Mi Vida Loca.

JimmyJimenez said:
Thanks for taking the time to take those photos and share them with us.

Quite a few pointy objects you have there, buddy,........ very nice! :)


In my home, the blending of my wife's tastes and my own were something that we at first struggled with a bit. Not because we could not agree on what we wanted, since we had early on agreed that there would obviously be things that she liked, things that I liked, and things that we both liked. The problem really developed as our possessions grew and we could not figure out how to blend them together.
For a while we tried the method of her being responsible for decorating one room, while I would be responsible for another, and so on. This worked okay, "for a while", but we then decided that we "wanted" to blend our likes together in our living spaces (while always leaving the kids to do "their" own room designing).

For my wife and I it meant that furniture, guns, porcelain, knives, glass, swords (both functional and decorative only), lamps, cannons, clocks, pictures, and whatever else we owned, were now to be well mixed in together (for a true eclectic look).

After trying it, we found that we both liked it, finding the overall look pretty unique.

The following is our living room area, with the look being very similar in theme throughout our home, simply a mix of our personalities (including some of our overlapping tastes).

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Thank you Jimmy.
Great collection you've got there. For some reason the blue Buddha in the curio cabinet caught my eye. Glazed ceramic?
 
kamagong said:
Nice stuff. But let me guess, you don't have any young children running around? All those sharp and pointy things would be awfully tempting to little hands.
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Quite right.
With parental permission, I sent swords and knives to my 5yoa and 1yoa grand nephiews for the winter solstice celebrations.
 
jmings said:
Thank you Jimmy.
Great collection you've got there. For some reason the blue Buddha in the curio cabinet caught my eye. Glazed ceramic?
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Thank you, sir :)

The Budha is made of a solid jade colored/sandblasted glass. It was manufactured by a small glass company in Port Jervis, NY (the Gillinder Glass Company).
 
Wow. Incredible collection.

Am I mistaken, or do you have multiple pictures of a $5 Chinese POS in there?!! Maybe it's something that just looks like it. I somehow accidentally got a kukri-shaped machete that looks like your KLO with the multiple holes in the blade...

John
 
Spectre said:
Wow. Incredible collection.

Am I mistaken, or do you have multiple pictures of a $5 Chinese POS in there?!! Maybe it's something that just looks like it. I somehow accidentally got a kukri-shaped machete that looks like your KLO with the multiple holes in the blade...

John
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Gee, comrade John, the $5.00 Chinese POS are in the garage.
The Chinese "kukri" is in my toolbox, `cause it's handy and I don't care what happens to it. Which are you refering to by picture number?

Jerry
 
Dust is the poor man's preservative. Seals out the oxygen...

Boy, I'd be pretty excited if it was your house I broke into. :D


~ b
 
Bamboo said:
Dust is the poor man's preservative. Seals out the oxygen...

Boy, I'd be pretty excited if it was your house I broke into. :D


~ b
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I guess you'd be excited. If I was home at the time I'd get pretty excited too. Actually one of the plates on the wall is worth more than most of the swords.
 
Ad Astra said:
*Many* women might be put off by it, though.
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But the ones who aren't put off are the only ones worth bothering over.

Very nice collection and displays jmings. Maybe once I have a place of my own I'll be able to display mine like that.
 
jmings said:
I guess you'd be excited. If I was home at the time I'd get pretty excited too. Actually one of the plates on the wall is worth more than most of the swords.
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Yeah, timing would be everything in that case. I'll probably stick to my day job.


My grandparents used to have a display of plates on the wall. I always thought it was pretty cool. And similarly, some of them were worth quite a bit of money.
 
jmings said:
Dust? I'm more worried about oiling...
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Jmings, though most of my possessions are behind glass, I do have "some" of my steel and brass items that are exposed to my homes environment. After some experimentation, I have settled with my own personalized preservative maintenance plan for these items (which I now use for both the enclosed and exposed).

My old method involved lightly oiling and lightly wiping off the items (still leaving a very light film to protect the surfaces). The problem was with the exposed items. As most folks already know, the wet preservative protects, but as dust and fibers and other contaminants float in the air, it tends to more likely stick to the lightly oiled items (I use Break Free brand CLP). This meant I had to clean them very oftenly, since dust and tiny fibers adhering to the surfaces can act as wicks for moisture to be absorbed and be brought to damage your items. Having to always be needing to clean these items is not something I want to be a slave to, especially since there are so many objects I have to care for.

About a year ago, I decided to try something that I had not used in quite some time,.............. a pre treated silicon cloth.

I took every exposed metal item down from it's location and first wiped their surfaces clean using the wet preservative/cleaner (CLP). I then continued by wiping the CLP off with a clean soft cloth. They then received a good wipe down with a silicon cloth (me wearing gloves to prevent my leaving body contamination behind).

How has it worked? ............... Absolutely great! :)

The downside?................. It actually requires more work now to clean them. The reason for this is that one must first properly clean the items with a wet preservative as to remove any dust on their surfaces without making the dust an abrasive (this is the reason I still use a wet preservative/cleaner to first clean the items). It also means that after cleaning them, I have to better remove this preservative from the item's surfaces, leaving clean dry surfaces for the silicon to adhere to.

The upside?................. Once I do all of this, the length of time between cleanings has been greatly lengthened!........... :)

The dust simply is not as big of a problem as it once was. As for the silicon offering protection, the experiment has thus far proved just as protective as before (at least for my needs).

