How Old Are You?

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How Old Are You

Under 20
0
No votes
20-29
5
3%
30-39
12
8%
40-49
20
13%
50-59
38
24%
60-69
57
36%
70-79
25
16%
80 or over
2
1%
 
Total votes: 159

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53
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Turned 69 last August. I started "Full Time Collecting" in the mid 1980's when I was in my mid to late 30's.
Since joining AAPK in July 2016 my knife expense has astonishingly grown, but so has my collection, cutlery knowledge, and friendship. ::tu::
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Looks like after 6-24 I am going to be with the KOOL KIDS!! 60.. ::not_worthy:: :lol: :lol: John :D
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Double post somehow.
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58
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espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?
With a purpose? Just recently - within the last year or so - although I might also claim that I still don't have "a purpose". ::sotb:: I have always owned at least a couple of pocket knives since I was a kid.
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I just turned 70 and have been collecting for about 20 years. I collect newer Case, most Bulldogs and GEC but carry Spyderco lock-backs.
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I'm two clicks over the 70 mark not sure how I got here so fast. I do like the vintage stuff.
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53 - always had a handful of knives that I carried. Never really got into it though until I turned 50 - discovered eBay is fantastic way to get exposure to knife collecting & was far better than the SMKW catalog (which was my only previous exposure & where I got the few knives I started out with years ago).
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I'm 61. I like knives.
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espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?
I'm 62 and have been accumulating pocketknives, bayonets, and fixed blade hunting knives since I was a boy of 8 or so. I became a real "collector" in 2005 when I lost my 18 year old Schrade 108OT and discovered the new ones were coming from China - I started visiting gunshops, gunshows, pawnshops, thrift malls, and hardware stores - hoarding up all I could find of the USA made models. Then I got going collecting my long time favorite brand, Buck Knife. It's been downhill ever since! OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
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Think I need to clarify my earlier post. I started collecting at 58. I am currently 74.
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70 come March. Collecting for about 10 years.
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Old Hunter wrote:
espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?
I'm 62 and have been accumulating pocketknives, bayonets, and fixed blade hunting knives since I was a boy of 8 or so. ...... OH
I'm 77 and like OH, I have been gathering knives since I was 8 or 9. I still have two I got when I was about 9 or 10. :) :)

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Digger! Good to "see" ya mate.


I'm currently 73 and have had a love affair with guns and knives my entire life. Though the passion simmered deep in my soul, I was just a user for about the first half of my life. It was a Randall that lit the fire under my boiler. I had coveted one of that brand since I had a brush with it in Viet Nam. A couple of guys in my hooch had 'em and man oh man, were they ever slick. So in the late 70's I saw one in a local gun shop and I scratched the itch. At first it was a fixed blade now and then and the folders were still just users. Then in the late 90's or early 2000's I discovered the SMKW catalog and doctor's knives and the die was cast. The accumulator seed was planted but the passion was still at a slow simmer until I joined AAPK. Once I got in with you hooligans in 2009, the lid blew off the pot and it's been Katie bar the door ever since. I'm probably only about 30% collector, the other 70% is accumulator/hoarder.
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[quote="jerryd6818"]Digger! Good to "see" ya mate./quote]

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::tu:: I'm 69, and have carried/collected pocket knives all my life. In recent years I buy quality knives new and old, now that I can afford them. When I was in the Navy I bought a Buck 110 and used it extensively, being a snipe I used it in my work in the engine room. I now carry a Case yellow Trapperlock, helps with my arithtic fingers. Here's to a great site and :mrgreen: (old) friends. ftd
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Your guys response is interesting. It appears as tho most people start collecting after age 40. Life slows down, finances get in a better place (kids move out). I've always liked knives, always kept what I had. Wasn't until about age 35 that my father in law started taking me to gun shows with him. Couldn't afford to buy guns so I started buying knives. At that time little did I know how much could be invested into a knife collection. At 40 now I'm excited that I can hopefully have 40 years of collecting ahead of me.
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......80............. ::facepalm:: ................
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carrmillus wrote:......80............. ::facepalm:: ................
So you're the famous "One Percenter" we've heard about!
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Started seriously collecting knives Around 25

28 now, been learning 120mph
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Old Hunter wrote:
carrmillus wrote:......80............. ::facepalm:: ................
So you're the famous "One Percenter" we've heard about!
.......I guess I'm guilty!!.......... :lol: ..........................
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I'm a "serial hobbyist", and have been all my life - I have had numerous passions over the years including:

Lionel Prewar & Postwar Model Trains
US Silver Coins
Firearms
Audiophile Headphones
R/C Cars
Model Rockets
Folding Knives
and others...

None are big, serious collections - all are small time - and my interest in each has risen & fallen several times over the years. Some I have not participated in for many years. Sometimes I think it is the *learning* that I like most. And, when I reach a plateau in funds, or knowledge, or time, or space, etc, my interest tends to wane for a while.
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