What do you collect? - The Firearms Forum

Suicide*Ride · 08-09-2009, 08:37 PM

People collect the wierdest things....

I'm pretty sure everyone here collects firearms & a few even collect ammunition, but what else do you collect that's not firearm related? I used to collect Hall china teapots & old medicine bottles. I still collect old slot cars, vacuum tubes, & old ham/CB radio equipment. (tube type)

What do you collect?

Does your collection serve a purpose?

How long have you been collecting?

Posting of pictures is a plus!

BTW - I know folks collect Ruger & S&W items like ashtray's or belt buckles. Those will count as non-firearms so let's see them!

ponycar17 · 08-09-2009, 09:03 PM

Oooooh, spectrally impure CB transmission equipment that gives HAM operators a bad name...

I'm attaching pictures of a HAM shop I visited in Akihabara, an area of Tokyo, Japan a few years ago. The downstairs of the shop was a HAM shop for new items but it had a HAM museum upstairs. It was pretty interesting.

I have collected different types of trees for the past couple of years to plant all over our property. Most are varieties of Japanese Maples. I'm finding some are OK with the climate and others are not. I've also grown a boatload of 'em from seed. I don't have any great pictures left on the computer but I'll post one.

JLA · 08-09-2009, 09:20 PM

Besides guns, I collect Pontiac Fieros. I am currently down to two, ones my project and ones for parts, but at one time i had 7 or 8 or them. Heres a pic of my 86 right after I got it. I dont have any current pics as of yet but I will soon. This ones well on its way to becomeing a mid-engine american made tuner. I am in the process of building a performance street engine for it. I absolutely love driving these lil guys. I have yet to drive something that handles better

flannelman · 08-09-2009, 10:04 PM

Sorry no pics but I collect knives of all sorts. I also collect books, nothing of note, just books of all types and ages.

artabr · 08-09-2009, 10:26 PM

Dust.

Art

Rocket J Squirl · 08-09-2009, 10:33 PM

Nothing, Im spending most of my time making bullets.

glocknut · 08-09-2009, 10:46 PM

Guns.

mike
gn

jacksonco · 08-09-2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by artabr

Dust.

Art

AH a fellow dust collector. Do you do the dust collecting yourself or do you prefer to farm it out to the wife?

I like to do it myself. I sit in a stationionary position until a satisfactory amount of dust has collected on me then I vacuum it off gingerly into a sterile collection bag. The dust is not as valuable if it becomes contaminated.

Marlin T · 08-09-2009, 10:59 PM

Ahhh, this baby rocks out!!!
No the Turbo is not hooked up at the moment.
Notice Frankie goes to hollywood?

(That is the one with the long version of "War" on it.)

That goes to 300 officially, but it will go past that before the circuit break clicks.

That is louder than a jet taking off

Here is a list of all the peices.

pickenup · 08-09-2009, 11:12 PM

I have collected a couple of knives and swords.
Serves no purpose.
Pics of some of them are on this thread.......

http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=37873

Vladimir · 08-10-2009, 12:13 AM

I have a matchbook collection my grandfather gave me. Would be awesome to keep going if I regularly traveled the world (he did for business) and people still handed them out. There are matchbooks from all over the world in that box.

I collect "beers". I maintain a list of every beer I drink. I am already up to over 150 at 22

. (To clarify that is 150 different brews).

Maximilian II · 08-10-2009, 12:18 AM

I collect beers too. Right about belt level...

artabr · 08-10-2009, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jacksonco

AH a fellow dust collector. Do you do the dust collecting yourself or do you prefer to farm it out to the wife?

I like to do it myself. I sit in a stationionary position until a satisfactory amount of dust has collected on me then I vacuum it off gingerly into a sterile collection bag. The dust is not as valuable if it becomes contaminated.

I tend to do my best dust collecting using the stationary position also.
I find that sitting in front of a television or computer monitor are two of the best spots for the collecting of dust. Must have something to do with static discharge. I do find that I get a better more cultured and refined dust from the computer monitor vs plain old television.

