-01-26, 12:26:25 --- :o OMG James! You are better armed than most third world nations!  :D

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I've been collecting for 18 years, and I still have the first sword I ever bought, when mom let me use her credit card and I gave her cash for it, since I didn't have a checking account or credit card and you had to be 18 to order. I was 13 or 14, but my mom is pretty awesome. ;)


--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2011-01-26, 15:03:27 ---what i think you need to do is this:

do you have a unused wall?

if so take a a few 1x8 and lay them horizontally. so they reach from one wall to the other. along the back every so many inches make peg holes for standing pole arms and in the the middle and front make slits to hold vertically hanging swords.

use either L brackets, triangular wood pieces underneath or what have you on the studs every other or 3rd stud about 3-4 ft from the ground. now nail the horizontal piece across the supports and insert swords and pole arms

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Hmm... I think I might take that concept and do the same thing, but inside the case. I need to avoid attaching it to the wall, but the overall concept sounds pretty good. I have as much fun with the design phase as I do with the final results.


--- Quote from: Sir William on 2011-01-26, 18:14:30 ---Wow...you don't need a display case, you need to build up the wall to hold all of that.  I'm seeing the sunken in tray-lighting angled toward that wall...as for the wall, I see a stone-like motif but you don't want to paint it on, per se, unless you know someone who is an ace at perspective to make it look realistic.  You could even split the wall up between Eastern and Western weaponry.

I see the Euros done in a sunburst style while the Eastern arms in corresponding angles, beautiful in its symmetry.  I'm just rambling here, sorry.

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Rambling is totally fine. Seems like brainstorming to me. ;) I've seen the euro "sunburst" style displays, but I don't think I have the space for it, and I definitely don't have the skills to make one. I do have two different "layout" styles for eastern vs western weapons. And stone. Hmm. Stone....


--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2011-01-26, 18:41:21 ---
Ah, yet another person who follows the "age rule", where you should have more swords than your age? :)


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It's going to be interesting if I make it to retirement age. :D

SirNathanQ:
Yes, I think that any nation who's name ends with "stan" could in fact be taken over by Sir James.
Keep it up! When the order starts the great marches of conquest, we're gonna need something to put in the hands of all the peasant levies and fyrds from subject conquered nations!

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