What i would like to know

[GunClick Rick]

I came across a few frames,think i will hang some up on the wall showing knife out of sheaths.

[Forty Rod]

Start hanging out at Goodwill, Deseret Industries, Salvation Army, and such thrift stores.  About 3/4 of the frames in my house came from such places and none cost over about $5.00.

Chuck the glass and replace the back with 3/8" - 1/2" plywood and cover it with felt (bright red works well, blue doesn't) from the scrap bins at a sewing store.  Staple it to the plywood and use brass"L" screw-in hooks to hang the knives.

OR

use square iron nails from Rockler's and tie the knives in place with 5# test monofilament through the back, around the knife just forward of the guard, and back through the plywood.

I am in the process of remounting some of my little belly guns that way on 'flag red' felt from Joann's.  (I scrapped the infantry blue cloth that I used originally.)  The nickel and blued parts vanished against it and on lt the brass and some of the grips showed up.

I'll try to get some pics to show you.

[GunClick Rick]

HEY that sounds good Forty

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[Forty Rod]

Of course it sounds good. 

Do you think I'd post any of my really stupid ideas on here?   

I get enough flak from my wife over those, I don't need it from you guys, too. 

[GunClick Rick]

Would like to find me some of them old antique nails too.

[Dr. Bob]

4T is right about red!!  That or light hard wood make good backgrounds for guns & knives.  I usually try to photograph them on a piece of red wool that I have left from a project.  When I'm lazy I just shoot on the top of a folding TV table.

OMG, I said something nice about ole Forty Rod! 

[Forty Rod]

Rocklers sells those old black iron square cut nails about 1.5" long at a very reasonable price.  Might be one in your area or they do mail order.

I coat the shanks and back of the heads on mine with clear epoxy so they don't have a metal to metal contact with my guns.