Oldest bit of kit you still regularly use

The Stalking Show - 11th to 12th April 2026 - Staffordshire County Showground
I still wear a DPM cammo jacket I bought at Lartington Game Fair circa 1981/2, I was with Scotspine and bought a still used ACME crow call the same day.
 
Tim.243 said:
A lathe that I started using @ 12 so it will be 90 + as was old when

Lots of apprentice tools from 1977 a 90/45 angle piece which is just so nice it has a sister which is 90/60/30

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That takes me back to being an apprentice in 1900 and frozen to death.
I don't necessarily mean the lathe but the wooden frame for the operator to stand on!
All the machines at BREL (British Rail Engineering Ltd) had them - until you have done a shift standing on a concrete floor you have no idea how much comfort they provide.
 
This old warrior. I bought this way back in the early 80's for the princely sum of about six quid. And it's still serving me well all these year later. Slightly smaller than it started off, and with replacement scales, but it's still an indispensable part of my pocket inventory. Think it's technically illegal these days as its a locking blade. I've managed not to stab anyone with it yet though, despite that

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My right hand :p........multiple uses......no not what you think with your mucky minds......used it every day for as long as l can remember.
 
An old Norwegian army tube scarf that I've had since the 90's, made of wool and far superior to the fleece alternatives available nowadays, kept my neck warm on many a winters day out stalking.
 
A pair of canvas gaiters I bought when I was about 18 (so that's 30 years ago) are still going strong and in regular use, but I daresay my rifles are probably older than that.
 
Mike L said:
A keyring made from Russian reindeer hide, sank on a ship in 1786 (ish), raised in 1986, I got given the keyring in 1987 and it's been in daily use ever since!!
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Mike,
The leather was from the wreck of the Frau Metta Katherine von Flensburg she sank in Barn Pool off of Mount Edgcumbe on the Cornish side of Plymouth Sound. I know the history of the wreck quite well. Most of the artefacts from the wreck now form a permanent exhibition in Mount Edgcumbe House. If you want any more info let me know. The tanning process used was interesting 😀
 
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