# Anyone Still Collecting Kuhn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Collectors Corner\ **Created:** [August 13, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352 "2015-08-13T22:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/21 "2016-05-15T12:16:16Z")
Posted this in the TK Appreciation thread too (along with my “wanted” list), but… yes, I’m still collecting TK. Although mainly just No Jives. It’s definitely gotten slower/tougher lately. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/1/2/812573b56f05413986d432791b323abf70f63ef2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Rcdrivertim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Rcdrivertim](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rcdrivertim)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/22 "2016-06-12T04:02:24Z")
WOW!!! Nice. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/23 "2019-01-30T22:46:35Z")
We’re gonna need more, closer, and larger pics here @edhaponik :wink: ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/24 "2019-01-30T22:51:11Z")
> [@AaronW](#): > > And don’t forget oldyoyoguy, Tom was the first to do a fancy splash Ano colorway on a yoyo. Also is this really true? Can anyone substantiate this claim, with a pic? ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/25 "2019-01-30T23:01:05Z")
Yes “tortoise” SB-2 was the first anodized aluminum yoyo (and so the first fancy/splash ano). I sold mine years ago but the first ones (which predate the rereleases with “bc” serial numbers) were among the first SB-2 variations after the raw aluminum ones. Lol I’ve taken tons of No Jive collection pics in the past. I’ll take a current one. Edit: this one is pretty much current actually. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BTgwcETjTqP/?utm\_source=ig\_share\_sheet&igshid=1i43fzjzxij7s](https://www.instagram.com/p/BTgwcETjTqP/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1i43fzjzxij7s) ---
**Author:** ![mrciurleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@mrciurleo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mrciurleo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/26 "2019-01-31T00:00:42Z")
Is that an Aspen Mandala next to the 84’ Olympics?! ---
**Author:** ![fullnelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dec6dc/32.png) [@fullnelson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fullnelson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/27 "2019-01-31T00:12:34Z")
Wasn’t Perkins in about the same time frame for splash anodizing??:thinking: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/a/4/2a4afe74eb61c7aef56893ffd4b5bf57a377eafb.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/b/1/9b114716edc7accf8bf7e7c4c4b3a6f5ec2d4eb0.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/e/8/6e899ae70334601a9c79e7a4a39d2cf78a4a1517.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/28 "2019-01-31T00:31:47Z")
I don’t know Perkins well enough but the Tortoise Sb2 was 1992-3 and by 1995 they were doing a range of colors. I can’t imagine Perkins was that early? I was pretty sure Tortoise was the first. @mrciurleo no it’s even cooler! That is a clean machine which was hand carved by Gus Somera and the personal No Jive of Stu Crump! ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/29 "2019-01-31T00:33:15Z")
Man I’d love to have a laminate. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/a/9/0a967927e9c654c07bd28d7f5eb1e34b2f3a94ef.jpeg) Also Tom Kuhn sure loved the crap out of laser etching, geez :wink: Also @edhaponik sorry to be a stickler about this, but it’d be nice to have a full-resolution uploaded version of this image versus the resized one instagram serves :wink: ---
**Author:** ![fullnelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dec6dc/32.png) [@fullnelson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fullnelson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/30 "2019-01-31T00:37:02Z")
I think Perkins was late 90’s… ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/31 "2019-01-31T00:48:56Z")
Hahaha I’ll look on my hard drive. If o can’t find one it may be until I have an afternoon to empty the No Jive drawer lol! ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/32 "2019-01-31T00:51:29Z")
Sorry, I have a _prurient_ interest in this sort of thing, I am ashamed to say. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/33 "2019-01-31T01:08:51Z")
Alas that pic was in the dead zone when my phone died. I’ll take a new one sometime soon. Meanwhile, here’s a 1994 Tort. ![tksb2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/f/2/df258ede572650bc588ff70ab2c4fb149c3c4323.jpeg) I have so many weird old TK pics Tom and Brad sent me while I was working with them. ![OCEAN%20BERG%20%26%20TK%20Yo-Yo%20booth%20](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/7/9/079e0a11ac4eef0d0055ceb5056be849e223587d.jpeg) ![NojiveAd](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/4/e/c4eea48453a5c19de58930e7908ea9d2d56248c9.jpeg) ![Tom-skate-yoing](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/f/c/1fc699161b00fc7f284aaa5d031e7fcba1577519.jpeg) ![BigYo%20Tom%20Pier%2039](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/7/a/f7ab342e9a56f381be2798f7e77d0cc4212107a8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kevinm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kevinm/32/697_2.png) [@kevinm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kevinm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/34 "2019-01-31T02:20:24Z")
I still collect TK, it makes me feel warm and fuzzy. John Narum sold this on the BST here, I had been looking for one for ages! ![14752341812_a194dbb86b_b](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/3/0/7304cf45c478d0f524abd08c82ebec7fdf77944c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![fullnelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dec6dc/32.png) [@fullnelson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/fullnelson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/35 "2019-01-31T02:29:21Z")
Few of my favorites… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/8/0/a80a2def3714571d9d3058bd93d1ac6be740f8ae.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/2/c/f2c2f04f00b04bab9fcd0f18b1b2323b7c9635b8.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/2/7/c27c00fcf2af67643d258cb2ef3c2308e0627380.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AaronW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/aaronw/32/49251_2.png) [@AaronW](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AaronW)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352/36 "2019-01-31T14:46:02Z")
I don’t collect them like Ed does/has, but I have a nice collection, and am always on the lookout for a few that I haven’t been able to get yet. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anyone-still-collecting-kuhn/76352.md?page=1)