Thread: hobbies

OK Gents,tell me to pull my head in if you think I`m too nosey,but what other hobbies and passtimes do you get up to appart from keeping the great tradition of straight razor shaving alive
For myself I enjoy building and flying remote controlled model aircraft,both powered and gliders it is challenging, but at the same time it has quite a relaxing effect . There is nothing better sitting up on a cliff top with a couple of mates and the obligortory rum and coke piloting the model that you constructed around the skies wind in your face , perfect view etc etc.(unless you crash),thats a bummer
I also enjoy knife making ,fixed blades and also lock back folders. Like many I started doing it for myself beacuse I couldn`t purchase a decent knife at a reasonable price. Then of course family and friends want one and so it goes. We have moved into a new home ,and after 48 years I have purpose built the workshop that I have always wanted.
Target shooting has been one of my enjoyments since I was ten yrs old,both pistol and rifle,however our bloody useless govement is making it harder and harder to enjoy that passtime.
Collecting is another hobby of mine,I collect old tools ,knives (both fixed blade and multi-blade pocket knives) old Australian coins and stamps.
And now ,much to my wifes dissmay, vintage straight razors, within approx three months I now have about seven that I recon are good, I have also chucked out about four cheep and nasties that I aquired before I new any better. I also have a brand new zeepk(bad luck) that has been chucked in the bottom of a draw somewhere ( should I try to sharpen it for use ?)
At the moment my cheese and kisses (ausie for misses) wants a new vegie garden ,(Bloody hell I have already put one in) and the place painted inside and out. Just because I got a new workshop and machinery. I`m starting to think that for the rest of my life I will be reminded of the fact and wont have any time to spend in there, I guess time will tell.
I hope you all have a good day
Kind regards Peter

Hi Peter... I work out, play some basketball, camp/hike, read (got 400 books, most of which I've read 2-5 times), have the occasional poker night and since I'm relatively young and absolutely single go clubbing and chasing after women of questionable moral fiber. As for shooting, I've only shot at a target with a 7,62 TT and only shot at a live creature (a porcupine that was eating my stepdad's brakelines, 1- 22 caliber shot kill) once. Used to play volleyball and compete in martial arts (tae kwon do) .

Ha ! chasing women of questionable moral fiber that brings back such wonderfull mamories ,I mean memories
Regards Peter

Well, I consider it to be a kind of a duty while I'm still single. After I become m-worded, I'll have to quit that habit. One woman is more than enough trouble for me to try to complicate the situation with additions

Before I started law school, I used to have hobbies... I have a couple of gliders, and love to shoot as well. I use to do alot of inventing, and making things by hand... I can not wait to be done with school... I want my life back! =(

Dang it. And I was considering going to law school lol.

I enjoy guns of all types, I have shot and owned many. I also am very active with conealed carry rights, and work to further that as well as other 2nd amendment related causes. I was into martial arts for years, everything from akido to thai boxing, but since I travel all week, and my body has aged some I stopped training. I would like to get back to it in more of a hobby sort of way in the future though. I used to be a competitive powerlifter but now I just go to the gym enough to keep myself from getting too fat (and Im not sure if thats even working). Another hobby is food, I love to cook and I enjoy dining at independent restaurants throughout the US and other parts of the world. I am now officially addicted to SRP, so that takes up quite a bit of my time lol. I also collect watches and jackets although I am really trying to cut down on that. I think that is about it...

Another shooter here. I've been reloading and shooting since '71. Pistols range from .32 1910 Mauser to .44 AMP (and the .58 flintlock). Various rifles and shotguns round out the mix. Also into some small woodworking and metal craft. I'd love to have a forge, just no place to put one right now. Did I mention bbqing? Five pits on the back patio and hardly any time at home to use them, dammit!




Wayne

I like this thread. Some of you senior guys probably know the guy who maintains this website (I think his name is David Weisel ? I'm not sure) , why don't you ask him to make this poll interactive, take this hobbies list and put a little box next to each, and then the guys who read this thread can check off the hobbies they do themselves.

I really love to shoot pool, I have three cues, lots of pool books, videos, and I compete in the occasional bar tournament. I also like working out with weights, I like cooking, I like chess, photography, and I love to read court drama stuff, like John Grisham. Here are the hobbies that have been mentioned already:

model aircraft , knife making ,
target shooting , collecting coins / stamps ,
working out with weights , basketball ,
camping / hiking , reading paperbacks ,
playing pool , playing chess ,
photography , woodworking ,
volleyball , tae kwon do ,
guns and shotguns , cooking ,
collecting pens / watches , knife-making ,
competitive barbeque-ing , I like cats ,
restoring old cars ,

hunting, fishing, camping- anything outdoors

firearms, working on, modifying, restoring and shooting

photography including everythign from digital to large format- http://www.jhphotos.net/photos/album.htm is my website