Just wondering what passes the test of time? I personally have an old Casio watch and if you count fruit trees, those are pretty old too.

    • MrShankles@reddthat.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 month ago

      Do you have no fear of splinters‽ Cause I know those stairs would give me a splinter just by looking at them wrong

      • Acamon@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        1 month ago

        Hah! I don’t know if it’s because of how old the wood is, but it’s not very splintery, it has a smooth fossilised feel even though it’s so uneven.

        • Cethin@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 month ago

          Yeah, I’m sure anything that would have splintered off already has by now with how worn it looks. It shouldn’t be an issue now unless a chunk breaks off.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      Mmm, delicious non OSHA-compliance. No handrails, no problem!

      I’m fascinated with those joints. Are they nailed at all, or is it just held together by gravity, friction and the exterior walls?

      • Acamon@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 month ago

        No nails, gravity and large wooden stakes / dowels. It’s amazing to me that people made this by hand, and by the looks of it it was some exquisite craftsmanship, but it’s still functional hundreds of years later, unlike most things created today.

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 month ago

          Ah, the old style of woodwork. People have almost forgotten it now - really, anyone uninterested in history has, although the traditions lasted longer than you’d think - but nails were once expensive. Scraping things to fit and using wood’s natural flexibility can get you a good way, and the fact it shrinks and hardens after being cut down can also be used to great effect. Although, in this case the fact the female part is a full log makes me somewhat doubtful greenwood techniques were used, aside from maybe to make the dowels.

          They would have made this thing entirely without power tools as well (so it’s no wonder they skipped the nice finish). Two centuries ago they probably were using modern hand saws and the like, although certain archaic tools like the drawknife could have been in their kit as well.

  • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    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.

  • mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 month ago

    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!

  • carbs@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 month ago

    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.

  • bazzett@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 month ago

    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.

  • ChexMax@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 month ago

    I put a little string of fake pearls on my daughter about every day, and they were mine and my sisters’ when I was a toddler, so they’re about 30. I don’t know how they’ve survived so many toddlers cause they’d break with any real pulling. She loves them though and is very careful with them. She also uses tiny baby sized silverware from my mom’s babyhood(early 70s) It’s cute and funny to watch her use miniature stuff that’s just her size

    I think that’s the oldest thing other than furniture (we use my great grandfather’s bedroom suite)

  • hkspowers@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 month ago

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

  • squid_slime@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 month ago

    3 piece safety razor from the 1950s. And soon a watch from 1950 too. Its a wind up watch.

  • Akasazh@feddit.nl
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 month ago

    I have a Grundig radio my grandparents bought in the fifties. It’s completely restored and I had the aux changed to a mini jack, so I can play stuff on it over Bluetooth.

        • Obi@sopuli.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 month ago

          Leuk, there’s something cool about being able to listen to an ad for crypto on a device made when cheques were the new rage.