Art

PharmrJohn · 08-10-2009, 02:20 AM

I collect and display bone china and plates. Grotto Rose 185 is one of my favorite patterns. Grindley is another I like. I have put together a complete set of eight in the Mikasa Ovation CR007 pattern. Many, many limoges plates that I have all over the house. When someone comes into my house it is immediately apparent to them that a woman did the interior design. Wrong. It was me. But I don't let anyone know.......I just let them assume Karen did it.

Also, old Seattle pictures. Several I have framed and up on display. Another $200 and I can get a Kick-*** old Seattle photo I scored about eight years ago up.

Also, antique clocks of all sorts. Currently, I have five antique clocks up. Four running. One just went down for the count and needs to be cleaned. It was my great-grandmothers clock.

Also coins. I have collected coins since childhood.

I also have a working Post WW-II American Flyer train set up in the garage. Ninety percent of it I reworked and rewired. The engine I had done......although I did have to resoulder a connection or two that was poorly done. The table is 8x8. I am constantly collecting things for that. There is still much money to be spent on that. The diorama is only 30% done.

So I collect many, many things. Drives my wife nuts. Oh, and musical instruments. I have two trumpets, a flute (I am learning to play), a drum kit, a bass (learning to play----better than the flute) and a piano. I just need a guitar to round it out.

Now I am starting in on firearms. I think I need help.

Marlin T · 08-10-2009, 02:38 AM

topper · 08-10-2009, 04:50 AM

beautiful old roses and old farm machinery.

Keep the chamber fully loaded!

kingchip · 08-10-2009, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big steve

hey guys i know that this is random but this is the only thread people are talking on. DOES ANYONE NOTICE THAT AMMO SEEMS TO BE GETTING HARDER TO FIND ESPECIALLY .22 AMMO?????

It's OK. I think I collected it all.

6x6pinz · 08-10-2009, 04:55 AM

Military vehicles for me. Currently have 5, two M37's, two Pinzgauers (one 4x and one 6x) and a DAF YA126. Always looking for more especially a deuce or 5T.

Suwannee Tim · 08-10-2009, 05:20 AM

Cats.

glocknut · 08-10-2009, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marlin T

Ahhh, this baby rocks out!!!
No the Turbo is not hooked up at the moment.
Notice Frankie goes to hollywood?

(That is the one with the long version of "War" on it.)

That goes to 300 officially, but it will go past that before the circuit break clicks.

That is louder than a jet taking off

Here is a list of all the peices.

Oh man... hook that sucker up to a video game and a big screen tv and play a game with lots of explosions and stuff....

mike
gn

artabr · 08-10-2009, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6x6pinz

Military vehicles for me. Currently have 5, two M37's, two Pinzgauers (one 4x and one 6x) and a DAF YA126. Always looking for more especially a deuce or 5T.

Sweet.

I'd love to have a nice M37, actually I wouldn't mind having any of the MV's that you've posted.
What I really would like to get my hands on would be a WC 56 or 57 command car. I know were 2 are located, but sadly they'll probably rot away before the owners of either one will do something with them.

Art

Gabob · 08-10-2009, 07:48 AM

I collect old pharmacy items. I have two cast iron mortar and pestles, one fron early 1800's and one from 1700's. Total of 13 mortar and pestles. Two cabinets of old bottles, a vaporizer fueled by alcohol lamp, medical lancet, two books of prescriptions written in 1887 and 1888(They filed them in scrapbooks back then). I lost a big box of antique items when I moved about 35 years ago

Also have a lot of spear points( or arrowheads) and Indian pottery that I have picked up quail hunting on our land. Apparently there was an Indian village in one of our fields because we find lots of pottery shards there.

fmacsin1 · 08-10-2009, 09:14 AM

I try and collect money, but I just can't seem to find any!

TranterUK · 08-10-2009, 09:47 AM

I seem best at collecting debt.

carver · 08-10-2009, 10:03 AM

I seam to collect aches, and pains!

