What do you collect?

[Gabjob]

As this is a bass forum the first items that come to mind would be tackle. I myself, collect rare Daiwa and Megabass reels. The reason I collect rare/ limited reels is that I am attracted to the mechanics and technology put into a reel as well as the limited side to the models i'm into. Furthermore, unlike rods, they fit in my display. Why not lures? there is just too many and I feel like it would clutter up a display. I keep my collection separate from the tackle that I use and don't see why some people have it in for those who also enjoy the collecting aspect of tackle ?

Apart from tackle, I caught the collecting bug young and started with stamps. Not something I have spent much time on in a long time, but I should really do something with all those albums of stamps I have stored away. 

What about yourselves, what do you collect and for what reason?
Do you collect tackle or do you think tackle is only made to be fished? 

 

[Jig Man]

I acquire not collect.  Everything that I have is replaceable if someone is willing to pay for it.  I don’t like old stuff.  My wife likes antique stores.  I refuse to go in and look at old junk.  I stay in the car and read.

[Gabjob]

7 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

I acquire not collect.  Everything that I have is replaceable if someone is willing to pay for it.  I don’t like old stuff.  My wife likes antique stores.  I refuse to go in and look at old junk.  I stay in the car and read.

Fair enough, that is one way of looking at it. There is nothing you would have a hard time letting go off? 

But old can also be gold at times ?

[J Francho]

I don't know if you can dismiss all antiques as junk.  All of my antique furniture is better made than most new stuff.  My nearly 100 year old house is built way better than new homes.  But that's just my opinion there.

 

I collect a few things.  I have Lego sets going back to the 70s and up to recent times.  I also have quite the slot car and track collection, though I'm not sure I'm really "collecting them" so much as have a paddock of cars of several scales and different size tracks to suit my mood when we want to race.  You might say I collected snare drums (I'm a drummer) having accumulated 14 at one time.  I've pared that down to three.  Those three pretty much cover all the sonic bases I need covered.  With my father in law's passing, it seems I'm collecting tools - both hand and power.  So many tools that I might never use them all once.  I am actively collecting vinyl since lockdown - both vintage and new 180g pressings.  That's been fun. 

 

Here's a peek of my modest record collection.

 

BTW, that's a 180g press of Trick in YELLOW vinyl.  Too cool.

[scaleface]

I metal Detect and collect a lot of junk and old coins  . I have sold some of my finds .

[A-Jay]

My wife & I both have an affinity for special K9's. 

Collecting them might not be the right term as they unfortunately have an expiration date.

But it sure is awesome sharing time with each and every one. 

There's waaaaaay too many to list here. 

Here's just a few of the ladies. 

A-Jay 

[scaleface]

I use to collect knives but sold most of them this past spring .

[bulldog1935]

What could be simpler than fly fishing. 

And yet N+1 marketing has compared fly rods to Trident submarines, magazine reviews made elaborate measurements of disc-drag start-up inertia.   Rhetorical - how can a fly rod become obsolete. 

When 20+ years ago I became jaded harassing fish on overqualified fly tackle, I also discovered you could buy vintage cane rods and click-pawl reels for less money than a new Trident rod and disc drag reel, enjoy fishing more, and make money when you were ready to sell something for an upgrade. 

I made a rule never to buy anything people wouldn't line up to buy from me, and only spend more than I considered wholesale price on something I really wanted.  I made a niche for myself repairing OP's antique fly reels and, especially, converting the almost exclusively right-hand-wind half-century of vintage fly reels into wrong-hand wind for modern preferences. 

Strange niche, I found myself an historian on between-the-wars fly reels made by JW Young & Sons of Redditch.  Not a book I could ever write from this side of the pond, but my research has contributed in other's books and just today, a history professor asked to use one of my photos, and details on dating this reel to 1940, in his manuscript on Lyon & Coulson of Buffalo, NY, who imported this Redditch fly reel. 

[12poundbass]

I haven’t added to my collection in probably 20 years, but my dad and I (mainly my dad) have quite the die cast car collection. Mainly NHRA and NASCAR. Back in the mid to late 90’s and early 2000’s die cast cars were pretty popular and at one time fairly valuable. My dad is a huge John Force nut and has over 150 of his cars. He built two huge cases to put all our cars in, in his basement where they still are today. He still adds a few to his collection here and there. 

41 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

My wife & I both have an affinity for special K9's. 

Collecting them might not be the right term as they unfortunately have a expiration date.

But it sure is awesome sharing time with each and every one. 

There's waaaaaay too many to list here. 

Here's just a few of the ladies. 

