|
|
| Where is your gear? |
| Proudly on display. |
|
23% |
[ 4 ] |
| In the Shed on a stand or walls. |
|
11% |
[ 2 ] |
| On the wall with all my other display weapons. |
|
5% |
[ 1 ] |
| In a Chest or out of sight. |
|
58% |
[ 10 ] |
|
| Total Votes : 17 |
|
| Author |
Message |
Brynnus
Location: New Plymouth (formerly Napier)
|
 Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:14 pm Sword and Armour Storage |
 |
|
Just wondering how do people store their gear?
Is your kit on display or just in the shed?
Who has all their weapons stored it a locked cabinet?
Do you store your metals with a silica pad or some other moisture control?
Do you have a Helmet stand?
Do you have an Armour stand?
My weapons and shield are all hanging on the wall in the shed (not ideal since that is where the dryer is)
I don't have a helmet stand will probably go for an armour stand. |
|
|
 |
Effigy
Location: Warkworth
|
| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:50 pm |
|
|
I'm not a fighter...
However this brings to attention something we should all be aware of.
Recently Wayne needed to renew his firearms licence. At 52 he belongs to the generation of farm boys who all got their gun licences along with their drivers licences. Renewal involves a visit from the local constabulary to check weapons storage facilities. We comply in a domestic kind of way.
However our community cop was more than passingly interested in my long bow, Scott's bow and his (what I think of as play) swords. He stressed that displaying weapons such as ours places us at risk in the event of home invasion. Like the guns - bows need an out of general sight locked cabinet with arrows in a second locked cabinet best kept away from the bow. Display swords need some form of lock to fix them to the wall.
Well thats my 2c worth.  |
|
|
|
Kotek
Location: Christchurch, NZ
|
| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:16 pm |
|
|
| effigy wrote: | I'm not a fighter...
However this brings to attention something we should all be aware of.
Recently Wayne needed to renew his firearms licence. At 52 he belongs to the generation of farm boys who all got their gun licences along with their drivers licences. Renewal involves a visit from the local constabulary to check weapons storage facilities. We comply in a domestic kind of way.
However our community cop was more than passingly interested in my long bow, Scott's bow and his (what I think of as play) swords. He stressed that displaying weapons such as ours places us at risk in the event of home invasion. Like the guns - bows need an out of general sight locked cabinet with arrows in a second locked cabinet best kept away from the bow. Display swords need some form of lock to fix them to the wall.
Well thats my 2c worth. |
...Really? That sounds like a itty bit of overkill. |
|
|
|
Phil Berghan-Whyman
Location: Wellington
|
| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:31 pm |
|
|
Dayna and I have a large closet in our spare room. All our weapons and armour are stored in it, and it is padlocked shut. The key is easily accessible, but the idea is that it is child safe.
_________________
Phil Berghan-Whyman
"Hand me the sword and ask me the question again"
http://www.handypaladin.co.nz |
|
|
|
BigMac
|
| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:32 pm |
|
|
Um I don't see an option for boot of car or floor of room (Soft kit) or someone elses shed/workshop for that matter.
TTFN
Bigmac
_________________
There is a fine line between Hobby and Insanity |
|
|
|
Inigo
Location: Auckland
|
| Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:45 pm |
|
|
I have a two car garage that varies in depth from about 1-7 feet deep in "reenactment stuff"; the garage has never seen a car and likely never will. 
I keep my armour in a dive bag and I don't put wet stuff (like wet gambesons) away with my armour. I find dive bags, while not medieval, are ideal for transporting a suit of armour and various bits and pieces. I also use lots of wooden chests and some canvas sacks for transporting and storing stuff at events.
_________________
A book may be able to teach you something of fighting, but it can't cover your back when the shield wall breaks up! |
|
|
|
stephan
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:22 am |
|
|
everywhere and any where
mostly mounted on te wall and in a cheast in the lounge |
|
|
|
conal
Site Admin
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:07 am |
|
|
Boer war era ammo box, is where the blades live.
Except for the long axes.
They live in an old missle crate in the garage.
Most dangerous item I own is a long handled shovel.
(Judging from the cut tests.) |
|
|
|
Phil Berghan-Whyman
Location: Wellington
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:45 am |
|
|
| conal wrote: | | Most dangerous item I own is a long handled shovel (judging from the cut tests). |
I understand sharpened shovels were a close combat weapon of choice in WW1 and WW2. Not much different from a broad bladed axe.
Unfortunately case of trowels never really caught on.
_________________
Phil Berghan-Whyman
"Hand me the sword and ask me the question again"
http://www.handypaladin.co.nz |
|
|
|
conal
Site Admin
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:29 pm |
|
|
Cheap As Games "Kill Doctor Lucky"
Don't quote me but I think there's a trowel...
I know a guy who got Lucky with the monkey hand. |
|
|
|
Errol
Location: Auckland
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:32 pm |
|
|
| Phil Berghan-Whyman wrote: |
I understand sharpened shovels were a close combat weapon of choice in WW1 and WW2.
|
And I just happen to have a photo of such use in a re-enactment...
 |
|
|
|
Colin & Lynlee
Location: N Z & NSW
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:19 pm weapons storage |
|
|
All legislation is on line if you want to check out what you need to comply with. Listen to all advice but check original documentation before making personal choices on this matter.
We used to run a security business and there are a lot of swords on walls out there. |
|
|
|
BigMac
|
| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:41 am |
|
|
| Phil Berghan-Whyman wrote: | | conal wrote: | | Most dangerous item I own is a long handled shovel (judging from the cut tests). |
I understand sharpened shovels were a close combat weapon of choice in WW1 and WW2. Not much different from a broad bladed axe.
Unfortunately case of trowels never really caught on. |
But don't the spetznaz train with throwing spade/entrenching tool?
TTFN
BigMac
_________________
There is a fine line between Hobby and Insanity |
|
|
|
BigMac
|
| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:44 am Re: weapons storage |
|
|
| Colin & Lynlee wrote: | All legislation is on line if you want to check out what you need to comply with. Listen to all advice but check original documentation before making personal choices on this matter.
We used to run a security business and there are a lot of swords on walls out there. |
IMO anyone who sticks around to rob a place with swords and axes on the walls deserves everything they get. There is dumb and then there is the termanly stupid.
TTFN
Bigmac
_________________
There is a fine line between Hobby and Insanity |
|
|
|
Callum
Sponsor
Location: Upper Hutt
|
| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:59 pm |
|
|
| BigMac wrote: | | But don't the spetznaz train with throwing spade/entrenching tool? |
Supposeably they are masters at throwing sharpened entrenching tools in close quarter battle. But it is not unique to them. It was a common weapon in both WW1 and WW2 on both sides.
I keep parts of my armour and weapons on display and parts of it in a wooden chest.
We have a number of friends who are serving police officers and while they openly admire the gear that I have on display, none of them have commented on the risks of having them on display or ant requirement to have them stored away.
_________________
Callum Forbes
Order of the Boar - www.jousting.co.nz
Order of the Boar Historical Foot Combat -
www.hapkido.org.nz/upperhutt.html |
|
|
|
|
Please read the terms of use