A custom display for a custom sword

[Dale Seago]

Truly an heirloom. Delightful!

Heirloom is right -- worthy of handing down for many future generations.

[Teufel Hunden]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I think the combo will look AMAZING once the cabinet is finished.

Awesome. Beautiful. Splendid. Gorgeous!

(I would have called this a 'claymore' if I saw it in a Scottish setting- no doubt someone can tell my why that would be wrong? )

Accuracy reasons mostly.

Because it's more of a kaniggetly one-hand sword. The Scottish claymore or claidheamh da laimh (two-hand sword) had a distinctively different crossguard & quillions as well as a fairly wide but comparatively thin blade and longer grip.

These accuracies. Thank you good sir.

Truly an heirloom. Delightful!

Heirloom is right -- worthy of handing down for many future generations.

That's one of the many reasons I bought the sword to begin with. Although I have no kids now, I might have at least one or two in the future, and I've got a few interesting oddities to pass down to them. More specifically my Marine Corps NCO sword, and my Ka-Bar i carried during the Iraq invasion, and for another tour in Ramadi 3 years later.

[Dale Seago]

More specifically my Marine Corps NCO sword, and my Ka-Bar i carried during the Iraq invasion, and for another tour in Ramadi 3 years later.

Ooh, speaking of heirlooms you just reminded me. . .My dad still has a ka-bar and a 1911 .45 he carried during WWII (he was on both Saipan and Iwo Jima). And I'm the only one of his 3 sons who went into the Corps, so maybe. . .I'm seeing him next month, maybe I can chat with him about it.

Maybe he'd be willing to forget that I later fell to the Dark Side and got an Army commission.

Anyway, Semper Fi and thanks for your own service!!

[Teufel Hunden]

Ooh, speaking of heirlooms you just reminded me. . .My dad still has a ka-bar and a 1911 .45 he carried during WWII (he was on both Saipan and Iwo Jima). And I'm the only one of his 3 sons who went into the Corps, so maybe. . .I'm seeing him next month, maybe I can chat with him about it.

Saipan and Iwo Jima, good lord. I would buy that man many drinks. My grandpa brought home a Sten MK3 he picked up in the Ardennes. It's been unfortunately modified over the years by various relatives, but still functions pretty well. I've been trying to get it put into more of a respectful place, away from the dremel bearing hands of some.

Your father's items would be awesome. Few things (at least IMO) carry the weight of one warrior passing his tools to another. My own dad was a Marine in Vietnam, and made it through Khe Sanh and a couple other notables, but didn't really bring anything home with him. At the time he just wanted to come home and cast off a lot of the other things, only to really wish he hadn't done so years later. I built him a shadow box to help make up for it.

Maybe he'd be willing to forget that I later fell to the Dark Side and got an Army commission.

Oh I don't know. He might only let you see the pieces in question, but not touch them.

j/k.

Anyway, Semper Fi and thanks for your own service!!

Ooh Rah brother.

[Old Hippie]

My dad still has a ka-bar and a 1911 .45 he carried during WWII (he was on both Saipan and Iwo Jima).

I have my father's Ka-Bar that accompanied him through Okinawa. Although he spent the bulk of his career (the part from 1942-1975) in the Corps of Engineers, the 1938-1942 part was in the Cavalry, before they got those sissy Jeeps. NOBODY ever forgot that The Major was from the Cavalry. Not more than once, anyway.

His sabre survived as a more-than-usually-functional part of his Masonic regalia (York rite) until a fire wiped out the hall in the late '50s. About 40 years later I bought him a replacement sabre, like his old one intended to be used rather than worn as jewelry. After nearly cutting my ceiling fan out of the living room ceiling, and giving way to some "unmanly" tears while thanking me, he put it on proud display in his home where he could reach it at need. It's now resting in my home, next to the Ka-Bar.