Whats the oldest thing you still use

[Ilovejapcrap]

In ref to this daily mail article

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9207201...

I love to see old stuff still working.

Anyone anything interesting ?

[sunbeam alpine]

Not super interesting, but I have a colander which was a wedding present to my grandmother (early 1930's) which still gets regular use.

[Pothole]

That's not a coffee maker...I have a 25+ year old Dualit toaster still in daily use. A potato masher and a couple of cleavers which were my Mum's and date from the 1970s. I use my Grandad's saw often. He was a joiner at Cammel Laird's shipyard in Birkenhead but retired before I was born, so it's over 55 years old, probably at least 60.

[bobtail4x4]

our dining table was Mrs bobs gt grandmothers,
so mid late 1800s

[Taita]

The army were still using Puffin' Billies which were from 1910 or something I think?

Always good to get the crow to light them first thing in the morning.....


WUUUUFFFFFFFFT

[irc]

I have the family grandfather clock. Made in Glasgow around 1760 - 1790. In the family at least 4 generations if not all the way from the 18thC

https://vimeo.com/376007694

Aside from that a rucsac I bought in 1982.

Edit - and a stove top coffee maker my mum bought in San Francisco in the 1950s.

[giantdefy]

1930's Hohner button accordion and 1924 Wheatstone Aeola English Concertina

[TCX]

1916 Krupp brass shell case from the Somme,keep fire poker in it

[Davetheraver]

The Mrs was made in 1978, I got her in 2018 after a few previous owners but some careful maintenance and significant expenditure means I still use her most days.

I am hopeful that if I stick to the service schedule it should be a good five years before I need to upgrade as she will be nearly 59 by then.

[oddman]

Mid Victorian Carving knives

[Esceptico]

Davetheraver said:

The Mrs was made in 1978, I got her in 2018 after a few previous owners but some careful maintenance and significant expenditure means I still use her most days.

I am hopeful that if I stick to the service schedule it should be a good five years before I need to upgrade as she will be nearly 59 by then.

You might have invalidated your warranty with that post...

[frisbee]

It's not super old in the big scheme of things but I'm still using the same rucksack for commuting that I bought in 1996. It's been gradually falling apart for about the last 15 years but I've never found a replacement that works as well.

[poo at Paul's]

We have a clamp on table cast meat grinder that my great grandma had first between the wars, and it was not new then. Still works perfectly!

[Desiderata]

I'm in the process of renovating a cheese press that I found in one of our fields. We haven't started using it yet but will soon. Best guess is that it's mid 17th century.

[Pothole]

irc said:

Aside from that a rucsac I bought in 1982.

I forgot my trusty Fjallraven rucksack from about 1988...super trendy before my time, I was!

[alabbasi]

Probably my 68 Cadillac

[TorqueVR]

My wife is 66. Does she count?

[anonymous-user]

sunbeam alpine said:

Not super interesting, but I have a colander which was a wedding present to my grandmother (early 1930's) which still gets regular use.

We have a plastic one from when my wife and I were students, living in a shared house 30 years ago. Not sure who it belonged to, one of the other housemates’ mums I guess. Gets used almost daily.

[deeen]

TorqueVR said:

My wife is 66. Does she count?

Fails the "Trigger's Broom" test, I think every single cell in her body will have been replaced by now.

I've still got 2 T shirts from the '80s...

[crofty1984]

My house was built in 1922, if that counts?
Other than that, I think my band saw must be about 50 + years old, and I have motorcycles built in 1969, 71 and '76.