08-09-2009, 08:37 PM	#1
Suicide*Ride Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Golden, Colorado Posts: 1,340	What do you collect? People collect the wierdest things.... I'm pretty sure everyone here collects firearms & a few even collect ammunition, but what *else* do you collect that's not firearm related? I used to collect Hall china teapots & old medicine bottles. I still collect old slot cars, vacuum tubes, & old ham/CB radio equipment. (tube type) What do you collect? Does your collection serve a purpose? How long have you been collecting? Posting of pictures is a plus! BTW - I know folks collect Ruger & S&W items like ashtray's or belt buckles. Those will count as non-firearms so let's see them! Attached Images __________________ "The price of FREEDOM can be seen here" ******(the sign outside every VA hospital)****** In an emergency, people don't rise to the occasion, but are reduced to their level of training. When something is trying to eat you, it is hard to get off a good shot! "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Twain -->

08-09-2009, 09:03 PM	#2
ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: What do you collect? Oooooh, spectrally impure CB transmission equipment that gives HAM operators a bad name... I'm attaching pictures of a HAM shop I visited in Akihabara, an area of Tokyo, Japan a few years ago. The downstairs of the shop was a HAM shop for new items but it had a HAM museum upstairs. It was pretty interesting. I have collected different types of trees for the past couple of years to plant all over our property. Most are varieties of Japanese Maples. I'm finding some are OK with the climate and others are not. I've also grown a boatload of 'em from seed. I don't have any great pictures left on the computer but I'll post one. Attached Images __________________ Arm yourself with intellectual Ammunition! Gunfacts 5.1 Myth-Busting Facts JustFacts.com on Gun Control Stopping Power, the Downloadable Book

08-09-2009, 09:20 PM	#3
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: What do you collect? Besides guns, I collect Pontiac Fieros. I am currently down to two, ones my project and ones for parts, but at one time i had 7 or 8 or them. Heres a pic of my 86 right after I got it. I dont have any current pics as of yet but I will soon. This ones well on its way to becomeing a mid-engine american made tuner. I am in the process of building a performance street engine for it. I absolutely love driving these lil guys. I have yet to drive something that handles better Attached Images __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

08-09-2009, 10:04 PM	#4
flannelman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rural Arkansas. But isn't all of Arkansas rural? Posts: 1,176	Re: What do you collect? Sorry no pics but I collect knives of all sorts. I also collect books, nothing of note, just books of all types and ages. __________________ What we do in life echoes in eternity! **** Liberals, they make about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. If you want to be a looser the best way to get there is to hang around with other loosers.

08-09-2009, 10:26 PM	#5
artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: What do you collect? Dust. Art __________________ God and the soldier we like adore, In times of trouble, not before. When troubles ended and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier is slighted. Francis Quarles 1592 - 1644 __________________ When asked for my race, I answer CauCajun. Hope is not a plan, and not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST! These hands are neither cold nor are they dead!!

08-09-2009, 10:33 PM	#6
Rocket J Squirl Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 418	Re: What do you collect? Nothing, Im spending most of my time making bullets.

08-09-2009, 10:46 PM	#7
glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	Re: What do you collect? Guns. mike gn __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone....

08-09-2009, 10:59 PM	#9
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: What do you collect? Ahhh, this baby rocks out!!! No the Turbo is not hooked up at the moment. Notice Frankie goes to hollywood? (That is the one with the long version of "War" on it.) That goes to 300 officially, but it will go past that before the circuit break clicks. That is louder than a jet taking off Here is a list of all the peices. __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<< Last edited by Marlin T; 08-09-2009 at 11:01 PM..

