My three latest Ontario products placed into my "Man Gadget Collection"...

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Who displays such American tools?... I do!... It simply makes me smile ☺☺☺

 

[Boru13]

Nice :thumbup:

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Thank you! ☺

 

[afishhunter]

Nice collection. How difficult is it to take them out to use them? Or do you have duplicates for that?

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

These are just for collecting, (purchased for posterity), but... My displays are all front loading (having a hinged glass door). So, they are simply placed inside my displays, with it being as simple as opening the lid of the display and taking out whatever item ☺

 

[riversidedep]

You should put a "Break glass in case of emergency" sticker on that lol.

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

you should put a "break glass in case of emergency" sticker on that lol.

lol!!! 😉

Here is another picture showing how I blend my Manly Gadgets into my decor ☺

 

[DavidCAndersen]

You should put a "Break glass in case of emergency" sticker on that lol.

I was thinking "In case of zombies"

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

lol! ☺
At last count, I have 30 shadow boxes housing my "Gadgets"... So maybe just one sign for all... "BREAK ANY GLASS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY" 😉

 

[LG&M]

The displays look great.
You really don't use any of them?

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

Thanks! ☺
I do have tools that I use... And, they are just that, things I use as tools. I obviously don't need a hundred or more knives, or x amount of guns, or... Well, you get the picture 😉 Even so, I enjoy collecting such gadgets... And, although they are fully functional tools, if they are in my "Man Gadget Collection", then they are my collectible gadgets, and not used as tools. One could collect worse things, like Beanie Babies 😉

 

[LG&M]

No offence.
To each his own. I keep my knives in a drawer but take them out when I can and work them.

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

I am sure companies such as Ontario appreciate all sales made of their products... Whether used as hard working tools, or purchased to uniquely display in ones home, it keeps them in business. Again, if I only purchased tools as "working implements", I would not have purchased more than 2 or 3 percent of the items I own, and that would have translated to alot of business not going to keeping companies open, and workers working. As for what these excess items are for me... They are a collecting hobby, and they are implements of decor for my home. Like you said, to each his or her own ☺

Examples:

Even these 5 whistles, made in Britain and the U.S., can be placed within a shadow box to display something simple, yet be unique.

Or, how about some evil pens, lol! 😉

Here is an example of a couple of tools used soley for display. The top being an Uberti reproduction of the Remington New Model Army, and the bottom being a Pietta reproduction of a Colt 1860 Army. The two originals would have been the two most common sidearms found on Union Soldiers during the US Civil War. To form this neat display cost me about $700... But I love the conversation piece it makes, and love being able to add my creativity to my space. My Glock pistol is my sidearm tool... Where these two are simply part of my "Man Gadget Collection" ☺

I imagine that this little display, consisting of mostly pocket knives, cost me about a thousand dollars total... But whatever it cost me, it was fun collecting them, and just as much fun decorating with them ☺ I have a bunch more, unique in their own ways... And all have brought me pleasure ☺

And there are times when no fancy display is needed, like in the case of this strategically placed Ontario machete 😉

So, as you can all see, a collection of Beanie Babies would likely clash with my "Man Gadget Collection" 😉 (And, btw, no, I do not own any Beanie Babies).