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Probably my legs, or something 😜

My '97 car?
Clothing? Furniture?

I have a cherry wood cabinet from the 1890s that I use to store food. Every day I take a box of cereal from it and put it back.

My wallet is the last piece of leather I will ever own.

Used to use a double edge razor from the 1960s, I still have it. Gillette Slim.

I just use a modern DE instead, 2015 I think. Feather AS-D2.

Both of them will probably outlast me. Especially the Feather, even though it's newer and therefore theoretically made with less care, it was made in Japan, and it's entirely stainless steel, not pot metal. Very strong. You'd need to run it over with a truck to break it.

If cared for, nothing is stopping the Gillette from going another 60 years either.

Probably my Granddads 1950s East German office chair. Got it when he passed since I always used to sit in it when drawing at his desk.

Gas spring is a bit leaky and the leather is a bit faded but it's more solid and comfy than anything new under €500 I tried.

I wear a cord jacket from first grade as a bolero (I'm in my mid 30s). I got older stuff but this usually weirds people out.

My flat was built in the 70s. So probably that. My violin is much older but I don't play much these days (certainly not daily).

My house is from 1884 so that’s used pretty often.

I’ve moved continents so I haven’t brought too many older items with me generally speaking

I have a cheap plastic hair brush my mum bought me over 40 years ago when I was about 6 or 7, she said it cost a dollar and surprised I still use it daily.

There is nothing wrong with it, so it lives on.

I use my great grandfather's bottle opener. It's magnetic and sticks to my fridge, and it's over 100 years old. Works great!

Our staircase was built over two centuries ago, and still does its job!

I'm in my 40s now, so I guess my body.

I've got a couple of cast iron skillets from the early sixties that I use pretty much every day.

My razor is from 1912.

I've been using the same coffee cup almost every day for the last 50+ years.

Yup, I'm old.

My dad was friends with the guy who designed the Aztec Hotel. He didn't want regular light fixtures originally, so he came up with an idea for lighted columns, and he made a prototype table-lamp sized. The was in 1925. The prototype is in my living room and I use it every day.

I have clothes that are more or less 20 years old. Kitchen utensils that are 25 years old. But I think my body is the oldest thing I have that still works, more or less.

My violin was made in 1614, but to be honest I use my practice violin daily and use that as my concert violin, and tune and play it weekly.

I have a 100 year old porcelain doll. Her name is Agnes, she has real human hair and is definitely cursed. Does that count?

Other than that, I have a pre-WW2 windup clock that still works perfectly. It's a solid steel brick.

A manual coffee grinder from about 1910.

I figure I need it because if the electric’s broke I’ll need coffee to fix it.

I don't use it daily, more like several times per week - a wooden cutting board I made in school about 44 years ago.

I have a ninja turtle cereal bowl from when I was a kid that I still use. It's from 1988.

I have a refrigerator from around 1988 or 1989 that still works perfectly. Around 1999, it stopped working, so we bought a new one. We didn't throw away the old fridge because we used it to store plates and cutlery, but we were sure that it was completely broken. Then, last year, a technician saw it and told us that only a component needed to be replaced for it to work again. Lo and behold, the damn thing was revived, and after a two-decade slumber it worked again as if no time had passed.

A Leatherman wave I purchased when I first started working and they had just come out. Blade holds its edge and everything still works smoothly. Plus I have worked out a one handed flick to fully open the pliers.

I bought a $5 leather belt 20+ years ago.

Wrist watch that's made from an old pocket watch.

Waltham watch company: 1895.

My keyboard is almost middle aged

IBM Model M. I bought 3 at a garage sale in the late 90s, 1 for use 2 for backups, and I've never needed the backups

A Kenwood amplifier made in Japan in the 80s.
2007 Toyota Corolla.
Osprey backpack I bought about 12yr ago.

• My house was built in 1960
• My car was made in 1974 (A land rover series 3)
• I go to sleep listening to podcasts on a Sansa MP3 player from 2000 that I've used every night since.
• My body, issued in 1971.

My dick