Existentialistic question

[Iain]

My habit seems to self control. I buy as much as I can, then have to sell it to buy something even more expensive.

Other than that I try to pick narrow areas of focus and make the weapon buying more like a personal research project as I learn about a period of history. I tend to like to immerse myself in a specific sub topic so I narrow the collection to fit that. Then latch onto another topic and continue the process.

I agree with fearn about the care taking aspect in all this. I see no point in hiding pieces away and if I haven't looked something over in a while I'm ready to let it go. I also find that certain pieces I develop a personal connection with and others I don't. Not sure why, just how it goes.

[fernando]

I am completely how no one should be; a compulsive consumer .
I buy everything that i come across with; then i get home, cool down a bit and realize i shouldn't have bought such piece. In the next step i hate it so much that i deeply struggle to get rid of it the quickest possible, selling it with inevitable losses.
Another wrong path i take is that, instead of gathering money to buy a an expensive fine piece, i first buy the said piece and after try and gather the funds to balance the situation.
As for budget control, i could well adopt a motto such as "Beyond rational possibilities" .
So folks, just don't be like me

[Dom]

Thank you all who have responded
no pretense of being serious in my approach
but it is true ... my wife starts saying "Kefaya" (see below)
and I thought I would not be the only experience this kind of .... subject
also, my curiosity got carried away, and I threw a stone into the pond

Originally Posted by David

Manage what Dom...problem

never we’ve a problem, just a … subject

Originally Posted by fearn

Ummmm, wives and significant others might have issues?
Actually, simply their caretaker and admirer for a while.

- wives ... no comment , their opinions are unclear, but sacred … they’re our sweet spouses
- but I subscribe fully with your approach of « caretaker »

Originally Posted by Rick

I find my specific interests tend to limit my acquisitions .

I’m on your path

Originally Posted by Iain

My habit seems to self control. I buy as much as I can, then have to sell it to buy something even more expensive.

its a climbing ... assured ... but if ... assumed, only happiness

Originally Posted by fernando

I am completely how no one should be; a compulsive consumer .

I recognize there, all the enthusiasm, the passion of the Peoples of Southern Europe

Originally Posted by aEspadaAncha

What are these "limits" of which you speak? Is that another Arabic term unknown to us non-Arabic speakers?

… Yes … “kefaya” (has been also, the name for a politic Egyptian party, acting agains the promotion of Mubarak son's as President in place of his father " transl.: it's enough") LOL

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

fearn is right about the life of the objects. What limits me is primary budget. Then a transecendental maelstrom

truly … budget, the "killer" word very efficient to brake, an overload

Originally Posted by Battara

Well, er, let me say this. I limit myself primarily (though not exclusively) to a specific wish list made of specific pieces.

I envy you for putting in place of reason in a passion ...

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

I aim only for arms that came from muslim people

Ahlan !! my Brother, vast subject ...

Thanks again, to every one

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Dom

[kahnjar1]

There are a couple of questions here which need to be addressed in my humble opinion.

1. Make sure that your Partner/Wife is happy with your collecting. I have known of partners who have tried to convince the local police that their partner is "about to do something nasty with their items" I will leave you to imagine what was suggested, but happily that particular collector had believable backing to dispute the intended assertion! However BEWARE!!

2. Regarding disposal of your collection upon your death or illness,make sure that the collection is mentioned in your Will AND that the disposal is entrusted to a reliable person who is familiar with what you collect AND the value of the collection. Beneficaries CAN fleece the survivor IF that person is not aware of the true value of items.

Stu

[KuKulzA28]

I collect. And then I sell them. I don't have it in my budget to accumulate much of a collection at once... so I never have a big collection. It is constantly being sold/traded for other items. Than way I lose less money, and spend a few precious months becoming familiar with a piece, and I am never cluttered. The few weaponry/tools that I keep are onces that I actually use.

Maybe if I had a lot more money and a very settle lifestyle, things would change?

I don't know, but I doubt it.

[Lee]

While I will quickly agree that the proper, intelligent way to collect is to focus on an area and to refine a small but select collection with upgrades and disposals - this has never been my personal practice. I am a 'roach motel' for these things; I'd say no more than a half dozen deaccessions over 4 decades...

[Battara]

On the wife, my wife is fine with my collection as long as there are no active working guns in the house. She is wonderful.

On the thing of collecting focusing on certain areas - don't get me wrong, I have things that are not from the PI, Turkish, or Indonesia, but they are not the majority of my collection. "Where your heart is there will be your treasure also" is what Jesus said, and it is a great insight. My major passion is PI/Moro, but I am also global. This is great for me since I am not independently wealthy.

[Spunjer]

Originally Posted by KuKulzA28

I collect. And then I sell them. I don't have it in my budget to accumulate much of a collection at once... so I never have a big collection. It is constantly being sold/traded for other items. Than way I lose less money, and spend a few precious months becoming familiar with a piece, and I am never cluttered. The few weaponry/tools that I keep are onces that I actually use.

Maybe if I had a lot more money and a very settle lifestyle, things would change?

I don't know, but I doubt it.

sounds kinda like me, lol.
the good thing about that is, ever since i started collecting, it was my goal to know more about these artifacts. knowledge. seems like when you discover something new, you appreciate it even more. even the plainest kris has story to tell. come to think of it, these commoner swords has the most story to tell. it's with that original owner 24/7. it was his pride and joy. now, nothing beats with that actual sword on your hand. you can only read so much about it, but once you got it in person, it takes a whole new meaning. think of it like a library: you borrow a book, you read it, once you get done, you return it. of course there are what i call the Keepers, which, weird as it may sound, you can actually feel if certain pieces wants to stay with you.
as for the wife, she doesn't have a room to complain. i don't remember complaining when she got them kitchen knives, lol
nah, she's cool with it...

[KuKulzA28]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

now, nothing beats with that actual sword on your hand. you can only read so much about it, but once you got it in person, it takes a whole new meaning.

Most definitely

Originally Posted by Spunjer

think of it like a library: you borrow a book, you read it, once you get done, you return it.

That's how I see it. Some like to amass libraries, others just borrow books... and I guess in a way, it's the same with weapon collecting

Originally Posted by Spunjer

of course there are what i call the Keepers, which, weird as it may sound, you can actually feel if certain pieces wants to stay with you.

Yea, it is kind of strange... sometimes there's something special about a certain piece, and it's hard to say why