Other hobbies besides bottles?

[kwalker]

I'm a student pilot over at my local airport working on getting my private pilot's license then eventually my commercial certification. I also love kayaking and running my heart out at track. Speaking of which I guess I oughta get out there now and get a run in...

 

[RED Matthews]

Hello dapperandy; Well when it comes to collecting, I have a very wide range of interest.
Old blocks of glass became an interest when I was about 7 years old. I had been helping my Mom make a rock garden; and we went to some friends of my parents - they told me I could play in the yard. So I did, and when I came to the woman's rock garden I saw a lot of chunks of different colored glass. I ran into the house to get my Mom to come and see their rock garden.
The man worked at "Corning Glass' and had brought these pieces of glass.home from there. When we left he gave me a box and put four pieces of glass in it. I brought them home for my Mom's rock garden - and I still have them.

We collected rocks and mineral stones from all over North America, i.e. (all four of our family). We had shelves and book cases for each of our personal best stones. I put some in our fire place stones when we built it and have long wall back of the house with stones on top of that wall.

I started collecting antiques at auctions and sales, picking them up and then selling them to my Uncle who had an antique shop. I learned the values and tried to pick up things I knew he would pay me for. One time I bought a three kerosene light chandelier at an auction for $ 5.00. I carried it home for nine miles - and when my Dad saw it - he said they would not have it hung in our house. So when I bought the house from my Mom, I added couple rooms and hung the chandelier over out eating table;.

I have a big collection of old toys. My Dad's McCormick cast iron tractor and plow and cast iron thrashing machine. I have my Grandfather's old cast iron train. I also have my first toy, a cast iron Hubley race car. Old cars, trucks, wagons, banks etc. etc.
I have collected eleven old boats. At one time I had nine MG automobiles (TC, TD and MGA's)

I have concentrated on glass since my retirement - and studied how old glass items were made before 1900. Specializing in studies of how they were made and the marks on the bottles that are anomalies from the making process.
That is enough prattle I guess. Enjoy the glass collecting the most. RED Matthews

 

[BillinMo]

I have a tendency to collect "too much junk." [] Surely I'm not the ONLY person on this forum to confess that, right? I collect insulators; bottles from Rochester, NY; insulator go-withs like advertising ashtrays or Bell Telephone or Western Union advertising; telegraph and telephone company signs. I also like researching history of all this stuff.

 

[Road Dog]

I collect a ton o stuff. Bottles, books, coins, knives, diecast cars, pottery just to name a few. I like to fiddle with big cars too.[]

 

[LC]

There are without question many packrats out there , and I have been one myself for years [/align] My first love is old bottles , still is .[/align] Then I got hooked on toys , I have my Dad's small toys he played with as a little fellow , then cast iron trains, then gas and oil memorabilia , then knives , Hull Pottery , then vintage metal lunch boxes , still have around 120 of them in boxes , and everything else that might catch my eye . Like Red , I went to auctions for years, and never knew what I might pick up from time to time . I need to unload the lunchboxes and half the other things as I have no place to display them . I am adding a picture of my favorite toy , she is called Comical Carla . She is a wind up . When you wind her up , her body wiggles back and forth , her arms flail , and her eyes bug in and out , cracks me up every time I wind it up .[/align]I am also an avid woodworker , love working with wood .

 

[accountantadam]

I like to go to auctions, flea markets, and yard sales, always looking for the next "deal". Outside of bottles, I collect corn grinders, anything from the C.S.Bell company, fiesta dinnerware, case knives, and anything local to my area. The auctioning and yard sales started as a hobby for my dad and I to spend time together on the weekends. What started as a hobby is now a part time job in the summer [].

 

[LC]

Hello Dan , here are two of several Case knives as well as other knives I have made , might bring you a laugh .

 

[LC]

And another .

 

[accountantadam]

LC - those are sweet! I especially like that toothpick

 

[Gunsmoke47]

Very cool LC! What are the handles and blades made of?