Antique Japanese swords. Started this site as a class project in grad school, and continue to run it to have an excuse to buy fun stuff, ummm I mean inventory. JapaneseSword.com

 

Star Trek memorabilia ... I have action figures, starship models, autographs, books, comics, soundtrack CDs, uniforms, glassware, and more ... Not to mention all seasons of all series and all films.

What can I say? My dad took me to my first convention in 1976 and I've been a Trekker ever since.

I also love James Bond ... I have several early hardcover Fleming editions, and all of my old Corgi cars. The gadgets still work!

 

My favorite Fleming quote:

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.”

 

Vintage baseball gloves

 

Thanks, and yes, some custom knives go for huge money. Much like watches, there are some good deals to be found on used knives, and of course especially those made by other than the big names.

The one that I currently own is exceptionally well-balanced and comfortable in my hand. It is a small (roughly 8") hunter made by SR Johnson circa 1971. The handle is micarta, blade ATS34 steel. Interestingly, the bolster (on top of the handle) and pins are nickel silver, the same material used on many fine watch movements.

 

I don't collect this but I do shoot it.



Tom

 

Cars, like the majority

'72 Beetle Cabriolet


The only one sold so far, '71 Beetle


'91 730 E32


2000 C70 T5

 

Impressive.

As much as I would have liked, at the time I wouldn't have had the funds to build this into a collection. 1926 if my research was correct.

 

I used to tune these for competition. A timeless design, John Moses Browning was a genius!

 

Good ol' World War I era Colt 1911, Tom.

Here's most, but not quite all of the .45 ACP tribe, including military issue guns and commercial models. The one in the middle at the top is probably your pistols brother, being a late 1918 production.

There's even a very uncommon pre-1911 colt .45 automatic in the group in the form of the Colt Model 1905.

 

The 1911 collectors are really weird. The claim that just about any WWI gun needs to be venerated instead of used.

I had never heard that until Internet.

I shoot it when I want to, have a modern 1911 for carry. I will continue to shoot my 1918 Model of 1911 until it breaks because IT'S MINE!

Deep breath....




Tom

 

I've had a few ohshutupple bogies in my day. In contrast, I've managed a couple eagles on par 5's also.

 

FLW in this thread indicates he collects Star Trek items. I have just returned from our local big box store. While I was there,I spied a "person" wearing a costume from Star Wars. I had to take a picture! Darth Vader, I believe?

 

Looks like it ... But I don't go to the store dressed up as Captain Kirk!

 

No other collecting hobbies, although I play guitar and am a radio ham licensed operator.

 

"The 1911 collectors are really weird. They claim that just about any WWI gun needs to be venerated instead of used."

A close-up of the old thing. Acquired it in 1978 on my 21st birthday. Was my first 1911 gun and the one on which I learned all things 1911, leaned to detail strip it and how the design worked, learned handloading for .45 ACP with it, toted it a jillion miles holstered on hikes over our old place on the lake, and just generally shot the hooey out of it. It's never bobbled even once. It's a World War I gun reworked at Augusta Arsenal with likely World War II service as well. Probably sold out of military stores through the DCM in the 1950s. Wish it could talk.

Like a vintage watch which should still be worn and enjoyed, it was made to shoot and I won't be scolded by folks who want to see it retired and "venerated."

 

It's some kind of Darth / Sith Lord character. Would have to see from the front to have a better idea, and I'm not exactly a total Star Wars nerd.

 

other mechanical things too...

Yes, I shoot all of them.

 

Good stuff! Old Colts are always appreciated. I always wanted both a SIG P210 and a Smith & Wesson Model 41.

 

Not a 1911 but the crown jewel of my firearms collection.



Jan 1943 Springfield M1 Garand with matching barrel, correct lockbar sights, correct gas plug, correct trigger guard, and a mix of correct and post war springfield parts in the fire control group. Stock appears to be a GI replacement stock. Best guess is it was refurbished by the springfield armory post WWII.

And I shoot it... A lot.