Last night I did my annual love fest with my mould collection. I usually go through them annually one at a time for inspection and fondling.
I unwrap them, inspect them, then spray them with WD40 and rewrap the mould in a plastic shopping bag and tape it shut. The handles are hanging out of the wrapped mould. No need to wrap them. I store them Tupperware airtight bins under the bench.
I mark what the mould is on the tape so I know what is in there.
I do this annually or so just to make sure all is well.
I have way too many moulds, and duplicates of some.
Somehow I came up with 3 H&G #130's - 2 4 cavity and 1 8 cavity.
I found 2 H&G GC #45's 4 cavity.
I found a Lyman 358156 gc 4 cavity.
I even found an H&G 34 rb mould.
There are 4 SAECO moulds - 2 for 45 auto and 1 each for 357 and 44.
I already use the H&G #51 and the #503 as my go to for 38/357 and 44.
There are Lyman Devastator HP moulds, and single cavity moulds that I guess I was going to HP some day.
i absolutely love the H&G's and been collecting and using them for 40 years.....but man, when you have 3 of the same mould something is wrong.
Every year when I do this i tell myself I need to thin the herd.....but I just can't bring myself to do it because " I might like to use that some day". Some of these moulds I have no idea where i got them or how much I paid for them.
I really think that is the motivation for a hoarder...."I might use that some day".
How many of you are the same way?
How do you finally convince yourself to thin the herd?