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Post: What else do you collect? (Topic#863848)

markr37
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Loc: Madison, WI
Reg: 06-11-08

11-02-09 15:48.22 - Post#1972007

Kitchen knives are an interesting item to collect since they have great utility. If my guess is right, you folks are collectors of other things as well. So spill it. What else do you collect?

I started collecting when I was a kid. I tried coins, comic books, baseball cards. As a teenager I collected records and then cds. When I became an adult I started collecting outsider art. I actually consider the blacsmiths I sell outsider artists in a lot of ways which is why I really go out of my way to support them. I get no rush selling a wusthof chef knife. But when someone buys a Takeda I do.

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Idiotking
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Loc: Wisconsin
Reg: 06-21-07

11-02-09 15:55.34 - Post#1972011
In response to markr37

I'll bite. I recently sold most of my guitars so I won't count those.

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apicius9
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Loc: Honolulu, HI
Reg: 03-21-05

11-02-09 16:01.20 - Post#1972017
In response to markr37

Right now I would have to say pieces of wood and exotic animal products like mammoth tooth, buffalo horns, fossil coral etc. That doesn't leave many resources for other collections...

The only other thing is that I stocked up (well, overstocked) on camera lenses in the last year after rediscovering the fun that hobby can be; right now I am sorting out what to resell and what to keep. But I wouldn't see myself as a collector here, more a user with an impulse control problem when shopping.

When I still lived in Germany, I never saw myself as a wine collector either, but most people who looked at my 800+ bottles did, for some reason

But I have cut that back to 100 bottles max these days, the capacity of the 2 small wine fridges I have, too difficult to store more out here.

Oh, maybe the few hundred coobooks would count as a collection, but I pretty much stopped buying new ones except for the very few must-haves that come out every year.

Unfortunately, academia doesn't pay well enough to get into more collecting hobbies.

Stefan

"Man should practice moderation in all things, including moderation." Mark Twain

rahimlee54
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Reg: 09-03-09

11-02-09 16:11.21 - Post#1972027
In response to apicius9

A/V gear and speakers :). Working on a tool collection to go with it.

JBroida
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Loc: LA
Reg: 11-12-08

11-02-09 16:22.04 - Post#1972032
In response to rahimlee54

wine and beer... i have no room left in my closet because of the stacked cases of wine... in fact this might be more frustrating to my girlfriend than my knife obsession

-Jon

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AFkitchenkniveguy
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Loc: Guam
Reg: 07-31-08

11-02-09 16:31.06 - Post#1972037
In response to JBroida

I still have a lot of comics and sports cards, which I will sell one of these days, but can't say I collect anything else in the strictest sense. I have more tools and gadgets for the kitchen than needed, so a lot of money went there. I've cooled down on my mountain biking accessories. My everyday scuba diving hobby is about to be cut short in a few months when I move to Colorado. I've easily spent $6K on coffee/espresso equipment and toys in the last two years, but can't justify more. I started getting into watches years ago, before I realized how rediculously expensive the ones I wanted were. So, knives are what I dream about at night

Jason

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rockbox
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rockbox

Reg: 02-20-06

11-02-09 16:31.34 - Post#1972039
In response to Idiotking

King,

You must be single with no kids because I don't know very many married men that have this many toys.

As much money as I spend on the kids, I could get a new motorcycle every year and few nice knives a month.

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Tom

Edited by rockbox on 11-02-09 16:31.54. Reason for edit: No reason given.

cœur de feu
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Reg: 08-28-09

11-02-09 16:38.28 - Post#1972045
In response to rockbox

Souls.

Some call me...Jeff?

milesonend
Journeyman KnifeNut!

Loc: omaha
Reg: 05-03-09

11-02-09 16:57.17 - Post#1972063
In response to cœur de feu

reading this thread made me realize ive always had a sort of collecting obsession. cards, comics, guitars.. but ive sold off most of those. all ive got left is a ridiculous collection of japanese cookbooks and knives. admitting you have a problem is the first step i hear.

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bprescot
Master Member KnifeNut!

Loc: Ringoes, NJ
Reg: 11-07-08

11-02-09 17:27.59 - Post#1972083
In response to milesonend

Wines, Whiskeys, Rums, Cookbooks, and Gardening books. The last one has stopped since we no longer have a garden in our new apartment.

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