Besides Firearms, What Else...

horselips

...do you collect? I like inexpensive watches and fountain pens. I do have a few rather nice watches and pens, but I really enjoy the less expensive ones more because I can use them all I want without consideration for their value. Unfortunately, being a senior citizen, I have also inadvertently collected quite an assortment of prescription meds. Oh well.

shush

No prescription meds of any kind for me, all I seem to have collected are a loving family and regrets. :uhm:

Teach

Aches and pains!
Jerry

samzhere

I don't actually collect firearms, as would a "collector" for value and investment. I have them as working items and defense tools. The only exception would be my Mossberg model 152 .22lr carbine which was my birthday present when I was, oh, 9 or 10 I think.

I do collect books and underground comics (plus some classic comics, too). I've got a first edition of James Joyce's "Ulysses" which is easily the most valuable thing I own. I also have a signed first edition of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian".

As for comics, my P&J (pride and joy) is a Marvel "Amazing Fantasy 15" which is the introduction of Spider-Man. I also have all the original Marvel "Silver Age" of Fantastic Four w. Galactus and other series, such as the introduction of Silver Surfer.

For underground comix, I've got all the original Zap Comix from #0 to #20, an original series of autographed S. Clay Wilson drawings (Pirates and Bikers and Demons -- you hadda be there), and a bunch of original comix by Gilbert Shelton (Wonder Wart-Hog, Fabulous Furry Freak Bros, etc) and others.

Worth a bit of dough, i suppose, particularly the 1st edition "Ulysses" and the Amazing Fantasy 15.

Zee

Scars.

:tooth:

CaliFFL

Single cylinder engines. I wouldn't call them a "collection" but today I was pulling a few of them out of winter storage and I counted 2 chainsaws, 2 mowers, 2 generators, 2 ATVs, a weed eater, garden tiller, wood splitter, pressure washer, and a boat engine. They all function as intended.

And I wonder where my free time goes.

ETA: I forgot the snowblower!

zorba

"I collect spores, molds, and funguses."
I could "collect" all kinds of stuff if I allowed myself to, I have a number of antique sewing machines for instance - and could go nuts collecting chess sets.

As it is, aside from firearms, I tend to collect dance veils - but they're more 'tools of the trade' than a collection per se.

CaliFFL

samzhere wrote: »

I do collect books and underground comics (plus some classic comics, too). I've got a first edition of James Joyce's "Ulysses" which is easily the most valuable thing I own. I also have a signed first edition of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian".

As for comics, my P&J (pride and joy) is a Marvel "Amazing Fantasy 15" which is the introduction of Spider-Man. I also have all the original Marvel "Silver Age" of Fantastic Four w. Galactus and other series, such as the introduction of Silver Surfer.

For underground comix, I've got all the original Zap Comix from #0 to #20, an original series of autographed S. Clay Wilson drawings (Pirates and Bikers and Demons -- you hadda be there), and a bunch of original comix by Gilbert Shelton (Wonder Wart-Hog, Fabulous Furry Freak Bros, etc) and others.

Worth a bit of dough, i suppose, particularly the 1st edition "Ulysses" and the Amazing Fantasy 15.

Nice collection! I'm not a comic collector, but I inherited a couple hundred from an uncle years ago. There is a Sub-Mariner #1 and a half dozen semi-early Batman and Superman comics. Included was a complete set (#1-59) of Kamandi Last Boy on Earth. Jack Kirby did the writing and pencilling. They are not worth much, so I thumb through them on occasion.

Rivernymph

My favorite thing to collect is egg cups. In fact, my dear husband just bought me a curio cabinet, so I now proudly display them in our living room. I also have quite an extensive collection of raccoon and opossum baculi. They, however, are not displayed in my living room.

CaliFFL

Rivernymph wrote: »

I also have quite an extensive collection of raccoon and opossum baculi.

My kid collects them. He has bear, coyote, ****, skunk, and a couple mink he made into earrings for his mother. I don't recall her ever wearing them!

JLDickmon

"antique" archery gear.
From B.C. (before compounds)
when was the last time you saw one of these bad boys?

'68 Bear Tartar

JLDickmon

Rivernymph wrote: »

I also have quite an extensive collection of raccoon and opossum baculi. They, however, are not displayed in my living room.

zorba

Earrings? Did someone say "earrings"?

