This isn't Photoshop, this is insanity 😃

[sactroop]

I don't understand why people are wasting their time on this thread.

If anything was accomplished it happened on the first page.  these last two pages seem to only be serving a troll.

[Ysr_racer]

Perfectly normal behavior 😃

 

 

 

[iron bender]

13 hours ago, Ysr_racer said:

 

With friends like these guys, who needs enemas 😃

 

Yeah, we've sold 40 or 50 grand worth of junk on eBay in the last year or so. We haven't even touched the Nazi stuff yet.

 

My buddy that's in the militaria hobby said he figured it was a 100 grand worth of stuff, and offered 25 grand for the Nazi crap.

 

But here's the crazy part, my grandkids other grandpa spent about a grand a month on 4 storage units. That's 12 grand a year. For the 10 years he stored it, he spent $120,000.

 

He'd have been better off buying Krugerrands or Silver dollars, and just leaving that to them.

 

I had a full time job. I retired so I could hunt, fish, compete in sporting clays shotgun, and ICORE revolver, not clean out and sell storage units.

 

I've got my own crap, I don't need anybody else's 😃

 

You guys are in to it, enjoy yourself but don't delude yourself that you're leaving your family a treasure.

 

Me, I've got real estate and investments to leave my grandkids. 

 

This. It took me a couple years to convince my mom to get rid of the two storage units of old brown furniture nobody wants. Everyone already has a house full of their own junk. This tread is making my blood pressure go up thinking about my dad's collection. 

[manayunkman]

Can’t sell anything with a Nazi symbol on eBay.

 

 

[The Rooster]

49 minutes ago, Ysr_racer said:

Perfectly normal behavior 😃

 

 

 

Those two with the big rounded blades are US Army 1904 Hospital Corps Knifes. Check the dates on them.

[aerialbridge]

On 4/13/2025 at 6:25 AM, The Rooster said:

Hi everyone.... Im having a big sale... Its all crap,

maybe you'd like to buy something?

🤣

 Cool.  I'm in.   BYOTP?  BTW, any certified scatological rarities?  Is it all ASC graded?

[Ysr_racer]

[Titanfan]

I keep wondering, if that is what he had in storage, what did he have in his house...

[Gear Fanatic]

agreed, I want to help him, but at the same time, he's already been given all the neccesary info to make a good, educated decision as to what to do, his comments at this point just seem to be mocking us and our passions.

16 hours ago, sactroop said:

I don't understand why people are wasting their time on this thread.

If anything was accomplished it happened on the first page.  these last two pages seem to only be serving a troll.

 

[Ysr_racer]

23 minutes ago, Gear Fanatic said:

agreed, I want to help him, but at the same time, he's already been given all the neccesary info to make a good, educated decision as to what to do, his comments at this point just seem to be mocking us and our passions.

 

 

Mocking you and your passion, no, never, not even once.

 

Mocking the old guy that saddled me with this mess, yes absolutely.

[Gear Fanatic]

haha, maybe I misunderstood your intentions but that's how it seemed to me. the latter part makes sense!

[ludwigh1980]

It's too bad he did not donate it to a Veterans memorial museum or the National Rifle Association where it would be better served and defiantly more appreciated. 

[blackdogblades]

On 4/11/2025 at 3:36 PM, Ysr_racer said:

 

 

I like long walks on the beach, puppies, and cheap cigars :)

 

Ive bought a few knives from you on the bay, and theyve all been top notch.

[blackdogblades]

Needless to say, if you need a home for the crap, ive got one. :)

[aerialbridge]

9 minutes ago, blackdogblades said:

Needless to say, if you need a home for the crap, ive got one. :)

Dude's got some sharp looking crap there.  

[blackdogblades]

7 hours ago, manayunkman said:

Can’t sell anything with a Nazi symbol on eBay.

 

 

Well thats what the little yard sale sticker dot was created for, I think? 

[blackdogblades]

1 minute ago, aerialbridge said:

Dude's got some sharp looking crap there.  

He does. Ive bought a few thousand in mint condition knives from him. I'd kind of like to have his problem. And I also had a 1988 Yamaha YSR at one point in time, if thats what his handle refers too. 

[Ysr_racer]

15 minutes ago, blackdogblades said:

He does. Ive bought a few thousand in mint condition knives from him. I'd kind of like to have his problem. And I also had a 1988 Yamaha YSR at one point in time, if thats what his handle refers too. 

 

You mean a Yamaha YSR 50? Like little kids ride?

 

You mean adults could race those on kart tracks in Southern California? They would look ridiculous 😃

 

[manayunkman]

49 minutes ago, blackdogblades said:

Well thats what the little yard sale sticker dot was created for, I think? 

Even covered insignia is against the rules.

 

It has to have no insignia.

[iron bender]

1 hour ago, Ysr_racer said:

 

You mean a Yamaha YSR 50? Like little kids ride?

 

You mean adults could race those on kart tracks in Southern California? They would look ridiculous 😃

 

Watch it. I still love riding my kids' old 125 CRF out at the land. Fat guy in a little coat. 

[rathbonemuseum.com]

This is no longer a conversation around edged weapons. Either this discussion stays relevant to the topic or it gets closed. 

[Ysr_racer]

21 hours ago, ludwigh1980 said:

It's too bad he did not donate it to a Veterans memorial museum or the National Rifle Association where it would be better served and defiantly more appreciated. 

 

I thought about your post, and it occurred it to me you're thinking about the knives, bayonets and daggers, I'm thinking about my grandkids.

 

As I said, I'm not a collector. If that's where you want your collection to go, donate it before you croak, it's be easier on your family.

 

I used to be an NRA member but dropped out because they were too liberal for me. Now I'm a member of The John Birch Society, NSCA, USPSA, ICORE and three shooting ranges.

 

Good luck on your collecting. 

[Josh B.]

  I was sole signing trustee of a family farm and its eventual liquidation liquidation.  That property had a full machine shop, wood shop, farm equipment and about 100 years worth of random family stuff in it.  Everything needed to be sold. In volume, it was more than a few storage units. For all of my labor on taxes, real estate sale, insurance, power, repairs et,  I was paid 0 over any other family distribution.  This means I worked so other family could have comfort and money by doing nothing. I get your frustration. It's exhausting.  And when you are stuck doing it for months to years, it eventually makes you angry. 

 

But here you are.  This stuff exists. And until it's gone, its a burden.   For some cosmic reason, you are in charge of it. It happens to have value, so its unwise to just dumpster it. 

 

If it were me and my kids and/or grandkids are above 18, I'd delegate.  Maybe have them draw lots and take this stuff home to either get busy selling  via their favorite method or alternatively fall in love with collecting.  Or leg it to an auctioneer and take the easy way out.  And if they don't want to, and you don't want to keep doing this any more, I'm sure someone on the forum would be glad to write you a check and it will all disappear in an afternoon.  Or rent a bunch of tables at a militaria show, make a family outing out of it, and put lowball prices by the table top, OBO.    Antiques are only worth what other people are willing to pay.  Maximizing value takes time, wholesale does not.  When its gone, everyone can go back to being happy. 

 

[jim_mi]

I've suggested to my heirs that they consign my collections to a (relatively) local auction house (who have already agreed to inventory and pack everything on site...) and dispose of it that way. Anything left over will be donated to their favorite charity or museum. Obviously, I'll be dead at this point and unconcerned about getting fair value for items, and the kids don't need the money, either...