"Traditional" Habits

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wintermute

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I was wondering, how many on this board have other "traditional" habits, pursuits, collections, hobbies, etc. I'm guessing that a typical collector's penchant for traditional slipjoints does not exist in a vacuum. I've collected some fountain pens when I've had the opportunity, with my meager collection including a Montblanc Chopin (very kindly given to me as a gift), a Lamy 2000 (my personal favorite), an Esterbrook SJ, and a 1930's Sheaffer Balance that I need to do some work on to get writing again. With fishing gear I always look for old Penn tackle, and own a Surfmaster 200, Long Beach 65, and Squidder 145, all with those nice bakelite handles. On to bicycles, I got a free '86 Trek 300 Elance for my wife and I'm renovating an '84 Panasonic Sport 1000 for myself.

With cooking, I try to stay with charcoal grills and cast iron cookware as much as possible. My wife looks at me like I'm crazy, but I plan to do a significant amount of canning, if possible, of the produce from the garden this year. And I drink my coffee with milk no sugar (Maxwell House Columbian Supremo - none of that fancy stuff) :D
 
I don't know if I have many traditional habits per se, but I have picked up some old school gear over the years. As I'm typing this I have an automatic watch on my wrist. There is a fountain pen on my desk that I use to write with. This morning I shaved with a straight razor and brush and soap. My favorite pistol is the 1911, a design that is nearly a century old. I also like to carry a handkerchief in my pocket. Are they "traditional?" Sure, but I use these things because they just flat out work.
 
Closest thing for me, I guess, is an appreciation I have for old hand tools (mostly because they were what my grandfather used)...and my favorite music, which is blues and jazz from back in the day.
 
I seem to accumulate and use a lot of cast iron cookware. I don't really do it on purpose...I just seem to end up with a lot of it. :)
 
morrowj_98 said:
I seem to accumulate and use a lot of cast iron cookware. I don't really do it on purpose...I just seem to end up with a lot of it. :)
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It's nature's way of balancing your titanium fetish. ;):p:thumbup:
 
Always grill with charcoal, you can't give me a gas grill.

Do my frying with a vey old cast iron skillet.

Permantly gone back to cane pole fishing.

Refuse to own any firearm that would not look at home in a Tom Sellech western, or a Bogie movie.
 
Fishing and hunting gear, vintage is best. I also like to gather and acquire old hand tools, axes, hatchets, wrenches, c clamps. They are prevalent at garage sales.
 
I listen to old music at times. But for me old is 70's or 80's so take that for what you will...
 
I use my great-grandmother's cast iron skillets, I carry, upon occasion, a early 1900's Remington harness jack, I have been known to shoot a Parker VH for clays...

But I also own modern as well...much of what I use depends on the job at hand...
 
I have a small collection of watches. Some vintage, some newer automatics and a few quartz,also old baseball pins, bronze only and with a real pin in the back.
 
Ha. Good thread. I am also into fountain pens; Parker 51 is my favorite. Also into charcoal grills (I've got a Big Green Egg). I am very much into reproductions of dungarees, the way they used to make them, hand-loomed selvage denim; my favorites are 1947 Levis and old Lee jeans. Add to that repros of USAF flight jackets; I've got a Lost Worlds A-1 (Dubow contract) and a Buzz Rickson MA1. Old-style loopwheeled t-shirts with tubular construction, vintage sweatshirts, old work boots and shoes (really anything that's goodyear welted; I've got a pair of White's semi-dress on the way). Of course, I love playing old records on a hi-fi stereo (just two speakers); nothing has more charm than analog. I shave with a double-edge razor and a brush. Oh, yeah, and mechanical watches, hand-wind or automatic; no quartz or digital for me!

I could go on but I'm boring myself!
 
Well, I myself am kinda antique (67 in August) and have a lot of antique stuff accumulated from about 1948 right on through today. I've got some older knives, quite a bit of fishing stuff from the 1940s and 1950s, and I even have some of the cooking gear from when I was in the Boy Scouts -- cast iron. I've got some Heddon fishing lures that are fairly rare and worth a bit.

So, I guess I could be considered to live in a traditional way. Old fashioned my grand kids would say but I'm happy with where I'm at.
 
It just fits in......all my stuff is starting to be traditional, because I keep it going and I keep going......another 20 years and it will be almost ancient......I still have my ball glove from peewees but it is so stiff I couldn't put my hand inside even if it fit.........I'll be fiddling with something and realize I have had it for 25 years.......look at the join date on peoples BFavatar......I just realized I am in the upper 50% of the people on just this thread............
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Hard to beat vintage folders, but I have a collection of old corkscrews that I display in my dining room, and a row of flat iron trivets across my mantlepiece.
Oh yeah, some vintage turquoise jewelry, and trade beads.
I have some excavated shale beads, made by Coast Salish people some 4000 years ago. Some were found by me, some by friends, and they were authenticated by a local anthropologist. The arrowhead was dug by my wife on Denman Island, B.C, while expanding our vegetable garden. The same anthropologist suggested about 400 years old.
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jackknife said:
Refuse to own any firearm that would not look at home in a Tom Sellech western, or a Bogie movie.
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This made me laugh out loud! :thumbup: :D

I also like fountain pens and older firearms. As much as I like 1911's, something about a good single action revolver is just right. Best looking firearm ever invented, IMO.
 
We bought our first house this year. Half of the house was built in 1812 and the other half somewhere around the 1850's or 1860's. We wanted to do a bit of repainting inside the house. When I mentioned to my wife "Let's paint it with milk paint" I could see that behind her eyes she was thinking whether a divorce was worth losing the house. At least she's okay with my suggestion of soapstone if/when we ever get the chance to rip up the horrible (in every sense of the word) countertops we have. She also thinks I'm crazy when I suggest hanging out in the basement when it gets hot out instead of cranking up the AC.
 
Matchbooks, coins, restaurant menus, old Pyrex covered dishes and nested bowls, and some old children's books. I keep an eye out for anything vintage and cool. Nothing as avid as slip joints though. I have an old printers tray with all kinds of worthless trinkets, wine corks, and event tickets.
 
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