https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyCzZH_hFlA 
But in all seriousness, I consider my knives to be tools so range doesn’t come into it. I have a coin collection but haven’t added to it in a long while. I am only up to 5 firearms (vs 13 flashlights) because I am picky and can’t afford to feed my pickiness in that area on a regular basis.
Isn’t everything a robbery risk? How would they know you have jewelry unless they are in your house already?
Yea I don’t really get the lanyard thing either. Lanyards on something you are worried about dropping make sense. Lanyards on a dinky pocket knife or light? :shrug:
I don't use lanyards on anything I own.
The item might have a lanyard, but I don't use the lanyard.
Used woman underwear… Hard to understand, but plenty of collectors worldwide.
Huh, I know some people buy them but it never occurred to me that they might have a collection…with displays…categories…
Wow :confounded:
Yea, that’s an odd one. Imagine having potentially 100s or 1000s of dollars invested in used underwear! :person_facepalming:
NFT
1. any Brand Name Only collectible: Disney, FIFA, Weatherby, etc.
2. License Plates. https://www.alpca.org/
3. Butterflies.
of course, i understand the buy/sell/trade “money-making” part.
i just do not “get” the acquire and keep part of it.
I only collect certain flashlights , mostly throwers that can be modded.
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Don’t understand the interest in fidget spinners, and I could make a good one.
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My wife makes quilts for fun, but collects a lot of fabric of only certain types.
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I love tools and probably have too many, but yrs ago I couldn’t afford many so deprivation made that happen.
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Had plenty of guns when younger before children came along but got rid of all but 2 antiques rifles for their safety, never restocked. Although now need a handgun.
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Rocks and purses.
My youngest son (19) is into rocks. Every time we go to a new city we have to check out the local rock store and of course he buys some more rocks. He’s got rocks on the floor of his bedroom, on his dresser, on his window sill, on the deck, in the playhouse, on the dining table, etc. They’re everywhere! And he has a rock tumbler in the garage that is constantly running.
But he likes it when I use my flashlights to shine on them to see all the colors. And he uses the UV S2+ for some of the rocks that glow.
My wife likes purses. For me, it seems 2 or 3 should be enough, but she has plenty more than that. And some just sit in the closet, never used, stored in cloth bags.
BUT, if they were asked the same question, I’m sure my flashlights would be the first on their lists!!!
Those things can be worth money! My wife has a cuple nicer ones in cloth bags too lol. Not a bunch.
I dont get the Lanyard thing. Most other things i can understand because of the investment and increasing value. Lanyards dont increase in value unless they're made with precious metals on them.
I like pocket clips more than any person should= modifying, trying to fabricate, alter, everything. I am sure some people would find that horribly pointless. i dont :))
Wives. One is enough. Two maybe. Three and you’re crazy.
I have a collection of leather and suede shoes.
Most guys don't collect shoes, but I have way more than I need.
It's weird, too, because when I wear shoes, it's always either one pair or the other pair of shoes (my two favorites.)
I collect coffee bean (colourful paper) bags. I find them fascinating and I would seldom throw them away. They don’t worth anything. Purely for collection! But my wife suspects it is an early sign of old-age “hoarding” 
In the distant past, when I travelled, one of the things I bought in a foreign country would be the local coffee beans in colourful (paper) bags.
Now overseas travelling is difficulty and costly (too many COVID tests required), I can just browse on the Internet and admire those colourful bags of coffee beans from different countries around the world. 
I can still order some online.
That’s a fettish not a collection.
That sounds interesting. Are you able to post a pic of your collection?
Yes, you are correct. But show and tell. People who have jewelry are a target. Maybe just an excuse.
Debt.
I know too many people that think collecting more and more debt will make their loves better.
Yeah, I hate debt, too.
The only debt I have is one credit card, and I pay it off every month or two.
I use my credit card due to the convenience and protection it provides, but my credit card company doesn't make much interest off of me. 
I don’t get people who collect the SAME flashlight, just in different colors, or even emitters sometimes. Like, Olight’s FB group is full of people who buy every version of the M2R, or WM2, etc. It just doesn’t make any sense to me, they’re functionally identical and not exactly works of fine art, not something worth collecting in my opinion.
Along with that, I don’t really get people who ONLY buy Olights, or Thrunites, or Hanklights, Zebralights, etc. Unless there’s a very specific practical reason to get the same brand or model, I think a collection should be diverse and representative of various different design philosophies. Sure some brands are more reliable, or more interesting in general, but I can’t think of a single brand that is worthy of all my flashlight money in favor over every other.
Similarly, people who buy every variation of the D4V2 or similar models, I get the interest in different emitters, drivers, optics and the like, but I would rather invest in a wider variety of different lights which fill more unique roles. I would also rather have specific emitters in lights which use those LEDs in the best way possible, than multiples of the the same light with different color temps or whatever. Having an E21A, XPL-HI, and UV D4V2 makes sense, but having like 10+ of the same light is kind of strange in my opinion.
As for things I DO collect, I’m super into fountain pens, and hifi headphones, and most of all carnivorous plants. I grow mutiple species of Drosera (sundews) with the goal of collecting every species possible. As a plant lover, I think they make great collectibles, and are far more interesting than anything made by humans. They’re mostly only grown by people who are seriously into that kind of thing, which makes the hobby very niche and kind of fun. Carnivorous plants in general are just amazing, and there are so many various groups that you could spend a lifetime collecting them!
There are lots of fascinating plant groups to collect, but it can be difficult when some are not sourced responsibly. Tangent-time, but plant collecting can be both very helpful and very destructive for natural ecosystems and endangered species, depending on how it is carried out. There’s still much to learn about these systems, and many species that need help, living in environments where they are seriously threatened by human development. I actually spent a year producing video content on plants for a university, and there are just so many things to learn, the ecosystems these organisms help compose are incredibly complex.
…but anyways, yeah I don’t get a lot of the things people collect, but whatever, to each their own.
