What Non-Hockey items do you collect?

[Sainters7]

Used to collect beer bottle caps a few years back, but Ive moved about 5 times since then and theyre in a box somewhere...

[Hack&Lube]

bah, goto liquidation (something or other, the one by Chinook, not world), and they have walls of swords and weaponry. My Katana is $20.

[SpitFire40]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

bah, goto liquidation (something or other, the one by Chinook, not world), and they have walls of swords and weaponry. My Katana is $20.

I've seen those and they are pretty crappy... I mean think about it.. $20? That's less than a good cooking knife costs.

They look nice in the stand, but for me to sentimentally collect something. I don't want junk.

Plus I don't think your $20 Katana can slice a pineapple in two as if cutting through air

[Ford Prefect]

Music. I have about 1200 vinyl records and 1500 CDs, plus a few hundred cassettes. There are larger collections, but mine is almost 100% NOT top 40. It's harder to find the rare and offbeat stuff.

I also have a rather large native artifact collection from when I was a kid and it was still legal to collect artifacts. It's large enough that both the UofA and the UofC have come out and catelogued it. I collect other rocks too ... mostly fossils and semi-precious stones.

Edit: I used to collect Canadian and foreign coins and currency as well, but some low lifes stole the whole collection. I learned my lesson ... don't collect money. The only thing B&E punks like better to find in your home would be a big stash of crack.

[sadora]

Everything movie related...DVD's, posters both old and new, and original 16mm reels...whenever the price is somewhat reasonable.

[Moose]

Originally Posted by SpitFire40

Mine cost $270 Canadian, and has a hardness of 1065 which is very high, it's something that can be used for Tameshigiri (Do a Google search)

I have a couple of swords as well. Started with my brother buying me a cheap replica broadsword when he was in Spain. When I travelled to Scotland I decided to buy a replica 5 foot long Claymore. Some people have strange reactions when they see that I have a couple of swords. I really don't know why.. its not much different from collecting anything else in my mind.

As a side note, 1065 would be the designation for the steel used for the making of the blade, but not a direct measurement of hardness. The 10 means its a carbon steel, and the 65 means that is contains 0.65% carbon. The specific hardness would be determined directly by the heat treatment and processing that the steel underwent. The hardness would have to be tested after processing and would usually be listed in Rockwell, Brinell, or Vickers hardness scales (all of which for steel would not go above 1000). I'm sure you can tell I loved my course on steel at university. What an amazingly interesting material.

[Flamesguy_SJ]

I collect hats and t-shirts. I have a t-shirt from all the places I've travelled to (which, admittedly, probably isnt very much), and I have a medium-sized hat collection, most of them baseball caps -- though I do have a few fedoras and cowboys hats.

[SpitFire40]

Originally Posted by Moose

I have a couple of swords as well. Started with my brother buying me a cheap replica broadsword when he was in Spain. When I travelled to Scotland I decided to buy a replica 5 foot long Claymore. Some people have strange reactions when they see that I have a couple of swords. I really don't know why.. its not much different from collecting anything else in my mind.

As a side note, 1065 would be the designation for the steel used for the making of the blade, but not a direct measurement of hardness. The 10 means its a carbon steel, and the 65 means that is contains 0.65% carbon. The specific hardness would be determined directly by the heat treatment and processing that the steel underwent. The hardness would have to be tested after processing and would usually be listed in Rockwell, Brinell, or Vickers hardness scales (all of which for steel would not go above 1000). I'm sure you can tell I loved my course on steel at university. What an amazingly interesting material.

Yes you're right... My bad, the hardness is something completely. the 1065 is the composition of the metal as you said. It's tempered to a hardness of 53-55 HRC

[OILFAN #81]

Hookers and blow.

Edit: Im surprised spitfire 40 never said that yet.

[SpitFire40]

Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

Hookers and blow.

Edit: Im surprised spitfire 40 never said that yet.

But i'm not fotze...