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Dom · 30th June 2011, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1...snip... use of Acrylic/Perspex looks absolutely great IMHO.

Hi
just to help, in case of ...

superb when we should like to made a "display cabinet" by ourself, or any thing to display our "babies"

http://www.plexiglas-shop.com/FR/en/index.htm

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Dom

fernando · 30th June 2011, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dom

... like to make a "display cabinet" by ourself ...

... or to have them made in a little local factory, if the price is fair

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Dom · 1st July 2011, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by fernando

... or to have them made in a little local factory, if the price is fair

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Hi Fernando
in France ... fair prices for Plexiglas stand

completely hopeless, too narrow market,
only 2 or three dealers, no competition

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Dom

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.

1st July 2011, 12:08 PM	#4
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	#5
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	#6
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	#7
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.