What is the oldest item you use on a regular basis?

[JayV]

Judgement free but why not just use your phone?

For myself, it's because of the tactile feedback the calculator offers. A good calculator keyboard is amazing.

 

[BoomerClone]

This brings back memories. Had the same one from probably 7th grade to age 30.

 

[StClone]

a Wusthof boning knife that came with my ancestors from Switzerland in 1800's passed down to me. The knife was used on a lot of livestock. I remember cutting up and quick boning ruptures for sausage when we raised feeder pigs if we found them quick enough. I still use it to clean catfish and when we pick up meat from the locker each winter as like to package and grind our own burger.
I can only imagine how wide the blade originally was. It is pretty skinny from years of sharpening which makes it good on fish. I wasn't going to use it but my GP said it is a disgrace to our ancestor's not to as they spent so much money on the new set bringing it to USA.

I am Swiss and my family often used "Made in Switzerland" cutting knives at our family meat processing plant. I just remembered the brand name: Victorinox

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[Jer]

Rocking chair from 1863 made by a civil war veteran who lost a leg in the conflict. Have the chair and a 100% solid walnut dresser he made. View attachment 116752

He may have lost his leg, but he could still get wood.

Sorry, sounded funnier in my head.

 

[StClone]

Even though I use all sorts of other tools and software, I use my TI-30SLR calculator that sits on my desk on a daily basis. Its from circa 1983. View attachment 116749

Geez if that doesn't bring back memories. I had one just like it and thought it was so cool even if some functions were never used.

 

[StClone]

I am right now wearing a sweatshirt I got back in the mid 80s.

I have a sweatshirt I got from my home builder as a gift after the build. I wear it infrequently but I thought it was crazy old...it was made in 1992.

 

[StClone]

Read this wrong at first and thought you said you had it as a child and was exceptionally jealous.

The putter looked unused...as for woods?

 

[cysmiley]

I see your 1984 crockpot and raise you with my 75 year old Toastmaster toaster. An aunt and uncle gave it to my parents as a wedding gift in 1948. It's an heirloom! Was sent off to college with me and I've had it ever since. Last used at breakfast this morning.

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I see you have it on a ground fault interrupt. WISE CHOICE

 

[BCClone]

The putter looked unused...as for woods?

If married, the wood rarely gets used.

 

[cyfan92]

Read this wrong at first and thought you said you had it as a child and was exceptionally jealous.

Yeah, I bought it used in 08.. My parents weren't of the means to buy new

 

[cyfan92]

The putter looked unused...as for woods?

It was a picture from the internet. Mine has ding's and scratches everywhere... If I got a new one with no imperfections, how would I blame missed putts????

 

[FriendlySpartan]

It was a picture from the internet. Mice has ding's and scratches everywhere... If I got a new one with no imperfections, how would I blame missed putts????

This is the way

 

[Buster28]

I have the crockpot that my parents got for a wedding gift in 1967. We have a newer one where the ceramic part lifts out for cleaning and that gets the most use. But the older one gets brought out if we have two things that require staying hot for a gathering of some sort. I also had an old orange spatula that mom gave me when I moved out on my own that was also part of a bunch of kitchen utensils they got for their wedding. Sadly, the spatula snapped in half while I was cleaning it (of all things!) a couple months ago. But for that simple piece of plastic to have lasted 55 years is pretty damned good. Crockpot still works just as good as it ever did also.

 

[cedarstrip]

Used it to nuke my lunch today!

 

[CoachHines3]

I think the question was what do you use the most, not what you have @CoachHines3 use for you.

i gotta get mine somehow

 

[viking63]

My grandmas bean pot. Must be pushing 100 yo.

 

[Frog]

I am Swiss and my family often used "Made in Switzerland" cutting knives at our family meat processing plant. I just remembered the brand name: Victorinox

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My roots lead back to St. Gallen, or Sankt Gallen as written in family documents. Beautiful place.

 

[Sparkplug]

I use an old Harvest Gold West Bend crock pot to warm up cattle ear tags in the winter

 

[MeanDean]

I have that exact clock radio alarm. I think it was left somewhere and I dragged it home. Don't really think of it as old

My dad had a lot of stuff we thought was old. He'd always say, "That's not old, I remember when I bought that new."

 

[StClone]

My roots lead back to St. Gallen, or Sankt Gallen as written in family documents. Beautiful place.

Bremgarten has my family name all over the place and records back to 1390, but I have never been there. I have found (maybe wrongly) Swiss citizens coolly distant if not suspicious when I have run into them in my travels. Much of my family has gone to Bremgarten, several times.