What old school product do you still use?

In reply to G_Body_Man:

Oh yeah, nothing beats the paper McMaster-Carr catalog, or most catalogs for that manner. You can't really browse an online system like that.

Double edged safety razor + shaving brush and the like. Cheaper and better than any new equivalent I've found.

Some of my grandfather's assorted hand tools.

Pretty sure the speakers in the living room are older than I am. If not they're close. Call it 40 years. Not sure if that's old enough to count.

Real books whenever possible.

Another Ticondoroga pencil fan. My watches have hands and sometimes chains. In the winter I have a Zippo hand warmer that I wear I my shirt pocket at work. You smell like kerosene at the end of the day but even during last years polar vortex I would have to unzip my coat a bit to keep from sweating.

I also use safety razors, but only to shave my neck. I use scissors to keep the beard trimmed.

Manual hedge clippers (the big scissor kind)- heck, we can say "hand tools" for most things.

Cast iron pans (Lodge), one of which was found under the house when I bought it. No idea how old it is, but I had to recondition it with a wire wheel.

Jungle-type combat boots

Kayaks and canoes, though the materials are modern. The carbon fiber paddle is one of the best things I ever bought, it really reduces fatigue over a 12 hour day.

00 shotgun shells

A Finnish puukko knife

Rapala fillet knives (though I use an industrial grade Dexter fillet knife on large fish)

Number 2 Pencils

Scott toilet paper (yes, I went there)

DE Safety Razors and the rest of the get-up (Thanks again DrHess).

Drafting board with a T-Square, actual triangles, a scale, compass & dividers, and mechanical pencils with different hardnesses of graphite. - I can use CATIA fairly well but for personal projects the drafting board just relaxes me.

Reel mower - I got sick of listening to the gas one for my tiny grass patch.

M1A and a 1911 - You can keep your new fangled AR platform than you very much. Which reminds me that I need to order new recoil springs for the old all steel Kimber.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: I think some of us might be missing the point of the thread.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: What old school product, that is still available, do you use because it's always worked even with the new fandangled products out there?

I own antique industrial grade machine tools and power equipment as well, because you can't buy them that nice anymore.

You're right.

Longbows. Made of wood. Also atlatls. Beat 20,000 year old technology for old school

Does "still available" also include stuff I can make?

HP-11C calculator - not an app. bought it new when they first came out, still works perfectly. Besides, you get to explain what Reverse Polish Notation is to people.

I wish I.could still use orange bubblicious. E36 M3 was amazing.

tube tv

Most of my kitchen stuff has survived from grandmothers kitchen. My waffle iron is one that was due to be replaced when I fixed it in 1969!

Old scythe! Got some hilly parts that the mower is just not practical and the weedeater is too dang slow. 2 man crosscut saw that was a staple when I was playing football. Still use it when the chainsaw is just too small.

Brace and bit was used not long ago when I was mounting 1 1/4" dowels for my extension cord and air line storage.

Bruce

A beer in the shower..., or wait, is that new school?

I picked up a 1953 Spartan TV for the old school look. This winter I'm going to pull the guts and install a flat screen Smart TV for the win.

Gearheadotaku wrote: tube tv

The criteria is stuff you can still buy new.

wheelsmithy wrote: A beer in the shower..., or wait, is that new school?

I'm really, really glad I'm not the only one who does this. Wife always give me funny looks.

Shower rum is better

calteg wrote:

wheelsmithy wrote: A beer in the shower..., or wait, is that new school?

I'm really, really glad I'm not the only one who does this. Wife always give me funny looks.

Nothing more refreshing than a shower beer.

Pretty sure my wife introduced me to the shower beer. She's a keeper.

my 1997 Chevy truck has an actual honest to goodness throttle cable in it..

that's pretty old school.

84FSP wrote: Pretty sure my wife introduced me to the shower beer. She's a keeper.

Beer is easy. My wife got me a shower toaster. She seems very excited for me to try it out.

I'll throw my hat in on the dual edge razor plus shave soap and brush pile. That is the oldest technology I use and love the E36 M3 out of it. Much less irritation and real cheap.

Wally wrote:

84FSP wrote: Pretty sure my wife introduced me to the shower beer. She's a keeper.

Beer is easy. My wife got me a shower toaster. She seems very excited for me to try it out.

You almost had to buy me a new phone.

Mongo, a home made RV made from an old bus with well over 1,000,000 miles on it.

Vernier calipers without a dial or digital readout. At least for as long as my eyes hold out.

Books. I still like to read large amounts via hard copy. My wife loves her Kindle but give me a mashed up tree pounded into flat sheets with some ink.