Guess The Item Of This Collection - Clues

[Stytooner]

Pill bottles?

[cabinetman]

Pill bottles?

Lee - I wish I had good news for you. But I DON'T. It might help to go back and read the OP for the variety of materials. A rubber pill bottle - really. I doubt if there are 5 pound pill bottles either. These suggestions are a real thinking process. It's brainwork. Makes us better woodworkers too But, you are keeping the clues in mind and I appreciate that. I'm working on another clue. I've just about given it away already. My psychic waves are telling me one of you is gonna hit on it any moment.
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[cgallery]

Flashlights?

[Greg in Maryland]

Guns and ammo?

Greg

[cgallery]

Fire extinguishers? First-aid kits?

[Stytooner]

Lee - I wish I had good news for you. But I DON'T. It might help to go back and read the OP for the variety of materials. A rubber pill bottle - really. I doubt if there are 5 pound pill bottles either. These suggestions are a real thinking process. It's brainwork. Makes us better woodworkers too But, you are keeping the clues in mind and I appreciate that. I'm working on another clue. I've just about given it away already. My psychic waves are telling me one of you is gonna hit on it any moment.
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I have seen Jagermeister bottle small enough to go on a key chain and as large as an end table, so I did give it some thought. Bottles may have been the wrong term I was looking for.
Medicine containers would have been more accurate as the guess I was trying to make. They have certainly been made using most of the materials you mentioned.

I know. Wrong answer. Think harder.

[jwaterdawg]

Calculator ("adding machine" for really old ones)

[Greg in Maryland]

here are all the clues in one place:

CLUE # 1: In the collection, the variety of materials of the items are: wood, plastic, paper, glass, vinyl, leather, metals of different types, cloth (some 100% cotton, some synthetic fiber), rubber, porcelain and ceramic.

CLUE # 2: I haven't done any collecting in a few years, but the most recent one I've had about 5 years, and the first ones collected were about 40 years ago. I have no idea how old any of them were at the time I got them. Their age was not really the issue, but really old ones fascinated me.

CLUE # 3: The collection has a single theme.

CLUE # 4: The lightest weight is definitely under one ounce. The heaviest one maybe five pounds.

CLUE # 5: Some of the items in the collection are from all parts of the world, but not necessarily indigenous to where they are from.

CLUE # 6: Some of the items are very thin, some flat, while others are fully dimensional.

CLUE # 7: Everyone here knows what these things are and have probably touched one, maybe even more than once in a day.

CLUE #8: When you see this, you may think you need it, but there are times you don't need to touch it.

CLUE # 9: To keep you on track, a reminder that these items are a collection. I have several hundred in the collection and each is different. They are only good for a period of time, but they last much longer than they are good for.

CLUE # 10: Here is a real giveaway clue. Sometimes you are given one of these, at other times, you might ask for one.

CLUE # 11: Even though you don't collect these, many of you may have one or more of these in your house, just for your family's sake, and well being.

[rja]

telephones?

[cabinetman]

Greg

Thanks for posting the clues all together.

[Greg in Maryland]

Buttons, belts buckles, beads or jewelry?

[TheRic]

Shoes

Toothbrush

[Copper]

Keychains?

[cabinetman]

OK gang, ya-all are trying very hard and have suggested some kind of variety. So, I'll continue to help out.


CLUE # 12: When you get yours, spending a bit of time with it is a common thing to do.
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[Greg in Maryland]

Beer steins? Records? Trophies?

Greg