Thread: What is the one luxury item you want the most, but need the least?

I know many of us are eccentric, enjoy fine instruments, and the feel of the finest materials. That said, what is the one luxury item you want the most, but havent got because you cant afford it, and/or probably dont really need it?

This luxury item cannot be something you drive, float on, or live in such as a car or a boat or a house...that is just too easy. My thread, my rules

I could blow this thread open in so many ways!! Other than a house or car etc.


I mean I really want a hot tub and a sauna.

But what I think about the most that is in line with what you are really asking is a particular hammer.
I'm a rough framer, and I hammer a lot.
My current hammer was $16 my last two hammers were $30 each and were really nice. I now have the cheaper one because it is just as good and wasn't on the market when I got the others. Back to the item I really want. It is a $200 titanium hammer it feels better than mine, is lighter than mine and would be easier to use. But it is just too much, too over the top for what I need. I still want it though.

Almost everything shaving related for sure!

I would love to have a brand new computer and laptop. I could build a killer desktop.

The biggest thing I want but don't need? A vacation. I would absolutely love to take my missus on a European tour, staying at the best hotels, eating the best food.

Originally Posted by Wildtim

I'm a rough framer, and I hammer a lot.
My current hammer was $16 my last two hammers were $30 each and were really nice. I now have the cheaper one because it is just as good and wasn't on the market when I got the others. Back to the item I really want. It is a $200 titanium hammer it feels better than mine, is lighter than mine and would be easier to use. But it is just too much, too over the top for what I need. I still want it though.

I knew it was titanium hammer the second you said hammer!

My dad bought the Ti7 hammer from Deadontools for my brother-in-law (he works as a framer, and if you make a living doing this stuff you owe it to yourself to buy a titanium hammer. it really is something special)
http://www.deadonstore.com/tools.htm Retails for $300, though my dad got a deal by buying from another vendor. He put a lot of effort into finding THE best hammer on the market.

Funny thing is, the shaft broke at the head and the head flew off after about 2 dozen hits first day on the job. Turns out something was defective. My dad returned it to the vendor, who gave him the option to exchange for another hammer, which he did. He got a Stiletto hammer, which seems to be the hammer of choice among his fellow framers

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Price: about 4000 pounds
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I want one of those big old globes that sit in old libraries in their own wooden frame. Preferably old enough that the Australian coastline was just a couple of squiggles below South East Asia.

They have a couple at The Queen's College in Oxford - the globe itself must be at least a meter in diameter (probably more like 1.5 meters).

Completely useless, of course, but I'd love one (or two).

James.

A bicycle (i hate walking to school, but at the same time in a months time i'll be taking the bus and i'll have no place to store it over winter AND i already a bike, but it's in the next province - damn brother in law!)

A crocodile skin wallet (my current wallet still has plenty of life left in it)

A nice leather duffel bag for travelling (i don't travel a whole lot)

A nice dress watch (I have $300 worth in timepieces already)

A desktop pool-table

Speedo Fastskin Jammers (i already have 3 sets of trunks and i only swim once a week...i don't really like swimming)

Unicycle

HandAmerican strop (I have have like 5 strops)

Custom razor from JC/RW/Mastro (one day my friends, one day...)

Shapton 30k (meh...just because)

German glass beer boot (i don't really enjoy beer all that much and don't drink all that often either)

Captains of Crush hand grippers

Derby/Bowler hat (actually i'll buy one the second i find one that fits my huge head)

Leather jacket (i have a leather motorcycle jacket that i'm trying to sell (www.geocities.com/eric_kluk/leather.html), but i want something a little more wearable for everyday)

Laser eye surgery (i hate glasses and contacts)

A shittier car (I drive a 98 pontiac sunfire, but I'd love an old Chevette - it's not often you find someone who wants a cheaper car than what they already have eh!)

A tailored suit (i don't have many occasions/reasons to wear a suit but love wearing them)

I've tried to limit it down to things that I could actually buy, but have made a conscious effort not to ATM

Once I'm married and have a house and kids the list will probably looks something, like this (assuming i've acquired the above)

Better house (when I say better, i don't mean bigger, but renovated)
Better car (Cadillac or Audi baby!)
Motorcycle (Yahama Warrior)
Sweet ass TV and home theater package
King size four-post bed
1200 thread count egyptian cotton sheets
My dream kitchen and everything that this entails (appliances, fixtures, pots/pans, knives etc)
My dream bathroom
A personal in-house gym
A woodworking shop
An office with a big ass desk and oversized executive chair, with wall to wall leather-bound books (it'll be a small office)

you get the idea...the stuff we all dream about

oh crap...what is the ONE luxury item...my bad

A mistress.

this of course does not imply that I actually want it. Its just the one luxury item that I REALLY cannot afford. I don't see how any man could.

Originally Posted by mhailey

A mistress.

this of course does not imply that I actually want it.

Originally Posted by mhailey

A mistress.

this of course does not imply that I actually want it. Its just the one luxury item that I REALLY cannot afford. I don't see how any man could.

A mistress is God's way of saying you have more money than sense. I can't even afford one woman, much less two. Not that I want to, but you get the idea.

I'd like to finish off my tools. I've got the basics, but I want a nice roll away box, big air compressor, all sorts of air tools, and a car lift. And as long as we're going big, I'd LOVE a CNC milling machine. I could do so much with one of those, it'd be unreal. I'd mill out an aluminum brush handle and put the best badger hair I could buy on it. Make it all shiny to match the Wapi

Mmm, CNC