Collection Home weaponry displays

I have gingerly approached the subject of enlarging/improving my little area in the corner of the dungeon that my "toys" occupy with my little bride and somewhere amongst the hysterical laughter something about the weather in hades was heard...I guess that that is a no.:help: But that said, these posts have given me good ideas on how to best use the space that I have.
I'm not sure, but I think vmicraig volunteered to talk to my wife for me.
Maybe he would do the same for you.
 
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These aren't Civil War but harken back to the 1980's when I was finally making a little money and became able to indulge my then-consuming interest in the Napoleonic Wars. The smallswords and short sabers above are all French, dating ca. 1770-1870. The display grouping below is also French or Belgian, the firearms dating to the French Revolution - Napoleonic era, surrounded by French prints and other memorabilia. These are on two walls of my "library"/computer room.

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Things like long arms are usually on racks tied in with other pieces of furniture: above, pre-Civil War U.S. muskets over a bookcase or Civil War titles; below, Civil War-era rifles in the hallway over a hall tree laden with reenacting gear:

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Moving on to the edged weapons in the living room, there are two Early American-vintage swords crossed on the mantel (I remove them when the gas logs in the fireplace are lit), and Civil War sabers in two places hung above Don Troiani prints like below.

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Two-place gun racks are good over windows, doorways, or arches like above in the dining room holding Revolutionary-era flintlocks, one a reproduction, the other French Revolutionary. The French sabers below are over the door in the computer room.

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More recent WWI and WWII Japanese Arisaka and German and Czech Mauser-style rifles like the two K98k's are also on racks above windows and doors along with items of field gear festooned on the curtain hardware; smaller items including knives and daggers are in shadow boxes like the ones below:

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@redbob is right as I have been in his bunker and there is not much room for the both of us when I go over. But in his defense she really didn't give him a whole lot of room to start with.
I'm fortunate in that I live alone in a small eighty-year-old house and do what I d*mn well please!
 
These are neat displays. I traffic another forum on US Militaria and they have a category they called Groupings where a member initiates a thread to show off his collection. It is amazing to see racks and racks of WW1 US Army uniforms with all their medals, patches and insignia.
The best thing like that I've seen is on the site warrelics and is a HUGE collection of WWI uniforms and militaria from all sides in the conflict - it's also museum-worthy.
 
I live about a mile from a Habitat for Humanity outlet. I have found many great display cases at darn near giveaway prices. Photos may not load normally. Sorry. H
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Union handguns and Griswold sword, saddles and sabers. Chest $40
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Carbines in the I beam - came with the house. Middle carbine is my Burnside 2nd Model
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Rest of carbines. Union long arms to right with cav and arty shell jackets
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I use both sides of the I beam.
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Union stuff and my surgical kit. Display case was garbage pick freebie
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Officers chest J R Manson of Mahone's brigade
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sorry its sideways. Another Habitat bargain. Top half is an id'd CS bowie knife, a side knife, a pike head and canteen
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bottom half Union stuff
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Finally my CS long arms. Two are id'd. Thanks for looking. H

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Great collection
 
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Moving on to the edged weapons in the living room, there are two Early American-vintage swords crossed on the mantel (I remove them when the gas logs in the fireplace are lit), and Civil War sabers in two places hung above Don Troiani prints like below.

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Two-place gun racks are good over windows, doorways, or arches like above in the dining room holding Revolutionary-era flintlocks, one a reproduction, the other French Revolutionary. The French sabers below are over the door in the computer room.

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More recent WWI and WWII Japanese Arisaka and German and Czech Mauser-style rifles like the two K98k's are also on racks above windows and doors along with items of field gear festooned on the curtain hardware; smaller items including knives and daggers are in shadow boxes like the ones below:

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Your display looks remarkably similar in setup to mine. Sure we aren’t related?? :wink:
 
sorry, but I’m not taking on an Army nurse! Marine or not! All I can picture is MASH Maj Margaret Hoolihan, and I wouldn’t tangle with her
She makes "Hotlips" look like a pushover. When her Celtic blood gets up she is no one to trifle with.:mad:
 
Hey! Let me see that derringer you have off to the right? It looks very much like my pistol!! Do you have plans on displaying it?

I want to create a shadow box for my boot pistol. Not sure how I will "hang" it on the backboard. The last time I framed a revolver, I placed a hook that went into the muzzle and one under the frame.

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Reminds me of a gambler. Great display
 
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