A-Jay 

All three are pretty dogs but the bottom one is on a whole other level! One kind of dog is it? Looks like a good watch dog and protector if needed. 

[TnRiver46]

Junk! 

[A-Jay]

7 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

 

All three are pretty dogs but the bottom one is on a whole other level! One kind of dog is it? Looks like a good watch dog and protector if needed. 

Baylee was a Blue Eyed Most Brindle Mix of who knows.

Showed some pit, some husky and perhaps a little Angel. 

But what a Special Dog with the most interesting personality. 

She's one that's hard to forget. 

A-Jay

[12poundbass]

Just now, A-Jay said:

Baylee was a Blue Eyed Most Brindle Mix of who knows.

Showed some pit, some husky and perhaps a little Angel. 

But what a Special Dog with the most interesting personality. 

She's one that's hard to forget. 

A-Jay

Beautiful dog!

 

Nice touch on the new avatar 

[Woody B]

I've got a few old fishing items, but mainly because they came from family members.  

 

I've got a few musical instruments (guitars, banjos mandolins, fiddles).  A few knives, and........ a firearm or 2.   

[Bankbeater]

I've collected a lot of stuff over the years.  When I was younger I collected baseball cards, and Hot Wheels.  Now I collect pocket knives.

[Jar11591]

Fishing tackle of all kinds. My fishing gear collection is my pride and joy. I spend a lot of time with it, on the water and off lol 
 

Ive also been collecting Atlanta Braves memorabilia since I was a kid. 
 

 

[Way north bass guy]

Not a huge collector of too many things, but I do have a little of everything. 
I guess you could say I have a pretty good sized rock collection, but that’s mainly cause I’m a stonemason ?. 

[islandbass]

I used to collect comics. Ain’t saying much but my “prized” comic is Wolverine #1 lol. It is not worth  Superman #1 but maybe in a million years, lol. 
 

I also have the a couple sets of the infinity gauntlet on which the marvel universe did their thanos arc. 
 

 

[padlin]

After having to clean out my mothers house when she passed I became an anticollector. I think you'd call her a collection hoarder. I have none.

[Gabjob]

20 hours ago, scaleface said:

I metal Detect and collect a lot of junk and old coins  . I have sold some of my finds .

would'nt call it junk if you're able to sell it. one mans junk is another mans treasure 

 

19 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

What could be simpler than fly fishing. 

And yet N+1 marketing has compared fly rods to Trident submarines, magazine reviews made elaborate measurements of disc-drag start-up inertia.   Rhetorical - how can a fly rod become obsolete. 

When 20+ years ago I became jaded harassing fish on overqualified fly tackle, I also discovered you could buy vintage cane rods and click-pawl reels for less money than a new Trident rod and disc drag reel, enjoy fishing more, and make money when you were ready to sell something for an upgrade. 

I made a rule never to buy anything people wouldn't line up to buy from me, and only spend more than I considered wholesale price on something I really wanted.  I made a niche for myself repairing OP's antique fly reels and, especially, converting the almost exclusively right-hand-wind half-century of vintage fly reels into wrong-hand wind for modern preferences. 

Strange niche, I found myself an historian on between-the-wars fly reels made by JW Young & Sons of Redditch.  Not a book I could ever write from this side of the pond, but my research has contributed in other's books and just today, a history professor asked to use one of my photos, and details on dating this reel to 1940, in his manuscript on Lyon & Coulson of Buffalo, NY, who imported this Redditch fly reel. 

wowowow, talk about taking it to a whole nother level and really making a passion out of it. that rule you made yourself of not buying anything people would lineup to buy is something I feel like many who collect should implement more, including myself.

[Darth-Baiter]

nothing.  i started collecting vintage Coleman lanterns but ran out of steam at my second purchase.  i should sell them both ASAP.  i like my life simple.  uncluttered. 

[bulldog1935]

they say hobbies have a way of uncluttering your mind. 

[slonezp]

I collect dust.

[gim]

On 9/19/2022 at 4:47 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Junk! 

 

[slonezp]

7 hours ago, bulldog1935 said:

they say hobbies have a way of uncluttering your mind. 

Work unclutters mine. Maybe I'm a bit different than most. Had a customer come in the store while I was helping out another customer on the phone. The walk in customer made a comment that "I'm saving the world"

I'm not saving the world. The best part of my job is figuring stuff out. 

While, I've been in my industry for 25 years, I've probably learned more in the last 10 years, being out of the field, than the 15 years prior, in the field. 

I read directions to people. That's what I do. When people can't figure out stuff, I figure it out for them.   

[Koz]

Money. But I'm not nearly as good at it as I would like to be.