Oldest bit of kit you still regularly use

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This is my contribution 1860 12” Midland Railway clock still used everyday wound up on a Sunday

 

[DamDama]

Here you are.

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I am fortunate to have one of the wallets but I don’t use it! The leather was cured in urine and dressed with Birch oil. The reason it didn’t rot was because it was buried in mud. The leather was cured in St.Petersburg. Each bundle had a lead customs seal depicting the Russian imperial eagle. Off thread but an interesting subject.

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

An old jack pike cotton camo coat the mice got into and chewed the back out of cost 40 squids new, i repaired it by cutting the hood off for a patch! still beats the **** out of a 400 plus jobbie,did i mention i,m cheap not tight just cheap!

 

[Husky]

My house, use it a lot and built in 1767.

 

[bogtrotter]

My Ross telescope 100+ years old and still in regular use

 

[bogtrotter]

 

[reiver]

I still use the shotgun cartridge belt that I bought back in 1984 when I got my shotgun license I was 15!! .
It still fits ok as well and Iit still has a few notches too spare

 

[Klenchblaize]

K

 

[Freeforester]

Apart from my old noggin, dad's old roe sack, made in the mid 1970's and still going strong:


We made hundreds of them back in the day.

This afternoon's catch & carry:

 

[tozzybum]

My Army clasp knife ,left in 90 .And my .243 P,h is 1987 only had the wife 16 years

 

[geoffw]

To be fair I was as good an apprentice as I am a home-loader...

and is that why British Rail were forever getting there. Eventually?
Coincidence I'm sure

 

[bobjs]

My brain,

One good knee, a knackered back, a fixed broken neck and a bladder that does not empty properly anymore,

Bob.

 

[User00043]

My 65 year old dishwasher but i have to dry

 

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Ross of London Telescopes, circa 1890's-1900's.

Not seen that much use this year for obvious reasons but have been very useful otherwise.

Took this yesterday through the Ross glass you kindly sold me

 

[hunta]

Tikka M55 bought in the late 70s, still used regularly. Tikka M65 bought early 80s used these days for gong/target shooting. Leitz Trinovid 8 x 40 BA binoculars bought late 70s and are still my go to bins even though I have some Swarovski ELs.

 

[dropmdead]

Still using army socks that are 30 years old, and have probably another 5 years left in them.
Thorlo hiking socks are also the other option.
My DPM smock from 30 years ago still gets out regularly too.

My day to day engraving tools were given to my dad over 70 years ago when he first started out. They were "hand-me-down" to my dad's tradesman. They still cut steel beautifully...

 

[Burnies Boy]

I have a roesack made by Donald Wright in Huntly, still on my back nearly every time I head out. It was bought when I was in my early twenties which makes it nearly forty years old, its had a few replacement liners over the years but the linen roe sack is still in good condition considering its age and the abuse its been subjected to.

 

[Dunwaters]

A claw hammer I got from my dad and he had from his, reground the face and it’s as good as new.
Used it for humane dispatch once.

 

[User00040]

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Amazing to see a two-draw Ross scope there, never actually seen one with a case.

Supposedly they were more popular among the true professional hill men as less draws meant shorter overall length and thicker tubes hence better durability (less to unscrew/clean/repack as well!). A lot of Lovat Scouts took their own to South Africa, WW1 and 2.

 

[JabaliHunter]

My grandfather’s bag from his battle order webbing that he carried through the North Africa campaign and on to Salerno

My two Hardy made Orvis CFO reels from 1972-74

The float fishing rod that I was given for my 9th birthday...