08-09-2009, 11:12 PM	#10
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,838	Re: What do you collect? I have collected a couple of knives and swords. Serves no purpose. Pics of some of them are on this thread....... http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=37873 __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

08-10-2009, 12:13 AM	#11
Vladimir Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Issaquah WA Posts: 3,558	Re: What do you collect? I have a matchbook collection my grandfather gave me. Would be awesome to keep going if I regularly traveled the world (he did for business) and people still handed them out. There are matchbooks from all over the world in that box. I collect "beers". I maintain a list of every beer I drink. I am already up to over 150 at 22 . (To clarify that is 150 different brews). __________________ -JVRR меня зовут Владимир или Джеймс. Я знаю только немного русский язык (я американец, но мой пра дедушка русски). STEAM (CSS, TF2, etc): Ask me! Xbox LIVE! GT: "Vlad is Rad" PS3 PSN: "Vlad_Is_Rad"

08-10-2009, 12:18 AM	#12
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,381	Re: What do you collect? I collect beers too. Right about belt level... __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman.

08-10-2009, 02:20 AM	#14
PharmrJohn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Western Washington Posts: 975	Re: What do you collect? I collect and display bone china and plates. Grotto Rose 185 is one of my favorite patterns. Grindley is another I like. I have put together a complete set of eight in the Mikasa Ovation CR007 pattern. Many, many limoges plates that I have all over the house. When someone comes into my house it is immediately apparent to them that a woman did the interior design. Wrong. It was me. But I don't let anyone know.......I just let them assume Karen did it. Also, old Seattle pictures. Several I have framed and up on display. Another $200 and I can get a Kick-*** old Seattle photo I scored about eight years ago up. Also, antique clocks of all sorts. Currently, I have five antique clocks up. Four running. One just went down for the count and needs to be cleaned. It was my great-grandmothers clock. Also coins. I have collected coins since childhood. I also have a working Post WW-II American Flyer train set up in the garage. Ninety percent of it I reworked and rewired. The engine I had done......although I did have to resoulder a connection or two that was poorly done. The table is 8x8. I am constantly collecting things for that. There is still much money to be spent on that. The diorama is only 30% done. So I collect many, many things. Drives my wife nuts. Oh, and musical instruments. I have two trumpets, a flute (I am learning to play), a drum kit, a bass (learning to play----better than the flute) and a piano. I just need a guitar to round it out. Now I am starting in on firearms. I think I need help. Last edited by PharmrJohn; 08-10-2009 at 02:21 AM..

08-10-2009, 02:38 AM	#15
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: What do you collect? LOL __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<

08-10-2009, 04:50 AM	#16
topper Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: deep in the woods Posts: 748	Re: What do you collect? beautiful old roses and old farm machinery. Keep the chamber fully loaded!

08-10-2009, 04:55 AM	#18
6x6pinz V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 382	Re: What do you collect? Military vehicles for me. Currently have 5, two M37's, two Pinzgauers (one 4x and one 6x) and a DAF YA126. Always looking for more especially a deuce or 5T. __________________ friends don't let friends carry glocks Last edited by 6x6pinz; 08-10-2009 at 05:06 AM.. Reason: added pics

08-10-2009, 05:20 AM	#19
Suwannee Tim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,227	Re: What do you collect? Cats.

08-10-2009, 07:48 AM	#22
Gabob Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW GA CSA Posts: 1,161	Re: What do you collect? I collect old pharmacy items. I have two cast iron mortar and pestles, one fron early 1800's and one from 1700's. Total of 13 mortar and pestles. Two cabinets of old bottles, a vaporizer fueled by alcohol lamp, medical lancet, two books of prescriptions written in 1887 and 1888(They filed them in scrapbooks back then). I lost a big box of antique items when I moved about 35 years ago Also have a lot of spear points( or arrowheads) and Indian pottery that I have picked up quail hunting on our land. Apparently there was an Indian village in one of our fields because we find lots of pottery shards there. __________________ NRA Endowment Member Keep Your Powder Dry

08-10-2009, 09:14 AM	#23
fmacsin1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Moosehead Lake, Maine Posts: 433	Re: What do you collect? I try and collect money, but I just can't seem to find any!

08-10-2009, 09:47 AM	#24
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: What do you collect? I seem best at collecting debt. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

08-10-2009, 10:03 AM	#25
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