What do you collect?

Neil · **Reply #90 on:** December 24, 2008, 09:57:28 PM

Quote from: Flash on December 24, 2008, 05:45:54 PM

Neil,

Got anything from the Staffordshire Regiment? That was my Grandads

Not likely I'm afraid as the shop (which was in Newark) would have supplied local regiments. There's definitely some Sherwood Foresters stuff but anything else I'd be guessing at.

Neil

I'm Still Bison · **Reply #91 on:** December 25, 2008, 06:01:10 AM

Quote from: Micky d on December 24, 2008, 06:39:10 PM

Quote from: Bison56 on December 24, 2008, 03:19:49 PM
My friend,that I traded with;flew Tiffies in 181 Sqn. He tolds me that Tiffie drivers ALWAYS flew with oxygen masks on,because Tiffies profusely leaked carbon monoxide into the cockpits.
I didn't know that

Mind you Typhoon pilot's were mad buggers anyway
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Beautiful isn't it , well unless you were sitting in a P IV anyway

Train crews weren't fond of them either.
I'm feeling a bit pedantic tonight.The King's Royal Rifles(KRR) was originally raised after the French and Indian War as the Royal American Rifles(RAR) for service in the newly acquired territories west of the Alleghenies.Instead of the normal redcoats,the regiment was uniformed in green,probably as a result of the success of the various Ranger units during the war.The intent was to fill it's ranks with Americans,but the colonists weren't keen on serving in a regular army unit,and it's ranks were filled primarily with Swiss and Germans.The RAR, took heavy losses in Pontiac's Uprising.

The link is to what seems to be a pretty good gallery of cap badges.
http://www.geocities.com/regimentalbadge/photo1.html

Poncho65 · **Reply #92 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:31:02 AM

Well as of late I guess I am getting into collecting SAKs

first MTs now this I was broke enough before

I am finding myself becoming ever more looking for the little red jewels more and more I have 13 or 14 now

I already have so many that I can't count em 7 are in the 58 mm range the rest are 91mm except one maybe an 84mm I forgot about 1 and it is a 93mm alox

not sure but it seems that SAK collecting is quickly becoming more addictive than MT collecting

Leatherman123 · **Reply #93 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:33:50 AM

You can get a lot more SAKs for the money you would spend on a single MT...you could easily buy 7 used SAKs from Tim for the price of a mid-priced MT!

Poncho65 · **Reply #94 on:** January 06, 2009, 05:02:54 AM

Quote from: Leatherman123 on January 06, 2009, 04:33:50 AM

You can get a lot more SAKs for the money you would spend on a single MT...you could easily buy 7 used SAKs from Tim for the price of a mid-priced MT!

I know I believe that this is part of the draw

knfman · **Reply #95 on:** March 17, 2009, 07:06:16 PM

Mostly old knives,have a few pre 1900.I try to stay with early u.s. company cutlery. But I recently acquired an old 1901 lever action Winchester 10 gauge. But my first love are old well made knives.

nuphoria · **Reply #96 on:** May 17, 2009, 12:10:49 AM

I think my first obsessive collecting began as a small child as was rocks, crystals and fossils. As a teen it progressed to comics and lighters - I still have most of those. Then over the years it was guitars which was perfectly justifiable due to work

These days it's SAKs and random MTs and knives (mostly SOG & LM). I also have quite a few watches and pens which I love, nothing really spendy, just nice shiny ones that I fall for mostly!

duckman1975 · **Reply #97 on:** May 17, 2009, 12:54:19 AM

Your gonna love Hawkchucker's new hair cut lots of shinny spots

american lockpicker · **Reply #98 on:** May 17, 2009, 01:41:48 AM

Quote from: nuphoria on May 17, 2009, 12:10:49 AM

I think my first obsessive collecting began as a small child as was rocks, crystals and fossils. As a teen it progressed to comics and lighters - I still have most of those. Then over the years it was guitars which was perfectly justifiable due to work

These days it's SAKs and random MTs and knives (mostly SOG & LM). I also have quite a few watches and pens which I love, nothing really spendy, just nice shiny ones that I fall for mostly!

Waht kind of pens? pics please.

duckman1975 · **Reply #99 on:** May 17, 2009, 02:26:42 AM

My house collects dust does that count?

Poncho65 · **Reply #100 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:38:59 AM

Quote from: duckman1975 on May 17, 2009, 02:26:42 AM

My house collects dust does that count?

