there is no such thing
like too many hammers  

Spent years in Ohio was quite an experience I can't usually expect in So-Cali. There are real red necks with John Deere stuff.   (In the Left Coast most of them are tree huggers with "adapted esthetic.")   On one such occasion, I went to a swap meet, where I found 3 hammer heads.   Distinctive, yet in the same category, thus instantly I became a hammer collector.

At first I only looked for hammers, but my collection somehow started including wrenches.   Now I'm worrying about that my collection expands to planes, for they easily fetch hundreds, or even thousands of dollars.

You may have an intriguing conversation with a collector.   Analytical, attention to detail, with a lot of trivia.   You'd wonder the fact that otherwise a smart person, fascinated with stuff you don't think worth a dime.
Except "smart," this isn't unlike my personality, for both collectors and artists like "show and tell."

       

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