Aside From Coins, Do You Have Any Other Hobbies?

Guns, WWII theater knives, pocket watches, Indian artifacts, old ball cards, paperweights...too many hobbies, but enjoyable.

 

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Excellent Items. Really like the Henry and Sharps.

I just sold this Martini Henry, along with a Burnside Patent, Harper's Ferry 1816/1831, P38, NIB Rem 600 w/box, 1931 German Tell Pellet gun, and a bunch more.

Just for fun, here is some Indian bead work I have, along with war clubs, arrows, moccasins, and other stuff, not pictured.

 

Did you set up your own little observatory there? Very nice scope! I went to a stargazing party in Arizona once and the host had to check the positioning ever so often just to keep the scope aimed between people taking a look. Your Autostar should help with that.

 

Anither of my hobbies is collecting and researching antique flintlock firearms.

Napoleonic wars British Light Dragoon pattern pistol


British Light Dragoon Pattern Flintlock Pistol, circa. 1813
.67" caliber, 9" barrel length, 15" overall length, brass furniture


One piece steel ram rod with spring retainer


Royal crown inscribed on flat lock plate
Floral leaf decoration on reinforced cock and lock plate tail
Note: no GR cypher under Crown, No Ordnance broad arrow stamp under pan, no TOWER stamp on tail of lock plate - this pistol was not consigned to the Ordnance Store


Barrel Stampings
Right: Birmingham Proof Mark: Crown over crossed scepters - BPC
Center: Tombstone Mark: "1" over sitting bird (1813 maker's mark)
Left: Birmingham View Mark: Crown over crossed scepters - V

Notes

This Light Dragoon pattern flintlock pistol was produced by an unknown British gunmaker c. 1813.

The one piece steel ram rod, secured by a spring retainer, is original to this gun. Light Dragoon Pistols issued from Government Ordnance Stores did not have the acanthus decorative engraving on the side plate and cock and were equipped with one piece brass tipped wooden ram rods during this period.

This pistol may have been privately purchased by a British Army Officer, a common practice during this time, and used during the Napoleonic wars or the War of 1812 in America/Canada.

This style of pistol saw extensive use by British Officers and their Spanish/Portuguese allies during the peninsular war in Spain during 1813-1814, and additionally by Prussian officers at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.

 

Collecting and researching Japanese Samurai swords (Nihontô) is another (very expensive) Hobby of mine.

• Here is an Edo period short (wakizashi)

Blade made by an unknown smith (kaji) of Satsuma Province (probably during the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The various mounting components (koshirae) are most likely from different locations and production periods (particularly the kozuka kogatana). The scabbard (saya), has a high gloss vermilion lacquer finish (shu-urushi).



The blade has a shallow curvature (sori) and is wide, thick and heavy. The blade retaining collar (habaki) is overlaid with gold foil.



The blade surface pattern (jihada) is very fine wood grain (kô-itame) and is in a good natural sashikomi polish that does not obscure the activity in the temper line (hamon).



The tang has been shortened and is consequently unsigned and has two peg holes (mekugi-ana).



A utility knife - kozuka (handle) kogatana (blade) - is in the slot on the (omote) side of the saya.



The kozuka bears a depiction on both sides of a full Autumn Moon (aki no tsuki) with a deer (Sika) lying down in marsh grass.



The omote of the kogatana is finished by filing in the traditional way and is boldly inscribed (signed) Tango No Kami Kanemichi - a new sword period (shintô) Mishina province smith (kaji) active in the early to late 1600s.

Many collectors and scholars hold that kogatanas were not made or signed by the smith who produced the blade - those tasks instead being assigned to assistants or apprentices.



Although slightly scuffed from use, the ura of this kogatana is in good polish with an irregular wavy (notare) temper line (hamon).

The hilt (tsuka) binding (ito) is black silk over ray skin (same). The upper pommel (fuchi) and the en-suite Tachi style (handachi) helmet shaped (kabuto-gane) lower pommel (kashira) are made of shakudô - an alloy of copper and gold.



The hilt ornaments (menuki) depict Autumn pine mushrooms (Matsutake)

The surfaces of the shakudô upper pommel (fuchi) and lower pommel (kashira) are textured with a fish roe pattern (nanakô) and patinated to a dark violet/black color





The upper pommel (fuchi) is decorated with gilded high relief temple guard lion dogs (shishi) and peonies (botan).



The Bushû school pierced iron guard (tsuba) has finely carved Japanese cherry blossoms (sakura).

 

I really enjoy both of those collections @jamesicus . Very cool.

 

I bought this beauty today. Glock 19 Gen5 9mm . I have named her "Bella".

 

I'm a Colt guy myself....but Good on Ya.

 

I try to collect some Roman antiquities i.e. l amps, pottery, glass, bricks, etc.

 

You guys and your telescopes got me super jealous every time I saw this thread. I had a nice 8 inch reflector in college that was my gift to myself after I got my first internship. Got some great views of the moon and planets with it as well as a handful of DSOs though I rarely had enough free time to use it and eventually had to sell it when I moved across the country.

I finally realized recently that now I've got a house and darker(Bortle 4/5) skies and no good reason not to have one and ordered the 10 inch reflector I've been eyeing ever since I sold my last one.

 

Wow, these are some interesting and very beautiful pieces. Thank you for sharing!
I started reading this before I realized it was 48 pages long! Might take awhile to get through.

I have another hobby, but its about as far from coins as you can get.

 

Well you HAVE to share!! That's the whole idea of the thread..

 

I have a huge collection of star wars figures, but they are all in 20 large totes. With some mini Lego starwars sets too. Here is my cat figurines collection. I have 3 more Hoselton cats coming soon to complete that collection.

 

3 Hoselton cats made from cast aluminum are being made for me now...

 

Malachite...

 

more cat collection...