While no longer actively collecting I have accrued a nice collection of Southwestern Pottery. I also collected cue sticks - primarily Brunswick's from the mid-60's to the mid-70's - a transitional era about which little is known or documented. Also have appx a dozen bespoke cues, that I used over the years as a player (mediocre player at best - primo cues).

Adios,

Pizza Bob

I guess motorcycles.

I can't really say I'm a collector, but I have a dozen or so Haida prints on my walls. Mostly because I enjoy them.

Some say I have a bourbon collection, but again. It's for my enjoyment.

I suppose in the end that is really what it is about. Things that interest you and bring you joy.

Cheers~

Like others, I have way too many knifes, flashlights, HAM Radio. Not sure if they are "collections" or "obsessions/addictions".

I keep vowing to start thinning the herds, not making much progress on that though but at least I seem to have stopped buying more...

I used to collect Blenko glass years ago but lost interest with their change in designers and pricing. As a kid I collected baseball cards. Nowadays I don’t really collect anything, just memories with my family.

In my younger days, I used to travel quite a bit for work all over the world. I started collecting shot glasses and have accrued over 200 for places that I have been. I have a state collection as part of thatand I think I’m only missing Hawaii and Alaska.

I’ve been everywhere, man.

I’ve got a beer can (some old / foreign bottles) collection that I started when I was a kid. Probably been collecting about 50 years. As a kid I would crawl under raised houses here in New Orleans and collect lots of them. Over the years people would randomly throw cans under houses or when the house was being built. I’ve got a ton of the old flat top beer cans, where you actually needed a can opener to open them. Mostly from a local New Orleans brewery that has been closed for years. Both Fallstaff and Jax beer breweries.

I collect gasoline and 10mm sockets.

I swear I had a good supply of them this morning...

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Originally posted by Leemur:
I have a decent sized Transformers collection. Still have all of the original ones from my childhood in the 80s plus quite a few acquired as an adult.

Sweet! I have a few of those as well.

I have a collection of “flickalampa” flashlights. Pre-war, wartime and post war. These are mostly rectangular with red, green and sometimes third color filters. Mostly identified with Germany but common to all continental nations, even the Brits had some models. No pics because mine are packed away.

I find the pre-war models most interesting, plenty of diversity such as fish eye lens lights and magnified lens.

I think we need to bow down to GrumpyBiker! Wow!

Like others, I have my fair share of watches and knives. Several custom made knives by members here.

I have quite a few lefty guitars. Being a lefty and not seeing many available in the wild, I've gone a little nuts when I do see them.

Also a good collection of stocks. Sometimes I think I'm running my own mutual fund. I've been a pretty committed investor for over 40 years.

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
Torque Wrenches! Seriously, I have ELEVEN 'different' Torque Wrenches...Plus a couple of duplicates! I use 3 of them VERY regularly, and have several vintage models in quite mint condition. Until yesterday, all were Micrometer types, but I just purchased my first Dial type wrench. I plan to verify the calibration on that one and intend to use it to check calibration of the others in my collection. What can I say, I'm a Gear Head!

I respect your collection ! I don't collect them myself, but I have five (or six) and use them all, as each one caters to a specific accurate use range. My latest acquisition was a genuine CDI, it's the bomb. My others are not premium units like that guy, so I really like it when I get to use him.

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Originally posted by GrumpyBiker:
My wife says I collect collections.
She might be right about that.
I collect a lot of things but mostly watches, knives, western boots, antique pulleys, blacksmithing anvils, anything Garage and automotive type decor and recently GMRS & Ham handheld radios. To name a few.

Your anvil collection is impressive. I've always wanted one but never pulled the trigger because of high cost for a good one, and lack of available working space.

Uhl Pottery, and cheap assed knives

I collect antique gasoine pumps and related stuff. Some restored, some not.Some are visible poumps, some are motor pumps, I used to have dozens. Have about a dozen left. I had to downsize when I sold my 3000 sq ft shop.

I collect growlers. I have about 15 I would say right now. They've been in storage since moving to Mississippi.

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Originally posted by wrightd:

Your anvil collection is impressive. I've always wanted one but never pulled the trigger because of high cost for a good one, and lack of available working space.

I live 8 miles from an Amish community and an hour from the center of the largest population of Amish in the world. That helps a lot.
Lots of blacksmiths to learn from as well.
My wife has encouraged me to purchase another lot next to our for a blacksmith shop so there may soon be a couple more making an appearance.
The market isn’t like it was back when that Forged in Fire was a big deal & prices have dropped a bit.

That is very cool, Black92LX, and very good to know about Jamie Thomas.

As a kid, I collected coins and Hot Wheels. On the Hot Wheels, I had several of the original 16, plus the Snake and Mongoose Drag Set and a few others. I took great care of those cars. In my teens, my mom allowed my nephews to play with them; that was the end of them.

About 10-11 years ago, I began to indulge in watch collecting. At one point, I realized they were my Hot Wheels replacement. That hobby got to be really pricey, and I felt out of sorts spending that kind of money, so I sold most of them, but kept a couple.

I am still fascinated with the precision and art of well-made mechanical watches, much the same way that I am fascinated with the precision and art of well-made semi-automatic handguns.



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I have several (too many!) small, relatively unimpressive collections; mostly just things that mean something to me:

- antique cameras (still and movie)
- antique toy guns (both miniature and life size)
- belt buckles
- foreign currency (bills and coins) (Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, England, Spain, Tunisia, Mexico, South Korea, Turkey, Greece, Ecuador, and some Euros)
- challenge coins
- a few Zippo lighters
- cigar bands, boxes, and tins
- a few boxes of old ammo (including 1 box of 9mm Black Talon)
- a few modern Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars
- one unopened pack of German Pokémon cards (1999 Starter set)
- inherited coin collections from my father (proof sets) and my wife’s father and great uncle

And, as many others on here:
- knives
- flashlights
- watches

Some of the antique things are from my childhood and youth; other stuff is from the last 40 years or so.

I have collected glass telegraph and telephone line insulators. Most are from the late 1800's. I have several that date to the Civil War. When I tell folks what I collect, I frequently get the sideways eye. Then I flick on the light in the backlit case and jaws hit the floor.

(Please spare me the heartache of the stories of, "I used to shoot those off the cross arms with a .22 when I was a kid" stories....

I used to collect shaving mugs. During one of the moves it disappeared. Probably in a box that looked like trash and thrown out,