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    those look really nice(new) in their cases.as you say a converted cutlery or cigar box suitably partitioned and lined would be a good way of displaying nice pistols like those.nothing looks quite as nice as a cased webley.

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    Air pistols do look good in a fitted case. I’ve scratch built a couple of wooden cases:
    I built a case for an enamel finish Premier E, not as neat as your cases but it came out reasonably well:


    I also built a fitted case to house my reproduction Haviland and Gunn Parlour pistol along with some darts and a copy of the Patent:


    Lots more pistols that would benefit from a fitted cases but never enough time and too many other projects!

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    Made some from scratch, used some from collectors fairs, even tried to copy the Webley one...

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    I just acquired several in wooden cases,would of preferred original boxes but still look good
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    Here's a Nemesis in an adapted Tempest Centennial case. It didn't need a lot of adaption, mainly several extra pads to stop the protrusions on the Nemesis marking the interior. I was able to source some fabric a very close match to the original.



    Here's a yellow nemesis in the same case; I no longer have this pistol in my collection.


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    Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen.


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    Quote Originally Posted by 45flint View Post
    Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen.

    I'm not really a fan of repro cases but this ones looks gorgeous and certainly enhances a lovely pistol.

    John
    Currently looking for Baikal Makarov pistols with the following prefixes to the serial number: 98, T01, T09, T21, T22
    Prefer boxed or cased but will consider loose examples too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 45flint View Post
    Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen.

    Stunning example, sets it off beautifully. Would you have any idea where I could source 2 labels from please?

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    [QUOTE=45flint;8190328]Posted this far too many times but this curly walnut case was the nicest case I have ever seen. QUOTE]

    That is a nicely figured case containing one of my favourite Webley air pistols, the same sort of case I am looking for, but instead of coins I think I would have created a space for a pellet tin and enlarged the other space to take a Webley oil tin of either type.

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    Here's my engraved Senior in an adapted jewellery case, with extra barrel. Original grips fit in there too.
    I could do with a slightly larger case to take an oil can as well.


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    Quote Originally Posted by isobar View Post
    those look really nice(new) in their cases.as you say a converted cutlery or cigar box suitably partitioned and lined would be a good way of displaying nice pistols like those.nothing looks quite as nice as a cased Webley.
    As you say, cigar boxes make a nice home for small air pistols like this Tell 2.



    I would prefer original boxes and cases, but would rather keep some pistols in reproduction cases rather than old pistol sleeves especially if they were never offered cased.

    Brian

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