Ok-Apricot-3156

Ok-Apricot-3156 t1_je0qgfu wrote

I use these one of these (1950's dutch army model) as a grocery and one as a work bag, they do start to show signs of wear after roughly 2 decades of semi daily use, I wax them with straight paraphene candlesticks to make it rain resistant, but they do get quite stiff from that.

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Ok-Apricot-3156 t1_je0oy1r wrote

An 1880/1890 sewing machine that my grandmother inherited, not sure from whom, I use it to lockstitch thick layers of leather and leather like material that my normal (electric) sewing machine can't handle. I found a box of needles for it at a junk sale a while back for a good price, I modify them a little bit with a dremel to turn them in to leather optimized needles.

If I don't count books and decorate objects, my second oldest item that I activly use is a brownie box model 2b analog camera from 1917/1920, incredibly simple and cheap made design, nothing that can break on it. It was the first mass available camera at the time costing only 4$ film is still available pretty much everywhere and with advances in film it works better than it did in the day.

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Ok-Apricot-3156 t1_je0ki5m wrote

I am not a fan of those (at least in my climate) it traps moisture inside the brickwork causing the heads of the stones to crack and eventually fall off in harsh winter. Brickwork should have one damp open side at all times. If the damp open space is the inside of a house, the solution should be ventilation.

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