"Sort of" Collecting
Rivett used one of my favorite phrases:
"I guess in thinking about this I sort of DO collect them"
The concept of "sort of collecting" something has been discussed many times on the OLDTOOLS mailing list. The discussion centers around whether or not one can "sort of collect" something - is collecting binary, zero or one, or is it an analog range ?
MANY people use this phrase ! There are a lot of people who consider themselves "sort of" collectors of this, that, or the other thing.
Then I got to thinking how I advised against buying a pair of ancient clamps for $20 and then a day later I said I paid $15 for a single Armstrong C-clamp.
I want to hereby deny being as inconsistent as that appears to be. The $15 purchase was centered around the Armstrong clamp, which is an entirely rust-free specimin with the heavy Acme thread. However, there were four more items included in the $15 purchase: A cap for a Stanley 101 midget block plane, a teeney-weenie cape chisel that I thought was cute, a smallish diamond-point cold chisel, and mid-sized wood lathe turning tool. So, I did not really pay $15 for one clamp.
Hello, I'm John and I "sort of collect" older made-in-USA cold chisels, especially unusual configurations.