Do you collect, use, or both?

[thebullfrog]

Use. And use hard. And often. All the time. I don't abuse them, but don't baby them either. I buy tools to be tools.

I would love to collect but can't afford to. I only have a Powerlock, Spirit, Skeletool, and 2 SAKS, all of which get/have gotten used. I've given away or sold all of my other stuff. If I had the money I would certainly collect, but as it is I can only afford get stuff I will actually use on a regular basis. Problem is I have an obsession with finding the perfect EDC set-up so I keep buying new stuff all the time anyway lol. Hell, I'm considering selling off some of the old stuff to offset the cost of my current experiments.

[grimm_kaosboy]

I realized a while ago I have a form of OCD, full blown and out of control I would be a hoarder. Luckily for me it comes in the form of collecting, has since I was a child. Star Wars figures. He-Man figures. Music CD's. Vidoe games. Knives. Guns. Every few years I tend to shift focus. Now with the new house and money tight I am in trouble, as I can't free wheel spend like I used to. I've explained to my wife that its a driving need, without adding something, somewhere to "the collection" I get depressed and moody. She advised seeing a shrink, to whit I countered that is is a hell of a lot cheaper to buy a CD, pocket knife, etc... every now and again than paying to see a shrink.
I've gotten better at the frequency in which I need to buy, and I've been real good at choosing items which don't cost much. But I guess that's where my "collection" comes from. All users at one time or another, parred down to my favorites I keep in rotation.

[Sea Monster]

I think I am at heart a collector, I collect all sorts of things.

However, what I collect most of all is money, so I often find myself selling the things I buy to increase my gold horde (I plan to die from horrible injuries incurred by leaping, scrooge mcduck style into a vault of $1 coins.)

I also collect bargains, so I'll buy knives if I think the price is right, then have to find a way to get rid of them because I have no legitimate excuse for boxes of knives all over the place.

Lately I sold two Squatters for chips and gave away a Wenger version of the Spartan (with the wacky evo scales) - all brand new in box, that I only bought for the low price.