I posted about this a LOOOOOOOONG time ago, but the thread has since fallen into the forgotten thread abyss, so here's another one, with updated pics of the display itself.

For those that don't remember or didn't see the original thread, I had a single handed sword made by Rob Miller in Scotland. It's one of his stock pieces, a 12th century knight's sword, with a couple customizations thrown in.


Here's the beautiful piece. I was on the waiting list for two years... it was well worth it.




My coat of arms is on a silver coin inlaid in the pommel. I wanted the chain wrapped handle for durability sake, but it ended up being MUCH more delicate looking than I imagined. It was a very pleasant surprise.




Here's the etching. It's in Welsh and reads, "Behold the pale horse. The man who sat on him was death, and hell followed with him." One of the many translations of Revelation 6:8. This sword is paying homage to a few areas of my heritage, which (in addition to being very Scottish on one side), is full of men of the cloth from Wales. So, having such a deeply religious heritage, I thought a biblical reference would be best for this particular blade, and for an instrument designed to chop people's heads off, what better than Revelations?




One of the sheath, which is wood wrapped in calf skin, with silver fittings.




NOW, on to the display. I decided a non-funtional display shield would be best, and most fitting, so my artist friend and I built one out of pine and painted it black.




The design was originally going to be a custom coat of arms featuring my family coat:



But we decided against designing something new, and stuck with just the lion. I thought something more intricate or detailed would detract from the sword too much, which is supposed to be the centerpiece accompanied by a shield.