Oldest bit of kit you still regularly use

[Mungo]

So I was musing this morning, avoiding doing extremely boring ‘work’.

I am wearing a pair of heavy wool socks bought in July 1998. Still wear them often. They were part of a pack of 3 pairs. There have been two casualties over the years - one fell apart, one lost, but the remaining 4 get worn weekly.

So - what’s the oldest bit of kit you own THAT YOU ACTUALLY USE on a weekly basis.

Not fancy heirloom shotguns or bespoke knives that get brought out once a year, but hard use kit that just seems to keep going...

 

[Crowstalker]

OK so mine isn't shooting related but my Panasonic cordless drill bought it in 2011 and its just a workhorse for me don't know what I would do without it I was only like 18 or so when I bought it for £180 approx that was almost 2 weeks wages for me back then but it has made its money many times over

 

[takbok]

2nd hand surplus Nato jacket/parka that I got for my birthday around 2000. I use it for stalking every week. It's had a few applications of Nikwax and the zip may need attention in a few years but it's still going strong.

Redback UNPU boots and Dickies landmaster wellies both bought in 2009-2010 - can't kill them.

 

[Red Dragon 2]

An old Partridge wax jacket bought late 80's, jet wash and rewax once a year, cuffs are a bit worn but still useable.

 

[Ronin]

My fifty year old right hip

Waiting for another as this one about done

 

[WH308]

I use a 1952 Gillette HD 500 razor that I use most days. Great bit of kit that beats any modern multi blade razor hands down.

 

[tarponhead]

I have lanyards that I use to hang kit from whilst out stalking or just out - from companies long gone that I used to work for or with - Lucas, GEC-Marconi, GEC Ferranti, British Aerospace. Wierdly, I have some promotional biro-style pens with logo's on from 30 years ago that still work and therefore get used!

 

[NickJ]

My DPM cotton smock issued as OTC in 1990, still worn for all broadleaf woodland stalking when dry

 

[Free range rob]

My Mrs

 

[bumpy22]

I have a old wax jacket which is lined. Bought back in the early 90s when I was teenager. Awful thing makes you sweat buckets and not waterproof. But its ideal for pushing through brambles to lay nets

 

[User00040]

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.

 

[lochty]

My Ross telescope, presented to a stalker in Glen Coe in September 1920. I've owned it for about 15 years now. Saved me many a long trek.

 

[The Singing Stalker]

My missus, oh, shooting related.

 

[Shooterman1]

Beat me to it Free range rob

 

[Mike L]

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!!

 

[tikka_madras]

My favourite bit of kit I was born with, have had an awful lot of fun with and still use every day.

 

[Kalahari]

Me. Years older than anything else I own.

David.

 

[stubear]

Mine would be a set of binos my grandpa gave me from WWII - they're still going strong though they arent the most watertight these days so I need to pick the days I use them on! No strong rains!

 

[Mungo]

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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.

Those are beautiful!

I’m not normally one for classical kit - I see much of it as not-fit-for-purpose nostalgia traps. But once I understood how to properly use these traditional telescopes, they make perfect sense in context, and are close to impossible to beat.

 

[angusb1]

I use my Weihrauch HW85k air rifle weekly. It still has the original Kassnar 3-9x40 scope on it. Both bought new with my savings in 1987 I think.