My bicycle
I’m in my 70s, soooo pretty much everything I own. Sigh.
Do you mind if I ask you how you made it to Lemmy?
A morakniv knife, a ka-bar knife and an Opinel knife.
A Citizen watch A Kenneth Cole mechanical watch
A lighter
Now I understand why we men love all these things. They last forever and for some reason this really appeals to men.
Opinel knives are the shit! I use them exclusively for fletching.
The cast iron has made it 30 years with me and I expect it to live past my lifetime and my kids’ lifetimes and if they have any kids who want them, outlive them as well.
I have some furniture (cabinets) from my grandma that my kids want when I die too, in particular the gun cabinet my dad converted to a shelved cabinet.
I never want to move again, so the house I hope but it requires so much maintenance I don’t know if it counts.
If I can possibly keep my 2014 Honda going I will. Would prefer to keep it until I stop driving (love it so much) but like the house, at some point I’m not sure it’s the same car.
The clothes that juuuuust don’t quite fit that I’m hoarding just in case I manage to lose that wright I’ve been trying to lose for the last thirty years now.
Our cast-iron pots
Same with my cast iron pans.
In line with this, I love my carbon steel wok and pans.
+1 cast iron crew, I have my mother’s pans, which were her grandmother’s. They had a little rough patch when mom went through some shit, and I later had to reseason them but they are 👨🍳🤌💋 now.
Other lifetime items would be my piano, Singer sewing machines, china (I have like 4 passed down collections, lol), and probably most of my hand tools.
I have ADHD, so literally nothing is safe.
Same, but I have some hope for the 440 lbs anvil in the shed.
- Kitchen knives. No reason to replace them with others that would do the exact same thing.
- Cast iron skillets. Indestructable, will easily outlive me.
- Shemagh scarf. Oldest piece of clothing I have. I’ve had it for almost 20 years.
- Bushcraft knife. Indestructable, does everything it needs to and nothing else. No need to upgrade.
- Leatherman Wave. There are newer and better ones out there but it has sentimental value to me and 99% of the time when I need a multitool it’s either the pliers or screwdriver that I’m after.
- Yeti thermos mug. Can’t possibly imagine what new feature a mug could have that would make me want to upgrade.
I’ve seen knives break so I don’t imagine they will last the rest of my life but I don’t see any reason to replace them if they are still in good working order or reparable
My house.
Yeah, I’m never going through that process ever again haha
My accoustic guitar, I desperately hope, I love it way too much to ever be without it.
I’m old enough to realize most everything will either need to be replaced or given up as lifestyles change, but young enough not to count random stuff I happen to have.
Some really precious things I’ll keep forever, but don’t really use.
Just looking around the house and thinking, will I have any of this in my last years is sobering.
That said there are a few knickknacks I’m likely to keep since they are small and easy to keep up with. Maybe my collection of old Christmas albums. A few ornaments. A few Keychain. Deploymas…
Electric shaver (oscillating)
Bone-conducting headphones
Multi-tool (all stainless construction)
Does the shaver and headphones have replaceable batteries?
Thanks for asking.
I just looked it up and the shaver has an ifixit video on how to replace the battery. Looks like a 10-15 minute changeover.
No video or instructions for the headphones, but a replacement battery part is available.
What has made bone conducting so good for you? I got a pair from my partner but we aren’t super impressed vs earbuds, except they suit fitness better
I like them, because most of my use cases are to still be able to hear if other people close-by call out.
Being able to use them wet is a bonus.
The 8hr playback is good for me.
They are quite hardy
The lower sound quality and lower volume is not a problem for me, because it is at a passable level.
If I want crisp sound, it’s on monitors or decent enclosed headphones.
For my creative work I need scalpels and blades. Buying good quality Swann Morton blades in small packages is very costly. So I bought 200pcs Box. Whenever I take a new blade, I think how I will pick from this box mostly for the next 40 years of my life. I might even die before I used the last blade. But then again, that was how I got my first blades from my grandfather back when I was a teenager. It seems to be a pan-generational item in our family.
Curious what you use scalpel blades for in your hobby?
A hercules coffee cup I’ve had since I was around six.
My body
I also choose this person’s body
Our body!
Oh great, another Borg drone, let me guess resistance is futile?
Lucky! Some of us live places that don’t allow you to own one of these
