Posts: 802 Location: In a van down by the river
Sat 01 Jan, 2011 1:42 pm
I tend to limit myself to cultures/eras I am particularly interested, mainly for some very practical reasons. These include:
1. Money
2. Space
3. Time
Okay, mainly #1. Let's face it; if we did not limit ourselves, we'd go broke real quick, now wouldn't we?
That being said, is there anything that does not interest me? Well, there are some things that do interest me quite a bit, but which I choose to avoid primarily for the above listed reasons. I'd love to get into
Schiavonas, Katzbalgers, Shamshirs, and Kilijs. Since the question of indigenous weapons was mentioned, I'd like to get into the weapons of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest (since that is also a part of my personal heritage), as well as the weapons of meso-America, especially the macahuitl.
Is there anything that does not interest me? Not really. I'd even like to get into Japanese swords, eventually -- well, at least one katana, make that a complete daisho.... sure I think they're over-hyped, but that does not invalidate them, just places them further back on the burner. And so it goes with several other weapons. Armour, too; I don't have much. Would love to have a lot more.
Basically, just because I do not collect or have no plans to collect an item in the near future, does not mean I am not currently or potentially interested. I'm not saying this to be "politically correct", I'm saying it because I wish to have money left over for things like food, shelter, clothing (real clothing, not historical garb)....