List Your Other Hobbies / Interests

[ichbinmuede]

Heck I almost forgot that I recently started acquiring straight razors. I would have forgotten entirely if I hadn't just come back from the flea market with some. Thanks to building a good rapport with one of the antiques guys there I just came back with five that he practically gave me for $15 (!!!). Of course two have broken blades but one of those has a real nice handle that I'm sure I could attach to another and one would need a fair amount of work to bring up to shaving condition. But 15$!

 

[pufferissimo]

Hi all,
I do Capoeira, belonged to Grupo Capoeira Cordao de Ouro Indonesia under CM Papa-Leguas :

I love knives, at the moment got myself 2 Mora knives (546 and 711), owned a F1 Falkniven but it got stolen.

My current project is building up my BoB (to include pipe smoking equipment, of course.
Love to travel as well, see my Flickr album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/44142193@N05/
thanks!

 

[ulrich]

Aside from the obvious pipe smoking/collecting and acquiring what seems to be more tobacco than I'll ever smoke... I've recently taken up Krav Maga, it's pretty intense. I also have a love for backwoods camping. Recently I completed a week long canoe trip to the interior of Algonquin Provincial Park. Made myself a gorgeous campsite on Burnt Island Lake.

I'm also in school right now, working towards becoming a paramedic and a voracious reader.

 

[spartan]

I fight with my wife all the time. Is that a hobby? I wouldn't recommend it. Expensive.

 

[crpntr1]

I enjoy golf, woodworking, fishing & playing guitar, but above all the majority of my spare time goes to waterfowl hunting, blind prep, shooting practice & retriever training. Here's my retriever "chamois" on her first retrieve 7 years ago.

 

[hobie1dog]

Labs are the Ultimate...thanks for the picture.

 

[hobie1dog]

ulrich....nice canoe picture too.....something I've always wanted to do....but the last time I was in a canoe, my back let me know that I was too old for it.

 

[mluyckx]

Finally found this thread.
I enjoy cooking (my mom gets all the credit.. she was a culinary teacher and trained me well). And yes, I have cooked for as many as 124 people. I did a count that day :rofl: Besides that, I enjoy camping, the outdoors, classical music and have one other collecting hobby: Belgian military decorations. It started with me inheriting all of my grandfather's military decorations of WW1 and WW2, including the Belgian equivalent of his Congressional Medal of Honor. I then decided to expand and try to get all of them. I'm nearly there ;-) Not that they're worth much, but it's fun hunting them down. The only ones mounted in a shadow box are my grandfathers. One of these days I need to make a box for the rest.
Here's one out there right now that is still missing from my collection, but I'm keeping a close eye on it.

Oh yeah, and I'm a history buff and as my better half says "A walking fount of useless trivia" :rofl:

 

[billinsfl]

I have far too many hobbies and interests...
I shoot competitively with muzzleloaders and schuetzen rifles. I like old watches and cylinder phonographs, along with stone Indian artifacts, baseball cards, pocket knives (Northfield k nives are my favorite). I still ride a skateboard and collect those made in the '70's. Pipes, too..

 

[hobie1dog]

bump for the new members...we have lots of them lately.

 

[briarpipeboiler]

New member here.
Activities; I am a mountain biking freak, kayaking, fishing, camping, tennis, going to concerts, cooking. Used to work-out/lift a lot but now I just stay fit biking, kayaking, and playing tennis. Never played tennis competitively growing up as I was a baseball and soccer stud until college, but I always loved it back then and love it now.
I also play acoustic guitar. Played bass for ~10 yrs from 16 - 26 but gave that up and have been playing the acoustic for about 5 yrs. Music is my #1 passion in life aside from my family.
Other $$$ vices ala pipes; Semi-expensive watches (no more than $1K), framed music/concert art, big over-ear headphones, MP3 players, electronics in general, etc etc etc.
I also have a 6 year old Vizsla named Tessa, am married, and have a 2 y/o daughter who has been my main hobby for the past 22 months.
Life is good! Here's a pic of Tess...

 

[hobie1dog]

Great post, what headphones do you have?

 

[logandow]

I recently took Aikido for a college class and found I really like it. Aside from that hunting, biking , playing paintball and airsoft and collecting pins which I put on my hats. Mostly WW2 German stuff and flags of Countries I have visited/want to visit.

 

[chops]

I have had many hobbies and passions over time. Aikido and Archery being two of them. The ones I have stayed consistent with all involve the outdoors in some way. I kayak, hike, and backwoods camp. I have a real love for primitive and survival skills (bowdrill-making for fire, shelter-building from forest materials, tracking, etc). I help a few local ornithologists band Saw-whet owls and other migrating birds and collect data to study their patterns, health issues, etc. I also dabble in photography and writing.

 

[bobby46]

Antique radios

Electronics repair

general antique collecting

wood working

reading

history buff

cooking

 

[bryanhayn]

yo-yoing

cycling (on-road)

videogames (xbox live shooters, specifically Gears of War 3 and Call of Duty)

music (listening, not producing) and hi-fi audio. I have somewhere near >600 CDs and two Technics 1200 turntables, also some Ultimate Ears, Shure, and Grado headphones.

watches (Omega, Sinn, Seiko, Casio)
I'm trying to get into pistol shooting (as soon as I can get into a class and get my certification). I'm ex-Navy and received my pistol sharpshooter ribbon while I was in, but it doesn't count for anything once in the civilian world.

 

[briarpipeboiler]

Great post, what headphones do you have?

Sennheiser HD 595

Sennheiser HD 280

Sony MDR-V6

...and I had some Bose Quiet Comfort 2's but they were stolen a couple years ago. Bastards!
The Senn 280's are noise cancelling and the Senn 595's are 'open-aire' design which means others can kindof hear them if they are near you. They are my home office 'phones, and are fantastic.
Also bought a little DIY amp off Ebay and that little thing really drives them for optimum sound. The Sony's and the 280's are kindof similar in sound and price, and both are great. The Sony's collapse a little better for transporting but the Senn 280 aren't that bad.

 

[firstwordisee]

I have many hobbies. One of which is collecting old lures like this very early 1900's Heddon 200.

 

[bentmike]

Like a lot of you guys I have many hobbies. Something I've been involved with the past four years is amateur radio. My call sign is W8MDE. Although I entered the service in 2008 a year after Morse Code testing was dropped from all license exams Morse Code is precisely the mode I was most interested in. I taught myself the code using computer software and listening to live activity on the air. I operate mostly CW (continuous wave on-off Morse Code keying) on the High Frequency bands 20 meters (14 MHz), 40 meters (7 MHz) and 80 meters (3.5 MHz). In the time I have been active I have contacted other ham operators in all 50 states and over 40 different countries.

Another hobby of mine is woodworking. Here is a picture of a straight key I made using several different species of tropical hardwoods and some brass pieces from the local hardware. The key actually works and I have used it to transmit morse code and conduct many radiotelegraphy contacts on the air. Just like my pipe I made I have found great satisfaction in using something I built with my own two hands. I find it extra-cool when I can use one hobbie's skill set to make a piece of equipment used in another hobby.
Using Morse Code is a unique way to communicate and is a skill that has to be learned and perfected. The ability can't be purchased at a store and there are no shortcuts to proficiency. I do use other modes in ham radio like side band voice and digital modes but I am most proud of my accomplishments using radio's oldest method.

 

[hobie1dog]

Cool stuff, my brother in law is big into the ham radio stuff.