Woz · **Reply #101 on:** May 17, 2009, 12:32:54 PM

I collect knives. Not a single brand, I buy what ever I like, but most of my knives are Spyderco

rp252 · **Reply #102 on:** May 25, 2009, 06:08:35 PM

Urgh, where do I start? I collect far too much. Military surplus, random interesting bits and pieces, swords... MT and SAKs obviously.

Used to be an avid Warhammer 40K collector.

I've got an unhealthy amount of board games as well.

I hate collecting storage apace however, I'm always trying to get rid of that

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #103 on:** May 25, 2009, 07:30:52 PM

Quote from: rp252 on May 25, 2009, 06:08:35 PM

Used to be an avid Warhammer 40K collector.

Novels or Models mate

rp252 · **Reply #104 on:** May 25, 2009, 08:24:36 PM

Quote from: Mike, Lord of the Spammers! on May 25, 2009, 07:30:52 PM

Quote from: rp252 on May 25, 2009, 06:08:35 PM

Used to be an avid Warhammer 40K collector.

Novels or Models mate

Both. Played pretty much every game GW made and got loads of the novels.

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #105 on:** May 25, 2009, 09:59:48 PM

Good man

I've got close on 200 of there Novels now probably

But apart from a couple of Astartes bikes I've not got any of there models or games $:-\$

Hopefully once my boy's old enough all that will change

HBlaine · **Reply #106 on:** July 20, 2009, 02:15:34 AM

Vintage fountain pens. I didn't have any specialization. If it was an old fountain pen, and Ithought I could do something with it, I'd pick it up. I had a weakness for pens from the 20s through the 40s (though I do have a huge number of Esterbrooks from the late 40s - 50s; darned good pens, those). By now I have to have between 200-300 of them jammed about here.

Like SAKs and MTs, they're infinitely usable. And fun!

1jump2many · **Reply #107 on:** September 21, 2009, 01:59:25 AM

SAK's and to a lesser extent, Multitool's. I also dabble with Case knives, but seem to be refining them to the Scout/Camper model. I went through a flashlight phase and a short Zippo/IMCO phase too. I still like SAK's the most but my second and growing interest is Multitools.

1Jump2Many

Shane769 · **Reply #108 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:24:28 AM

I collect ski gear...

I think I have at least 5 full sets of gear for skiing

. Working on the mountain man beard to go with now

Blackout · **Reply #109 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:54:09 AM

Multi tools
SAKs
Axes
Movies
Old Broadheads
Lanterns

jim guy · **Reply #110 on:** September 21, 2009, 04:06:11 AM

I collect mt's of course, knives, and Triumph items. Any of our U.K. members got any interesting Triumph items?

Neil · **Reply #111 on:** September 21, 2009, 05:13:25 PM

Quote from: jim guy on September 21, 2009, 04:06:11 AM

I collect mt's of course, knives, and Triumph items. Any of our U.K. members got any interesting Triumph items?

Victorinox Executive. Does that count

jim guy · **Reply #112 on:** September 21, 2009, 05:24:52 PM

Yes that counts very nicely!

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #113 on:** September 21, 2009, 06:14:06 PM

Quote from: jim guy on September 21, 2009, 04:06:11 AM

I collect mt's of course, knives, and Triumph items. Any of our U.K. members got any interesting Triumph items?

Apart from a couple of book's, no

ducttapetech · **Reply #114 on:** September 21, 2009, 06:36:16 PM

I have been told that I collect junk. But I like to collect and shoots guns.

Nathan · **Reply #115 on:** September 21, 2009, 07:49:49 PM

I used to collect watches, but I sold most of them. Now I collect SAK's and although I don't have very much compasses yet, compasses are also objects that I seem to collect.

heavy handed · **Reply #116 on:** September 21, 2009, 08:00:18 PM

i collect darts, i have about 20 different sets. but i only every use my 25g raymond van barenveld set.

american lockpicker · **Reply #117 on:** September 22, 2009, 06:44:06 AM

Quote from: Nathan on September 21, 2009, 07:49:49 PM

I used to collect watches, but I sold most of them. Now I collect SAK's and although I don't have very much compasses yet, compasses are also objects that I seem to collect.

Got any pics?

litheo · **Reply #118 on:** November 23, 2019, 11:30:46 AM

i collect zippos

SteveC · **Reply #119 on:** November 24, 2019, 01:51:28 PM

Got any pics litheo ?

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