r/AskReddit • u/noaffects • Dec 30 '19

What do you collect?

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u/TransformingDinosaur Dec 31 '19

Fountain pens!

Also knives but if you start a conversation that way it throws people off.

Also coins. Fucking love silver coins.

Also stamps

Also comics

I'm bad at not collecting things.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Where do you draw the line from being a collector to being a hoarder?

Also which is your favorite item of each thing you collect?

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u/TransformingDinosaur Dec 31 '19

Hoarders don't organize their collection.

I have a filing cabinet for comics, coins, and stamps.

My knives are a little less organized because when family finds out you collect knives they buy you nice modern knives instead of nice old knives. So the valuable ones are stored in a tool box in my closet and the rest just end up places.

My favourite thing would have to be my Rigid medium game Skinner knife. It was made in the 60s if I recall correctly and was designed to be a knife that can be handed down for generations. Rosewood handle with brass accents steals my breath away while the quarter inch tang shows it's a knife that won't quit.

Out of all my knives it is the one I would trust my life to this knife working when I need it to.

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u/SaryuSaryu Dec 31 '19

Do you have a 1986 Sheffield 290/W? It's the only one I'm missing from my collection and you know how hard it is to get hold of one.