Knives aside, what are your other hobbies??

[jdm61]

Eating! Yes I like being fat and happy! I've got a happy face right now in fact!

Seriously, I've had a thing for 50s Chevy trucks all my life. Restored a few along with some other 'cool' vehicles I found along the way that I liked a lot. Chevy's were my favorites though. Probably because my first vehicle was a 1950 Chevy 1/2 ton PU truck. I had probably the best of the Chevy's when my wife's dad gave us the 55 IHC in my avatar. Its been in her family since new. It was on blocks with no rubber when we got it. The bed was so rotten you could punch your fist through it. I had to remove that old bed first and then since the brakes were locked up on it and no amount of hammering could free them I just winched that stubborn mule onto the trailer and hauled it to Oklahoma from Memphis Tenn. Last International I'll ever work on but its restored now. It was three times the cost to restore as the 3/4 ton Chevy shown here. I liked the Chevy better but its long gone. Also did some Land Cruisers which I liked a lot and of course my Pinzgauer that I sold a little more than a year ago I guess.

Neat trucks. We used to have an IH panel truck that we gt from my grandfather along with his Trotwood travel trailer. I guees now that you have sold the Pinzgauer, you need to restore a Unimog.

 

[STR]

Thank Joe. Yeah I actually had money down on a MOG. But when I went to the dealer to pick it up I saw these other neat trucks in the back and asked about them. Had never heard of a Pinzgauer but after driving one my wife and I had to have it. It was like driving a VW Bus on steroids man! We bought the 1976 model after looking at like ten or more. Lots of fun and the air cooled motor made it fairly trouble free at least for me. I had that thing over five years and loved it! Drove it daily and even across the country a couple times and sold it for exactly what I paid for it to a guy who bought it here in Oklahoma and drove it home in 104 degree heat to northern Indiana. Said it was the best trip of his life! It was a neat truck.

I still have the trailer so you know, that would work behind a MOG too! Actually what I want next is one of those smaller brother vehicles of the Pinz that they call the Haflinger. Its really cool as well. Just a two seater, the engine in the rear. Lots of those have been problems engine wise and since they aren't built anymore they usually replace the engines with a Kohler riding mower engine or some other brand. The things are street legal too! So, I figure one day when the right one comes around I'll have me one of those to putz around town in.

STR

 

[mashduck]

I fly fish, I shoot small arms (22's are cheap and fun) I collect them too I have a few old Motorcycles, and 4 dogs..that with my wife, 2 daughters in Colledge, and Duck hunting....I am done
Mike

 

[Kevin Jones]

Some of you know, I came from a background of collecting classic sports cars for many years thus some of my peculiarities and bazar philosophy in collecting custom knives.

As I'm focused in my knife collecting, I was also in my car collecting as evident in my quest in obtaining "as new" examples of each decade of Corvettes. Probably the most dramatic and valuable collection would be to have a 1953 (first year for Corvette), 1963 (split window coup), 1973 (perhaps the best current investment considering current price), 1983 (opps, Chevy screwed that up as they didn't produce a Corvette for sale in 83).

So I decided to go with a 56 roadster, 66 roadster, 76, 86 and so on.
Well I had obtained all original and showroom condition examples of 56, 66 and 86 roadsters before getting hooked on custom knives and basically loosing most interest in classic sports cars. I sold the 1956, however still have the below.

1986 Indy Pace Car Convertible. All original, perfect with all options currently with only 3,200 miles. As other American manufacturers, Chevrolet stopped producing convertibles in 1976 to return to them with the Corvette in 1986-1/2 Pace Car.

1966 327 350HP Roadster. Again, all original (all original or new original stock components) and perfect. Currently with 47,000 miles. I owned 427cid midyears as well, however opt for the 327/350 horse in overall handling/performance and drivability. (sorry, my photos are old 35mm, and my scan cut the rear off for some reason. Next time I get it out of storage I will take some digitals):

 

[ckerwin]

Nice cars Kevin:thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Kevin Jones]

Thanks Chuck.
Like the fast scooters too.
Modified Ironhorse. S&S+Nitrous Oxide. A rocket.

 

[JParanee]

Some great stuff Kevin . Had some fun in some vette's years ago only thing I didn't like was the cracking sounds of the glass when I would hit something especially when it was cold . Nice bike

 

[ddd]

The pacer, the Roadster and the Modified Ironhorse are amazing beauties
from an era where design and function were created to last for ever!

