What else do you collect? I used to collect these.

[Skeet 028]

Straight Razors and older shotguns and rifles, Krieghoff & Perazzi O/Us.

 

[30-30remchester]

I collect pre war Winchesters with hard use issues. Antique knives have been a passion a well with over 500 antique blades. Other than those I collect only what I can and do use. Good antique hand tools and of all things, shovels. I have spent entirely too much time attached to a shovel in my 64 years. Quality kitchen utensils to ball point pens. Mostly only American made items live at my house. But the things I am most proud of and collect is experiences. From Alaska to the Mexican border I have worked and played and had many adventures and heartaches. Only a few would I change.

 

[Old TexMex]

Cast iron. Skillets, dutch ovens and ash trays with the little drunk men hanging against lamp posts (I’m sure you’ve seen them), and
Mexican folk art, (the old stuff).

 

[Thinnes]

Collections

Parking tickets

 

[bushmaster1313]

We have a small assembly of low-end Steuben glass. Steuben glas is a marvelous combination of artistry, design, skill, craftsmanship and commercialism. Thanks to eBay and the general lack of interest in the general public, a spectacular used piece like this can be had for $39.00 plus shipping:

 

[BC38]

I own about 10 vehicles. Does that count?
OH! I KNOW! I have about shop manuals for about 40-50 different vehicles.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Guitars and amplifiers. I have about 40 of them.

I don't play guitar but grew up with friends who did. So whenever i haunted pawn shops for guns I checked out guitars, too just to pass the info on. I like watching those Norm's Guitars guitar of the day videos. I look at 50s guitars the same way I do Colts and S&Ws from that period. Pure American quality. The 1959 Caddy is the same thing. And it's excess in style nurtured by sci fi movies is like the Flying V guitar. What a great manufacturing era.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Collect wheat back pennies. I have every year made.

 

[Frank46]

Artillery shell casings. Started with a USN 5"54 that got made into an ash tray during our Westpac cruise. Found a few in a local scrap yard, two were from an uncle who served with the British army in WWI some found in antique shops and some I bought off ebay. Knock out the dents with a soft blow hammer, sand down to get the scratches out and then a few hours with a home made polishing rig I made out of an old table saw motor which is is as old as me (71. And pocket knives, seems I cannot resist picking up another one. Benchmade, Buck, Spyderco, and others. Frank

 

[Rustyt1953]

I no longer do, but for decades I collected guitars and basses.

Having had a guitar shop, I had to show restraint. If I kept every cool thing that came in I would have had nothing to sell.

 

[Jack222]

Wheelhorse's and Old Mitchell reels.

 

[crazyphil]

Besides a few guns and a gross or so of holsters? When I traveled a lot,
I collected match books. I have a gallon jug full of them. I think my
favorite is from The Cat House in New Orleans. I have quite a few knives,
over a hundred old vhs western movies, and lots of other things. I am
a habitual collector. More is better?

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I collected U.S. military shoulder patches, and Medals since I was 14. The Father-in-law's wife collects PD shoulder patches (she has over 6000, where I have closer to 600!)

Ivan

 

[wingriderz]

Alot of fishing rods & reels Penns mostly

 

[misswired]

Nothing specifically, just old stuff.
Most would probably consider junk, and rightly so. I do have a fairly large coca-cola memorabilia collection.

 

[loknload]

Along with my Hard Rock Guitar pins I also started collecting Green Light Diecast cars. I started this with the advant of owning a Corvette and was only picking up the Corvettes in their series. They also do series of cars such as the vehicles that were used in the movie Bullit, yes it had the McQueens Mustang, the bad guys Charger and even the taxi cab that McQueen and the bad guy used!
But they are really nice miniatures of your favorite automobiles.
I used to have them set up on my computer in my office while I was still working, got a lot of comments on them.
So I guess my granddaughter will inherit the Hard Rock pins, I started her on collecting the Disney pins, she has two lanyards filled with them already!
The grandsons will split my little car collection!

 

[NYlakesider]

Hess trucks. I realy do not collect them but each year I have more.

Many years back my wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I'm a hard person to get things for as If I see something I want I get it. Got tired of her asking me and said "O just get me a Hess truck".

Every year since I get the new Hess item/s from someone in the family. (As I'm hard to get things for I tend to be given gift cards from the LGS. Them things never go to waste!)

I have a post & beam house and I put the unopened boxes up on the cross beams in my office. Have close to 40 now.

 

[kenjen]

zippo lighters

 

[PPS1980]

I collected U.S. military shoulder patches, and Medals since I was 14. The Father-in-law's wife collects PD shoulder patches (she has over 6000, where I have closer to 600!)

Ivan

When I was a kid I collected USAF patches. I have over 1000 from the 60s and 70s myself. Gotta get them out and look at them some time.

From 1979 - when we transitioned from F100s to the Wild Weasel role with F105Gs

 

[1911 45]

I used to collect small pot belly stoves. The first pic is a SPARK salesman sample.