Turning an old mahogany box into a display box for old soldiers What Colour ?

jaydar · **on:** May 29, 2015, 01:10:53 PM

The plan is to refit an old Mahogany Cutlery Box to display my 1921 - 1950 run of soldiers sorted out my spacers etc just need to pick a fabric

Green Felt

Red

Blue

Swiss Army

New home for 30 of these

Crow · **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2015, 01:20:25 PM

I vote for blanket. Other colours are too bright for what you put in there. Bright colours will take your eye off of your knives.

Reinier · **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2015, 02:39:26 PM

I vote blanket too. Well, that is, I like the color, nice and neutral (hey, there's probably a "neutral" and "Switzerland" joke in there somewhere). But destroying the blanket... sounds like a no-no.
Can't you get any grayish felt?

kirk13 · **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2015, 02:45:30 PM

I was expecting to see lead soldiers,not Victorinox ones

Reinier · **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2015, 02:54:27 PM

Lovely cabinet/box by the way!

jaydar · **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2015, 03:12:43 PM

Quote from: Reinier on May 29, 2015, 02:54:27 PM

Lovely cabinet/box by the way!

Non of the pics are mine except the knife

Just wanted to show the colours

Reinier · **Reply #6 on:** May 29, 2015, 03:31:52 PM

D'oh, I did notice there were three different cabinets, so why did I think the first one was yours

Oh well, nice knife

shibafu · **Reply #7 on:** May 29, 2015, 05:50:46 PM

I think green felt will look best with the mahogany.

coSAK · **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2015, 07:28:56 PM

Definetly the Swiss Army blanket.
Best in contrast and congenial to the Soldiers.

derekmac · **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:46:39 PM

Blanket for me too.

ColoSwiss · **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:11:26 AM

Putting something on its contrasting color generally serves to highlight the color, which is why green is normally good for displaying SAKs. However the old fiber handles are brown, which is a mix of green and red. Either color could work, but I would probably go with the red, for its warmer feel. The blue is too dark, and the grey is drab and makes anything on it appear drab.

Joe58 · **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:22:06 AM

The green.....or if not, then the blanket.

The blanket though won't have harmful chemicals in it that may not agree with the scale materials? Dunno. Just a thought.

sak60 · **Reply #12 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:43:43 AM

I think green because although the red looks great, the knife photo which is showing a slight reddish background on my phone doesn't give enough contrast with the handle colour. Cheers.

Lynn LeFey · **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2015, 06:35:19 AM

I voted green felt. It should make most of the colors of scales pop nicely. High contrast, easy visibility, and classic for a classic style knife.

lowtech · **Reply #14 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:18:52 PM

I voted other.
While green felt is a classic and the blanket would look good, I want to suggest using an old swiss tent / tarp. Just because I like the idea. I don´t even know how Swiss Army tents look(ed).
The blanket is my 2nd favourite. I´d part the display area about 1/3 from the lower edge with teh red ribbon and leave that area (of the ribbon and cross) empty, I think.
But anyways, I want to see the box when it is ready!

tosh · **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2015, 08:53:17 PM

How about black velvet/felt?? And use the blanket with the Swiss emblem to line the lid.
It would show the steel off, give a nice contrast to the fiber scales and compliment the grey lined lid.