Is this an "old man's hobby"?

weapons 27 · 23rd November 2012, 04:26 PM

I am 48 years , I have been collecting for about 10 years

antoine

not2sharp · 23rd November 2012, 07:08 PM

I am 50, and I have been collecting and trading things since very early in life.

n2s

KuKulzA28 · 23rd November 2012, 09:08 PM

22 currently.

I like history and martial arts, and it led me to collecting antique weapons. But I am not much of a collector... I buy, enjoy it for a bit, and then sell to recuperate the cost. So I'm not big on collecting, due to a combination of cost, taking up space, and not really using them.... but they are very nice.

Timo Nieminen · 23rd November 2012, 09:52 PM

45. I'm a martial-arts oriented collector, weapons as objects of use, rather than objects of art. So I have modern replicas, mass-produced military edged weapons, and ethnographic weapons. Some stuff purely as art, but that's a spin-off from the main "user" collection.

Will M · 21st April 2020, 04:20 PM

I am 59, ouch! Seems it was just a few years ago I began collecting but it's been decades ago. Mostly British pattern cavalry swords with infantry sneaking in there because swords with provenance are most interesting.
I find militaria shows where I am, Toronto, Ottawa etc. do not draw the percentage of people I would expect, only about 0.01%

Araña_del_Sol · 21st April 2020, 04:26 PM

I'm 33, been collecting since I was 21

Athanase · 21st April 2020, 04:44 PM

Hello,
I'm 34 year old.
I started my Indonesian weapons collection with a Mandau from the 1960s in 2013

Blacksmith · 21st April 2020, 07:30 PM

48 and start collecting indo-persian stuff in 2003 when living in India.Found an old katar in Kathmandu, that was the first piece.Before that I collect finnish puukko- knives, I got my own puukko when I was six years old and in the same summer cut my fore finger badly when carving a wooden ship.Mother was angry with my father but he just said that wounds are part of the learning proces..Well, he was right, dont cut myself anymore after 42 years of learning..So collecting practically whole life.

23rd November 2012, 04:26 PM	#1
weapons 27 Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 462	I am 48 years , I have been collecting for about 10 years antoine

23rd November 2012, 07:08 PM	#2
not2sharp Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 210	I am 50, and I have been collecting and trading things since very early in life. n2s

23rd November 2012, 09:08 PM	#3
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	22 currently. I like history and martial arts, and it led me to collecting antique weapons. But I am not much of a collector... I buy, enjoy it for a bit, and then sell to recuperate the cost. So I'm not big on collecting, due to a combination of cost, taking up space, and not really using them.... but they are very nice.

23rd November 2012, 09:52 PM	#4
Timo Nieminen Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 422	45. I'm a martial-arts oriented collector, weapons as objects of use, rather than objects of art. So I have modern replicas, mass-produced military edged weapons, and ethnographic weapons. Some stuff purely as art, but that's a spin-off from the main "user" collection.

21st April 2020, 04:20 PM	#5
Will M Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: In the wee woods north of Napanee Ontario Posts: 395	I am 59, ouch! Seems it was just a few years ago I began collecting but it's been decades ago. Mostly British pattern cavalry swords with infantry sneaking in there because swords with provenance are most interesting. I find militaria shows where I am, Toronto, Ottawa etc. do not draw the percentage of people I would expect, only about 0.01%

21st April 2020, 04:26 PM	#6
Araña_del_Sol Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 58	I'm 33, been collecting since I was 21

21st April 2020, 04:44 PM	#7
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 420	Hello, I'm 34 year old. I started my Indonesian weapons collection with a Mandau from the 1960s in 2013

21st April 2020, 07:30 PM	#8
Blacksmith Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 98	48 and start collecting indo-persian stuff in 2003 when living in India.Found an old katar in Kathmandu, that was the first piece.Before that I collect finnish puukko- knives, I got my own puukko when I was six years old and in the same summer cut my fore finger badly when carving a wooden ship.Mother was angry with my father but he just said that wounds are part of the learning proces..Well, he was right, dont cut myself anymore after 42 years of learning..So collecting practically whole life.