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The modern things work so well, but there are a bunch of old style "stuff", I just like.

What about you good folks?

Yep.

you betcha

I still use Weaver K-4 and K-2.5 scopes.

My drillings and cape gun are anything but modern.

I'm the lowest-tech hunter I know who uses metallic cartridges and smokeless powder.

I have a whole house and shop full of wore out crap!!!!

Lots of old style. Never up graded to the plastic stuff.

Just because technology has "surpassed" a particular product or technique does not make it obsolete. Most examples of good that just keeps on coming do no less than they ever did.

Like Carburetors and points !

Old Craftsman tools.

YES!

I miss what I could fix.

Claw hammer
1911/.45 ACP
Leather boots & a cowboy hat.
Compass and a map.
Wool coat



Things that were designed over a hundred years ago that are still the best thing for the job.

"Stuff that works, stuff that holds up. The kind of stuff you don't hang on the wall. Stuff that's real, stuff you feel, the kind of stuff you reach for when you fall...."

Apparently you didn’t read the CD player thread.

Someone’s old stuff, is someone’s pile of [bleep].

Woolrich red and black plaid hunting coat.
Savage Model 99 rifles.
Mauser Model 98 rifles.
High Standard Sport King .22 RF pistol
Ambassadeur 5000 baitcasters.
MItchell 300 and 308 spinning reels.
My 1957 Johnson 5 1/2 h.p. outboard.
My 40 year old Sylvan deep V.
G.I. can openers.
A 40 year old Buck 110 Folding Hunter.
Jone' handwarmers.


I could go on and on.

Agreed on the carbs, points I'm not sold on. I still remember having fun starting the old Ford (can't remember if it was a 360 or 390) if it sat for a couple of days during a rain or snow storm. Although my kids still can't figure out why a non-smoker needs to carry books of matches in the glove box. Fastest feeler gauges ever.

I have been wanting to buy an Aladdin Mantle Table Lamp for years.


No idea why.

It seems that if one tries to "modernize" he has no chance of ever catching up anyway - by the time you get the thing home, it is outdated.

I have a collection of them. Probably have around a dozen, including the one my grandparents had. I've replaced the kerosene burners with electric ones so I can use them.

We have two or three family heirloom glass based 'coal-oil' lamps but none are Aladdin. New Aladdin brand lamps start at around $200.

We left ours as they originally were. Last time we used them IIRC was during the big ice storm power outage several years back. Besides light they put off a surprising amount of heat.

Sure I have lots of old stuff. Dad's old 1929 Browne and Sharp micrometer still accurate to 2 tenths. Have some old tools i use often like the Miller Falls hacksaw.

BUT there are lots of things that I wouldn't use today even if I could find it new.

Was in an estate selling store yesterday to see the large collection of reels they recently acquired. Sure brought back some memories. A ton of level wind bait casters made by Pflueger, Shakespeare, Trident, Ocean City, and Penn as well as a few lesser names. Some spinning reels like the Mitchells and Quick. A bunch of automatic flyreels. Even found my first pushbutton reel the Shakespeare 1777 in box! I wouldn't use any of these reels for fishing today as their performance is far inferior.