Thread: Being Paranoid

Originally Posted by Grazor

Don't even lock the house when we go out...

When I was young we didn't even have a lock for the doors. The windows were up in the summer and a window fan. the care had the keys in it . now days I lock every thing and even take a pistol the bath room when i go. A lot has changed in all most 70 years.

Originally Posted by rhensley

Even take a pistol the bath room when i go. A lot has changed in all most 70 years.

I just leave the door slightly open, no-one gets within 30 feet...
But a couple of blanks and a pistol sound like a brilliant cure for constipation.

An average lock stops an honest person and a kid.

Where I grew up we never locked anything because you could use a chainsaw and cut through the wall and no one would have noticed.

What is the average response time for the police in your area? If it is 30 minutes the thiefs know that and they don't care about an alarm system because they are in and out in 15.

My solution to this is that my collection is in such a jumbled mess that it takes me an hour to find things and I know where they "should" be.....

I often wonder if burglars broke into my home and saw my Nakayama would they take it or think, ah it's just a rock .

Never mind the gold I have lying about

Interesting point. I have been burgled but long before I shaved with straights!

They generally took stuff that was easy to carry and looked like it would fetch some money down the pub. I don't think that straights would have a broad enough appeal to take.

That said if someone knew the value of them and had an outlet then perhaps they could be targeted. The sad thing is these days if anyone stole anything it could end up on eBay and the likely people to buy them would be us

Originally Posted by JOB15

I often wonder if burglars broke into my home and saw my Nakayama would they take it or think, ah it's just a rock .

Never mind the gold I have lying about

This is sort of how I feel. I love my collection of stones and razors... but I don't worry that much about them because it'd take a pretty knowledgeable thief to realize that volume-wise they're more valuable than anything else in my house. I always assumed they'd just go for the knife collection and the usual go-to's, of which they wouldn't get much $$ for.
I think the important thing (like someone previously stated) is to document (via picture or video) what you have in your collection and make sure your insurance policy is up to date. Also, don't brag about your collection to people who wouldn't appreciate it as much as you would. The few times I have heard about people's collections getting wiped out, they typically knew who did it because they had shown their collection to "a friend's nephew" or something like that a week earlier. Something out of the ordinary... Not that knowing who did it helps you get your items back in most cases.
If keeping your collection in your safe gives you peace, I'd keep doing that. They are pretty objects, but once you start to worry about them more than the enjoyment they give you, it stops being fun. And then, what's the point? Just one man's opinion here

I like to see my stash. At my age, the thief would be doing my heirs a favor by thinning the herd.

Among my acquaintances half have a few out and the rest in the safe; 'tother half has a bunch out and the really cool goodies in the safe.

Mind you, the safes are Browning equivalent and bolted to the walls and floor. Belt and suspenders thinking.

Then there are the really hard core guys with a walk in, hermetically sealed, bank vault that is climate controlled and filled with thousands of collector quality knives and guns...and a humidor that is larger than some home bars.....


Just a geezer's whine's
~Richard

My adventure started with one cheap vintage razor and I thought, hummmm , rust? So I put it in my safe,my as a dehumidifier installed. Became habit, and now with all the custom razors I have I think that I feel better their safe, and by guess it's good to be away from prying eyes and hands with the grandkids.

So no it's not paranoid, that's what the safe is for, I value them so why not put them where I keep cash gold and jewelry and important documents, it's just smart. Tc