I bought an Indian sword today at the gunshow. I thought it would make a nice wallhanger. I was standing there pondering whether I should throw 25 bucks on a piece of decoration for my wall when a young fellow (about 12) behind the table piped up "Make me an offer, mister". Hey, how can I resist that? 20 bucks later (I assured the little guy that he'd be a millionaire by the time he was his dad's age) I'm on my way out of the gun show with my new sword and a lovely green velvet scabbord. I'm sure it would be no good in a genuine battle, and the handgrip is obviously designed for people with much smaller hands than me (I can only get three fingers through it), I suppose Indian hands are smaller, but I think it will go well on the wall above my new Duke print.
Anybody have good display suggestions as to the best way to hang this that will show it off at it's nicest profile? I'd like the blade to show, but then again, the scabbord is really pretty.
Incidentally, did you know that even (some) 35 year men, when they buy their first sword get the difficult-to-resist impulse to try it out in the parking lot on a bush? Fortunately I resisted, or you'd be seeing me on cops, but there's something about 36 inches of shiny steel that make you want to hop around and shout 'h'yaahhhh!!!' while chopping something. Maybe I've read too much Tolkien and that's just me. Never mind that part. I'll probably break something here in the house before the evening is through though.