what is your oldest piece of kit that you still use today?
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The oldest thing I have is my granfathers axe but the thing I have had the longest are my ali camping pots and pans that i bought when I was 7 they are fairly dented but still going strong over 20 years later
My wife?
I've got an old canvas satchel that I think dates from WW2 that I use occasionally. There's also a canvas bedroll/bivi at home. It's sand coloured canvas so wonder if it was used in a desert during the war?
I've got an old canvas satchel that I think dates from WW2 that I use occasionally. There's also a canvas bedroll/bivi at home. It's sand coloured canvas so wonder if it was used in a desert during the war?
I found a 'Beanfeast' packet in the cupboard a few years back and it was over 10 years out of date ! And they last forever so heaven only knows when I bought it.
On a more serious note my dad bought me a swiss army knife when I moved out into my own home and that was about 20 years ago. It still looks almost as good as new and is still the knife I use the most (if only for the scissors...)
On a more serious note my dad bought me a swiss army knife when I moved out into my own home and that was about 20 years ago. It still looks almost as good as new and is still the knife I use the most (if only for the scissors...)
My great, great (and another great I think) grandfather's billhook. It's way over 100 years old but needs a bit of tlc now.
This ranger 57 with clip point blade,
I remember my that my Father gave it to me, and that he had it as far as I can remember so its at least 28 years old, it fell out of my pocket on exercise a few years back and though it was still usable after a bit o field tinkering it was never the same, Its now in Switzerland being referbed at Wenger(brilliant service by the way) should be coming home soon
I remember my that my Father gave it to me, and that he had it as far as I can remember so its at least 28 years old, it fell out of my pocket on exercise a few years back and though it was still usable after a bit o field tinkering it was never the same, Its now in Switzerland being referbed at Wenger(brilliant service by the way) should be coming home soon
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Plastic plate and mug (lightly chewed by one of my dogs) from late '70s. Buffalo pile sleeping bags from early '80s. Closed cell foam mat, cammo basha/tarp and Lowe rucksack from same era.
Mine would be my grandfarthers old Scout tent, it goes back at least to the 1940's.
So worth it's weight when the rain really stats coming down. A good few times a couple of friends have got in it with me then there nice new light tents are getting batterd by the wind and rain. Plus it's nice and cool in the summer.
So worth it's weight when the rain really stats coming down. A good few times a couple of friends have got in it with me then there nice new light tents are getting batterd by the wind and rain. Plus it's nice and cool in the summer.
I have a pair of WW2 spectacle frames which I wear regularly (I am wearing them now). Some thirty years or so ago I used to use a Victorian pocket watch as my everyday timepiece. I have no idea of the age of some of my (not so) sharps but I would say they are getting on.
