Weapons display 'themes'

M ELEY · 25th November 2017, 02:52 AM

Thanks, drdavid!

shayde78 · 25th November 2017, 04:19 AM

Good stuff!
Thanks for sharing

fernando · 25th November 2017, 11:14 AM

Excelent scenario, Captain. Time to buy a new camera and add the present one to your nice age of sail collection

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Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 25th November 2017, 12:31 PM

A great way to display maritime items is against a backdrop of an old map/ seachart either under glass on a desktop or on the wall behind.

M ELEY · 25th November 2017, 04:30 PM

Fernando, I agree. I've had it with the cheapo camera and will upgrade, perhaps you would like to send me one as a Christmas present?!

Ibrahiim, I agree. I've had my eye on a real (versus the repro and modern maps) sea chart at the same art dealer that I bought the dog lock musket from. I was hoping others might show their weapons display themes. Come on, guys. You know you want to!

Cathey always does a brilliant Victorian Christmas theme that looks just like what you would expect an English gentleman's study c. 19th c. to look like. Can't wait to see what she'll have for us this year!

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22184

Jim McDougall · 27th November 2017, 05:36 AM

Hey Cap'n Mark,
Consider my timbers shivered!!! These are fantastic displays and BTW, and your photos really capture the essence of your stuff!!!! It is easy to see how you write so well of 'the Brethren' as you are pretty much living in the context.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" move over, 'Pirate Straits' rocks!!!

Thank you for sharing this!!!!

Pukka Bundook · 27th November 2017, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

Excelent scenario, Captain. Time to buy a new camera and add the present one to your nice age of sail collection

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Indeed , Fernando!!

Very nicely done Mark. It is something that always seemed logical to me.
Now, shake out a reef and get that camera!

M ELEY · 28th November 2017, 02:56 PM

Thank you Jim, Richard, and Fernando for your comments. Jim, I can always get you with a pirate theme, my commodore!

Yes, gents, I will dump the old camera and get something better. soon!

fernando · 28th November 2017, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by M ELEY

... I will dump the old camera and get something better. soon!

Ah, don't make up your mind before considering this local promotion

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fernando · 28th November 2017, 05:14 PM

Jokes apart Mark, it takes some willpower to collect things in a thematic manner. When i started with coins, within a blink of an eye i found myself dealing with the most unrelated bundle of specimens that one can imagine. So i got rid of coins and went into old weapons; suddenly all types, not just one theme. Glad i got rid of the Ethnos but still, a hole mess of a collection; to call it eclectic would be far too presumptious. Meaning that, if i tried to set up a thematic display, i would have to revolve the all current disposition and chose among a thousand curious kept in cabinets to get at something like a ... would be theme display

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25th November 2017, 02:52 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	Thanks, drdavid!

25th November 2017, 04:19 AM	#2
shayde78 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 445	Good stuff! Thanks for sharing

25th November 2017, 11:14 AM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Excelent scenario, Captain. Time to buy a new camera and add the present one to your nice age of sail collection .

25th November 2017, 12:31 PM	#4
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	A great way to display maritime items is against a backdrop of an old map/ seachart either under glass on a desktop or on the wall behind.

25th November 2017, 04:30 PM	#5
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	Fernando, I agree. I've had it with the cheapo camera and will upgrade, perhaps you would like to send me one as a Christmas present?! Ibrahiim, I agree. I've had my eye on a real (versus the repro and modern maps) sea chart at the same art dealer that I bought the dog lock musket from. I was hoping others might show their weapons display themes. Come on, guys. You know you want to! Cathey always does a brilliant Victorian Christmas theme that looks just like what you would expect an English gentleman's study c. 19th c. to look like. Can't wait to see what she'll have for us this year! http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22184

27th November 2017, 05:36 AM	#6
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,458	Hey Cap'n Mark, Consider my timbers shivered!!! These are fantastic displays and BTW, and your photos really capture the essence of your stuff!!!! It is easy to see how you write so well of 'the Brethren' as you are pretty much living in the context. "Pirates of the Caribbean" move over, 'Pirate Straits' rocks!!! Thank you for sharing this!!!!

28th November 2017, 02:56 PM	#8
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	Thank you Jim, Richard, and Fernando for your comments. Jim, I can always get you with a pirate theme, my commodore! Yes, gents, I will dump the old camera and get something better. soon!

28th November 2017, 05:14 PM	#10
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Jokes apart Mark, it takes some willpower to collect things in a thematic manner. When i started with coins, within a blink of an eye i found myself dealing with the most unrelated bundle of specimens that one can imagine. So i got rid of coins and went into old weapons; suddenly all types, not just one theme. Glad i got rid of the Ethnos but still, a hole mess of a collection; to call it eclectic would be far too presumptious. Meaning that, if i tried to set up a thematic display, i would have to revolve the all current disposition and chose among a thousand curious kept in cabinets to get at something like a ... would be theme display .