Is this an "old man's hobby"?

xasterix · 22nd April 2020, 01:54 AM

I'm turning 34 soon. I started collecting modern Filipino blades 2 years ago, but eventually added old blades. The old blades are a wonder to wield and cut with.

Rafngard · 22nd April 2020, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by xasterix

I'm turning 34 soon. I started collecting modern Filipino blades 2 years ago, but eventually added old blades. The old blades are a wonder to wield and cut with.

Everytime I see one of your cutting videos, I feel inspired.
Once this pandemic is all over, and bottled water is normal price again, I'm going to buy a flat of them, get a couple of my old ones polished/sharpened, and give it a go.

Have fun (since I certainly will),
Leif

motan · 22nd April 2020, 10:40 AM

Hi. I just turned 60 last week. Unfortunately, the only way this age is young is to say that I have just started my tenure as an old man :}
I collect on and off for 15 years or so - whenever I can afford it.
My interest is purely ethnographic and I think that the martial aspect of ethnographic weapons is mostly secondary to cultural traditions.

Mel H · 22nd April 2020, 07:11 PM

Just turned 72 and been collecting since I was fourteen, I can remember swapping my collection of half a dozen German badges (there were plenty available as there had been a POW camp not far away) for a Wilkinson FS dagger and it went on from there. I tend to prefer Georgian swords and flintlocks these days but my collecting is quite eclectic, there has been a fair few steam engines, scientific instruments, watches and clocks along the way.
I don't think it ever leaves you, but I do hope the younger generation keeps it going.

Battara · 22nd April 2020, 11:26 PM

I have been told that there're some younger folks in South East Asia who are collecting antique arms from the region now.

As for me, I've been collecting dust for years.

Mel H · 22nd April 2020, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Battara

I have been told that there're some younger folks in South East Asia who are collecting antique arms from the region now.

As for me, I've been collecting dust for years.

I think that sums me up nicely as well.

Kurt · 24th April 2020, 12:40 PM

Apparently I'm a grandpa collector !
am 79 and have been collecting oriental weapons for 50 years.
My contemporaries are getting fewer .
But collecting is still a joy.

24th April 2020, 12:40 PM	#7
Kurt Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 197	Age Apparently I'm a grandpa collector ! am 79 and have been collecting oriental weapons for 50 years. My contemporaries are getting fewer . But collecting is still a joy.

22nd April 2020, 01:54 AM	#1
xasterix Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 684	I'm turning 34 soon. I started collecting modern Filipino blades 2 years ago, but eventually added old blades. The old blades are a wonder to wield and cut with.

22nd April 2020, 10:40 AM	#3
motan Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Jerusalem Posts: 274	Hi. I just turned 60 last week. Unfortunately, the only way this age is young is to say that I have just started my tenure as an old man :} I collect on and off for 15 years or so - whenever I can afford it. My interest is purely ethnographic and I think that the martial aspect of ethnographic weapons is mostly secondary to cultural traditions.

22nd April 2020, 07:11 PM	#4
Mel H Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: North East England. Posts: 107	Just turned 72 and been collecting since I was fourteen, I can remember swapping my collection of half a dozen German badges (there were plenty available as there had been a POW camp not far away) for a Wilkinson FS dagger and it went on from there. I tend to prefer Georgian swords and flintlocks these days but my collecting is quite eclectic, there has been a fair few steam engines, scientific instruments, watches and clocks along the way. I don't think it ever leaves you, but I do hope the younger generation keeps it going.

22nd April 2020, 11:26 PM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,308	I have been told that there're some younger folks in South East Asia who are collecting antique arms from the region now. As for me, I've been collecting dust for years.