I have a pretty decent collection of drums and cymbals; enough that its hard to keep track of the ones I don't leave out to play. Its easy to attach a tag to a drum, but how do you keep track of the cymbals you're not playing all the time - do you put stickers on them, or do you mark them with a sharpie, or is there a better way? You know stuff like maker, weight, stamp type, age? What is the most reversible and causes the least damage?
Perhaps if I had a hundred cymbals or more it might be an issue. But, I have 6 sets of hats, 5 of 6 crashes, 4 splashes, and around 25 rides and crash rides. All I have to do is look at one of my cymbals to know what it is, when I got it and what sounds good with what.They all look different. There's no way I could confuse them. I don't buy cymbals that are not going to be played. My son and I also have 5 sets of drums plus a set of electronics, lots of stands and pedals and 9 snare drums. How many drums do you have that would require labeling them?