With your focused interest in custom knives, you are a collector of true
"High End" contemporary art, Kevin!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

 

[Marcel54]

I'll take the '66 please:thumbup:

 

[Marcel54]

I've been holding out on you guys about my hobbies. There are two of them I would like to share One is my motorcycle habbit. I've been riding since I turned 18 (many many years a go) and this is my latest (that I have for a couple of years now). It's a completely customized Yamaha Drag Star. The picture is from a picture frame in my study.

My other hobby is movies. I have about 600 titles on DVD and another 800 on VHS. The latter are in boxes because I don't watch them anymore but on the otherhand I don't want to throw them out either. I have an adequate installation for my films. A Rotel 7.1 set (separates) with 200 W per channel and a Pioneer 50 inch HD plasma.

The last picture shows my books on knives and some other interests of mine (mainly wine and customized motorcycles). Yes I have two sets of Dr. D's books....one set for browsing and one (signed) set for prosterity

Marcel

 

[Kevin Jones]

Some great stuff Kevin . Had some fun in some vette's years ago only thing I didn't like was the cracking sounds of the glass when I would hit something especially when it was cold . Nice bike

Thanks Joe. Yes, that fiberglass can be a pain upon impact. Vettes actually have a substantial steel frame system and will hold up better than most think in a serious collision.

The pacer, the Roadster and the Modified Ironhorse are amazing beautiesfrom an era where design and function were created to last for ever!

With your focused interest in custom knives, you are a collector of true
"High End" contemporary art, Kevin!

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)

Yes David, the same appreciation for man's creations that are most beautiful to the eye, yet perform to the highest degree of their purpose is what drives my passion for custom knives just as it does for fine sportscars and motorcycles.

 

[peterinct]

Some great additions to this thread Kevin and Marcel.

I have always loved Vettes myself. Especially the ones prior to 68'.

I finally took the time to create a Photobucket account.

Motorcycles are one of my passions too! This is my distance bike, a 1990 Concours. Drove to Blade this year and logged 2500 miles in a week.

My first bikes back when I started riding were Triumphs. This is my cruiser. It is a 98' Adventurer.

And lastly, my Sport bike. A 1993 CBR1000F.

Peter

 

[JParanee]

I used to be more into cars and street Bikes , dirt bikes and snowmobiles especially. Can't find many pics but I have a few from when I cleaned out one of my garages. This is some of what I have left around. Most the time I drive a duelie pick up or a beat up Jetta diesel

 

[Kevin Jones]

Some great looking bikes showing up here. Really like the Ducati Joe.
Triumphs have always been a favorite of mine, especially the old ones.

Don't still have photos from the old days of spelunking, vertical rope work, or the sailboat racing days(J-24's and J-30's), and only one from the last of the single cylinder motors....

But since Joe, aka jdm61, keeps calling me the unrepentant hippie boatbuilder, might as well post a couple from that life: work and hobby, Jill and I lived aboard "Juniper" on Lake Union in Seattle, built by me nites and weekends and between other boats over a period of three years,

and the little canoe is typical of what else I built "off the books" and played with in my spare time during the boatbuilding years

Now it's mostly knives and reading.

John

John, the boats are amazing. Is there anything you don't do well.

 

[Lorien]

Joe, your bike is sick!

 

[jdm61]

So, Joe.........how long were you in the heroin smuggling business before you were able to start buying all of those cool toys?
John, if you are hardcore single cylinder motorcycle fan, you should check out one of the single cylinder KTM Duke's. The '93-95 Ducati Supermono and the old Manx Norton may be the ultimate singles of all time, but the Duke is probably the ultimate that you could actually find for sale for less than the cost of a small house.

 

[JParanee]

Thanks Joe

 

[John White]

Joe M.,

Jill tells me my thumper riding days are over (old geezer, she adds), though Kawa has the cutest little 250 liquid cooled 'motard you ever saw... but in reference to Lyman-Morse and the composite Sports Fisherman, this sort of thing has been going on a long time. Just before I gave up honest boat work to build knives, I put a new transom on "Amelia", the only Sports F. that Trumpy ever built, a 50' mahagony on oak, twin 6-71, built in '55 for the owner of Groco. She'd do about 18 or 20 flat out, and was considered a "light weight -go fast " for her time. Plus ca change

John

 

[JParanee]

Joe, your bike is sick!

Thanks Buddy. Had a Mille R and an R1 but sold them to go hunting

 

[Lorien]

well, in the end Joe, they're just things. Nothing can beat amazing memories, not even hot bikes:thumbup: