I've been LARPing since age 16. (28 now) I have one regular organization I go to which holds 3 events a year, and have tried a few other LARPs as well. For gear we use realistic looking foam weapons rather than the PVC/Wood core with round foam around it you often see. I have 2 swords, 1 mace, 1 2h axe, 1 2h sword, 2 daggers, 2 bows + 6 arrows, 3 throwing daggers, 2 shields (1 made myself), a leather armour set, a chain shirt, like 8 different costumes I can mix and match (mostly home-made.), and a tent that I can use ingame. So you could say it's a pretty big hobby of mine. :P