I know that other situations may vary, but just wanted to share this method, just in case anybody may be interested in trying it for themselves ;)
 
Kevin the grey said:
CANNONS ? Both functional and decorative ?
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Yes sir, they are functional black powder cannons, though I just use them for decoration :)

*The larger one housed inside the four legged display cabinet, (a display case which I built myself), is a .70 caliber bored cannon that will shoot a .690 patched round lead ball.
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*The cannon in the bottom portion of the gun cabinet, is in the same caliber as the one above. I purchased the gun cabinet that houses it in a unfinished format. After finishing it, I lined it's back with mirror, lined the bottom section with a yellow fabric material, and then replaced the bottom wood panal with clear glass to expose a new cannon display area. Then all I had to do was to add the lighting to the top and bottom sections of it :)
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*The one on the coffee table is a .50 caliber bored cannon which will shoot a .490 patched round lead ball, (I also made it's display). This one holds a lot of sentimental value, since it was given to me by a good friend who later died of cancer.
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I hate to steel words from the younger generation but they are sweeeet !

One thing though . If we ever go camping ? No sunrise salutes !

Could you tell me what the heaviest balls weigh ? They must be close to two ounces ?
 
Kevin the grey said:
I hate to steel words from the younger generation but they are sweeeet !

One thing though . If we ever go camping ? No sunrise salutes !

Could you tell me what the heaviest balls weigh ? They must be close to two ounces ?
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Thanks Kevin :)

The lead balls are not very big. I don't have a way to weigh them, but the photos of the smaller cannon on the coffee table and the bigger cannon inside the legged cabinet, will both show little cannon ball display props that I made for them (these lead balls were stacked and glued together). These little props will give you a visual idea as far as the lead ball size is concerned.

The little cannon fires a lead ball that is used in many reproduction muzzle loading rifles and pistols (similar to what is fired from many reproductions of Hawken and Kentucky rifles).

The bigger cannons shoot lead balls similar in size to the ones fired out of muzzle loaders like the Brown Bess musket and such.

If we go camping, and if where we go is on private land, we can make just as much noise with our handguns and rifles :)
They will definitely be just as loud, and a "whole" lot more accurate ;) LOL! :)
 
#s 10,11,12,13, 23. Black blade, black handle, multiple holes in blade. It's such a nice collection, I'm wondering if that particular blade is the blade the Chinese POS I accidentally somehow got was based on, and if so, who made it?

Heh. I was such an ardent Capitalist/Free Market type that my Hist. Research Methods instructor started calling me "Comrade Shirley" just to piss me off. :D

John
 
Spectre said:
#s 10,11,12,13, 23. Black blade, black handle, multiple holes in blade. It's such a nice collection, I'm wondering if that particular blade is the blade the Chinese POS I accidentally somehow got was based on, and if so, who made it?

Heh. I was such an ardent Capitalist/Free Market type that my Hist. Research Methods instructor started calling me "Comrade Shirley" just to piss me off. :D

John
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My fault, John, I hadn't read your post as well as I should - blame it on the Attention Deficit Disorder :foot:

Yes it is a Chinese KLO. There also is a Barong-Like-Object by the same.
I knew what I was getting and I got it cheap including shipping, but it really pisses me off :mad: to see these machettes being sold at outrageous prices on eBay. One seller in particular frosts my ass using this thumbnail
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sharpblades said:
MILITARY KUKRI KHUKURI RAZOR SHARP SWORD Ghurka
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for about twice what it's worth. (Y'all know in eBay you have to count the shipping as part of the price,)
There's some Brit selling these and the stainless 12" chinese (look for brass around the top of the scabbard) for
GBP 9.99 Not specified -
GBP 12.99 Buy It Now
P & P is GBP 12.99 by Airmail from US to UK and is pre-paid by the Buyer.

I guess though that's not as bad as the tourist kuk for $80.
 
Hee.

Though, surprisingly, I'm quite liberal...except when it comes to money!!! :D
 
ferguson said:
Sharp collection! Nice.
Steve
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Thanks, Steve, mi amigo.

Here are a pair of SEA blades that I reciently scored off of eBay that I'd like your opinion on.
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SELLER said:
Vintage Large Bowie Knife with Wood Handle & Sheath

# Up for auction is this large vintage Bowie knife with a wooden handle and sheath. 16 ¼inches long
# 10 inch blade.
# wood handle has an incised ribbed pattern and is painted black
# the large blade is forged and has a sharp edge
# finger guard and butt cap are metal
# sheath is wood and painted black with copper bands

All parts of this knife are tight and solid.
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Now, we know it's a thai darb do we not!?!
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SELLER said:
Golok, not Kris, Keris,sword, dagger
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Wood handled Golok with wooden sheath. Minimally carved handle form a blond wood, possibly mahogany. Hand forged knife blade that looks like a large Betel Nut knife. Steel blade is slightly stained, with pitting left over as slag inclusions from the forging process. Wooden sheath from a mahogany type wood. The two pieces of the sheath are held together with braided rattan. Blade length is: 14 1/4 inches and LOA is: 19 3/8 inches
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It is obiviously a talibong and appears to be an authentic "villager".
If and when I get time, it would be interesting to polish and etch this beauty in the rough, eh?

Oh, and when is Ram's next medical school installment due?
 
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