I have about 130 pairs...

JLDickmon

zorba wrote: »

Earrings? Did someone say "earrings"?

I have about 130 pairs...

wddodge

I tend to bring home old tools. Old John Deere wrenches, brace and bits, wood planes, saws and really any of the old woodworking tools that was used to make barns. It's amazing what an old wooden block and tackle can be used for.

Denny

Pelagic Kayaker

NASA/JPL mission patches, high end bourbons, books and build/display IJN model ships.

Jayhawker

zorba wrote: »

Earrings? Did someone say "earrings"?

I have about 130 pairs...

I'm relatively sure you don't have a pair of "those" however...

LMLarsen

I've accumulated a number of knives over the last 30 years or so. Pocket knives, combat folders, custom blades, even a couple of Bowie style knives.

Zee

LMLarsen wrote: »

I've accumulated a number of knives over the last 30 years or so. Pocket knives, combat folders, custom blades, even a couple of Bowie style knives.

Now that you mention it, I do have quite a few knives. But, I've never thought of them as a "collection". More like tools in a toolbox.

CaliFFL

Jayhawker wrote: »

I'm relatively sure you don't have a pair of "those" however...

Thanks for that. Now I have clean the monitor!

Zee

I collect antique cameras. Have quite a few, actually. All the way back to late 1800-early 1900.

jbp-ohio

Dust.........

Diver43

I collect Fine Writing Instruments, or as most would call them Pens. Mostly Fountain Pens, but a few of everything from Monte Grappa, of course Mont Blanc, an d a few from Pelikan, Lamy along with a few Parkers and Sheaffers and a few lesser known makers.

jbp-ohio

JLDickmon wrote: »

"antique" archery gear.
From B.C. (before compounds)

I had a pretty good collection of Bear recurves/quivers/arrows. Sold most of it to make house payments when i was laid off........

I still have some old arrow boxes to go in my (next) shop......

Zee

jbp-ohio wrote: »

I had a pretty good collection of Bear recurves/quivers/arrows. Sold most of it to make house payments when i was laid off........

I still have some old arrow boxes to go in my (next) shop......

That's too cool.

JLDickmon

jbp-ohio wrote: »

I had a pretty good collection of Bear recurves/quivers/arrows. Sold most of it to make house payments when i was laid off........

I still have some old arrow boxes to go in my (next) shop......

OK..
let's dance..

'64 Shakespeare Golden Eagle Proline



pictures do NOT do this bow justice.. it is just flat GORGEOUS!

This model was the first bow to shoot a perfect score at Vegas.

I have three Bear Minutemen, two Kodiak Cubs (dual shelfs), a '57 Grizzly, a basketweave Kodiak, '67 Kodiak Mag.. '69 Super Kodiak, a Wilson Brothers Black Widow.. more shtuff than I can think of right now..
Last time I counted, I have like thirty bows, ten or so more Oneida compounds..

CHIRO1989

Mostly comics, no huge value but some stuff is worth some bucks, but I am considering getting rid of them for the space. I have accumulated a pile of knives, nothing super rare or valuable.

1hogfan83

Thanks to my Epilepsy I have collected uncountable scars, broken teeth, ruined knees, and I could go on and on and on but you get the point. I just had my fourth tooth fixed yesterday as a matter of fact. They know my by name now. I call the dentist up and one of the first things they ask, "uh oh, fall again?" My wife finally told me after my 2nd or 3rd tooth and all my battle scars, "Even after giving birth, I have to say, you must be the toughest S.O.B. I've ever seen." I asked her if I should go out for Marine Force Recon. I thought about not having my teeth fixed after the first two, just giving up and fitting in with the rest of the Arkansas culture.

jbp-ohio

60 Grizzly (only one I kept)
67 1/2 Super Kodiak (sold)
65 Kodiak (sold)
65 Kodiak Magnum (sold)
68 Browning Cobra (sold)




And I shot them all. Using Grizzly on a 3D course..........

JLDickmon

aw man...I'm sorry you had to part with that Super K..

jbp-ohio

JLDickmon wrote: »

aw man...I'm sorry you had to part with that Super K..

Yep... but it made 1 1/2 house payments on it's own.

My oldest brother has over 20 recurves. Bears, Brownings, Damon Howatts, Shakespeares, Wings, Herters, and Ben Pearson