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gwsiii



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:45 pm    Post subject: AGCA Display Pictures Reply with quote

Banzai members' Japanese displays finished in 2 of the top 3 Prizes, "Alsaka's" Type I and Type II Hamada display won best of show.









My display was Military Rifles, Bayonets, and Swords of Japan. I placed 3rd overall.







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jangle



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats to you and George! I know it takes alot of time to set up your display, just wish I could have seen it. Thanks for sharing your photos!

James
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey is that yer gooder marine sssward, I caint see the mint finger loop....beautiful display yuh done do'ed a good job, Batta.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sorry to have missed the show. can only make so many of them as it is a 4 hour drive each way. Wasn't feeling to bad about as one old guy didn't have much good to say about it, then I see the photos and am sorry to miss the displays. Glad to hear that you all did well. Did you happen to find any goodies?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:50 am    Post subject: goodies Reply with quote

I picked up a 1914 Naval Officer's Parade saber with knot, a 38 long handguard, a copy of Japanese Parachute Troops, and an arm band from the launching of the USS Alabama in 1942. All in all, a quiet show, not much in the way of Japanese, but enough to fill another hole in the collection. Trey
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:51 am    Post subject: sword Reply with quote

The cavalry sword with loop is below the sword stand, on the table, you can't see it real well, its behind the sparkly T2. Trey
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was going to ask you about that broken rifle. You need to send it to me so I can fix it for you Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:20 am    Post subject: rifle Reply with quote

I picked up some super glue and some jb weld on the way home, that ought to lock it up good! Trey
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome display! Bet you had a lot of lookers.
A while back I was lucky enough to pick up a cav sword with a 100% intact finger loop. It is missing the leather throat washer though Sad




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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:25 pm    Post subject: Nice Reply with quote

Nice display as usual, and now expected.

With the extensive and scarce stuff on your table, I don't see why you were #3!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cause of the broken rifle, and I can't believe you arn't going to try and fx'it with duct tape Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:11 am    Post subject: display Reply with quote

Thank you all for the kind comments. I was up against a pair of hamada pistols with a 'marked' Japanese contract FN Browning which is hard to compete with on any level rarity wise, and the 'Little But Lethal' display which is a magnificent display, but it doesn't have a lot of information or history on what is in the display.

Judging a display is really hard, if you've ever tried it before. If you don't know what you're looking at, you have to rely on the display (and other collectors-last resort) for information about what you're looking at, the rarity of those items and how they relate to other areas of collecting that you might know something about. I try to have a tag listing production figures for each weapon in my collection, along with a more 'common' list showing the estimated production of a variety of other countries weapons. Just to give someone that doesn't know anything about Japanese weapons a reference point.

I usually 'over display', in that I put too much out. I do it so that everywhere you look on the table, there is something else new to look at, if its not labelled, its something to prompt a question. I try to make it educational, and informative. The question I ask myself most when I walk away from a display is, 'did I learn something from it?' If I did learn something, then to me, it was a good display.
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