Are you a collector of Filofax (or other brands) of organisers?
Back when this Filofax community was only a year or two old someone admitting that they had a large number of organisers would cause people to gasp in surprise.
Much less so these days it seems.
I will admit to having about 76 at the last count. The first one being bought in 1986 so 40 years ago. Or less than 2 per year on average.... Although until about 2010 I only had about 5 organisers!! The acquisition curve is far from being a straight line!
My pathetic reasoning for having so many is mainly down to writing for Philofaxy. I have at least one example in all the sizes from M2 or Mini to A4 at the other end of the scale. Most are A5 or Personal size, these are my two most used sizes as well.
There are some people that just like collecting all of the different models. For instance I have the Holborn in all the different sizes released and also the Malden in all the different sizes released.
One of our readers collected all of the sizes and colours of the Filofax Finchley made/sold, quite an achievement when you realise that one or two of the colours were not released in all of the sizes that other colours were released in.
When you have a large 'collection' sharing photos of it becomes quite an undertaking. I've done it a couple of times, but well over 10 years ago now. It takes a lot of organisation to gather them all together for the group photograph, herding cats might be easier!
I'm sure that we all have our favourites in our 'collections' the ones that get used more than others. There might always be a story behind some of the others, the rare ones, the ones you can still remember buying after tracking them down for many months.
I started back in the 80s buying a Balmoral and Winchester. Have been a fILOFAX personal format user forever. Here’s a pic of my current rotation … The only non fILOFAX is an Omega.
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I would describe myself as a user and collector, inspired mainly by the catalogues from the 1980s, when there was a huge range of high quality products. The durability of these allows them to be enjoyed still today.
ReplyDeleteMy collection currently stands at 21, over half are Maldens. The majority are pocket size. Some I have never used so I suppose that makes me a collector. Trying not to buy any more!
ReplyDeleteI used to have a lot, collected over the years from Ebay, charity shops, and a few bought new.
ReplyDeleteSome I gave to friends, a lot I gave to the local charity shop a few months ago. Now I have only my favourite binders, and I am not planning on buying more. Time to use and enjoy what I have instead.