Buy It For Life - PH Style

[mikeday1991]

List is growing...

- Straight Razor
- Zippo lighter
- Proper knife/multi-tool
- Maglight torch
- 1850 - 1950's Chisels, Spokeshaves, Bailey Planes, Saw's, Gauges, Bit & Brace
- Snap-On or similar lifetime warranty Spanners, Screwdrivers, Socket sets etc
- A proper quality watch
- Defender 110
- Some sort of Barbour jacket
- Cast iron cookware
- Proper pen (Mont Blanc etc)
- Fitness equipment: Weights, bars, chains, Rowing machine
- Games: Good Monopoly set, Fancy Boules/Garden game set

[Davey S2]

High quality corkscrew.

[TobyLaRohne]

Decent capacity hip flask?

[enjo]

Recently got married so lets hope I can include the wedding ring!
Also: Weber, leatherman and all metal parker jotter.


OT: Hi from another Mike Day

[BoRED S2upid]

What rowing machine gives a lifetime guarantee?

I like the idea of buying a car that would last a lifetime.

[LordGrover]

To go with the razor, a decent silver badger brush.

Fine bone chinaware.
Decent cutlery

[simoid]

BoRED S2upid said:

What rowing machine gives a lifetime guarantee?

I like the idea of buying a car that would last a lifetime.

Fast/reliable/cheap

I'm sure it would be painfully expensive and slow if you wanted the ultimate reliability

[LordGrover]

simoid said:

Fast/reliable/cheap

I'm sure it would be painfully expensive and slow if you wanted the ultimate reliability

You can only ever have two of those three.

[ChemicalChaos]

mikeday1991 said:

- Zippo lighter
- Snap-On or similar lifetime warranty Spanners, Screwdrivers, Socket sets etc
- Defender 110
- Some sort of Barbour jacket

Alternatively to these:
- Turboflame lighter
- Good quality old British tools - I have a huge collection of King Dick and Williams Superslim spanners and ratchets. Chrome vanadium and completely indestructible
- Any "original style" Land Rover - the older the better
- Or Belstaff. I have a 40 year old Trialsmaster still going strong


I'd also like to add:

- A proper lawnmower, such as a Suffolk Punch, Dennis or Atco cylinder mower
- Books. A good quality world atlas, dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia - all hardback and leather bound
- Glassware - cant beat some nice cut glass whiskey and sherry decanters

[Fotic]

ChemicalChaos said:

sherry decanters

if 65

[Asterix]

LordGrover said:

Fine bone chinaware.

I was given a full Noritake Dinning set with all the bells of whistles that was my Grandmothers before - It's never been used by us and has suffered some breakages during the multi moves we made over the years.

Such a shame. It's stunning but completely useless for us.

If I wasn't in Dubai, I'd have stuck it up on ebay by now.

[LordHaveMurci]

Aspinall or similar wallet?

A tattoo - that'll outlive you!

[TheJelley]

ChemicalChaos said:

- Books. A good quality world atlas, dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia - all hardback and leather bound

All of the above will be out of date by the time they are printed! I do like looking at old atlases though, My parents have a cold war era leather bound volume.

It is amazing how few countries there were in Europe!

[The Vambo]

TheJelley said:

All of the above will be out of date by the time they are printed! I do like looking at old atlases though, My parents have a cold war era leather bound volume.

It is amazing how few countries there were in Europe!

This atlas?

[P-Jay]

GreenDog said:

A good quality watch ?

I'd bet my balls to a barn dance my £50 G Shock would out-live anything Switzerland puts out in a like-for-like test of abuse and is more accurate than anything with cogs in it.

[LordGrover]

I was going to suggest the same but thought not very PH. I love my Brabantia Titan.

[sleep envy]

Underpants.

[ewenm]

I'm hoping my Caterham is a for-life purchase

[The Vambo]

anonymous said:

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How do you suggest we continue to avoid that risk?

[P-Jay]

The Vambo said:

anonymous said:

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How do you suggest we continue to avoid that risk?

People could actually put forward sensible suggestions for things that are indeed tough and long-lasting, rather than just spouting bks about hyper expensive tat to win PH points - a lot of the suggestions so far aren't robust at all, they're just so bloody expensive people wouldn't dare give them any sort of treatment or put them in harms way - [PH Style] Oh, I was going to by Timmy a Cadbury's Crème Egg for Easter this year, but I justified getting him a Fabergé Imperial Egg - they last forever you know! [/PH Style]