I have an ancient Zippo that has some personal meaning. I inquired about getting the hinge repaired (cost was no concern). They accepted the lighter and a month later returned it to me completely restored. No charge.
Great people.
Yes, occasionally. I’m more of a weaver than a spinner, but I enjoy having it. It’s a bit annoying when it needs repairs as it’s hand-made and nothing on it is standard, so parts have to be custom made for it.
I’ve never seen an in-use spindle that is actually pointy enough for finger-pricking. They’re about as pointed as crochet or large gauge knitting needles.
Some depictions of, say “Sleeping Beauty” and “Rumplestiltskin” actually show a distaff as the finger-injuring tool (I’m looking at you, Disney), probably because animation artists usually aren’t spinners themselves. The few distaffs I’ve seen are somewhat pointy, but, again, not enough to cause injury by touching them.
Shoe laces last. It’s pretty hard to find a pair of shoes now that will outlast the laces. Before I throw away shoes, I remove the laces to be saved and repurposed later.
I have a magnifying glass continuously in my pocket and in daily use. It is about 100 years old, was my grandfather’s. Glass lens in a tortoiseshell rim, folds into leather sheath, on a brass swivel rivet. No modern materials. Probably made entirely by hand.
Still listening to the Klipsch speakers I bought in 1981. I suspect they’ll outlast me.
Most of my hunting is done with a 1964* Winchester model 94. That gun has put more venison on the table than some entire hunting clubs, and for 53 years needed zero maintenance beyond cleaning. It will go to my son in my will.
Every time we have a “Which barbecue grill?” thread, I mention my Holland grill. It’s approaching 15 years now, and has needed only cleaning. We grill, quite literally, at least 3 times per week so I estimate it has cooked around 2500 meals.
*The last microwave I bought had 9 different warnings in the manual. The Winchester manual contains none. A sad commentary on the competence of the average consumer today.
And people wonder why there are umpteen million guns in the U.S.A.: it’s because with even basic care and preventative maintenance, the durned things last forever.
My cousin has a WWII surplus M1 Garand, purchased (and used) by his father, that he regularly hunts with and takes to the range for “fun time.” Beautifully lacquered wood stock, gleaming blued metal, and scary accurate.
I’ve offered to take it off his hands, but the going price is somewhere north of an arm, a leg, a testicle, and a 1st-born child (plus an obscene amount of money).
I have a roasting pan that was a wedding gift to my parents in the late 1940’s. I have two Corningware “Cornflower Blue” casserole dishes gifted to my Mom one year for XMas; according to her, it was the year they first came out (1958).
Mine’s a relatively modern one, from 1940 (I was given it with the receipt, in case I ever need to take it back 
). I used it earlier on this week to shorten a dress, though I had to use the hand crank rather than the motor, which isn’t currently working; I think I blew the fuse last time I used it.
It don’t do much compared to a modern machine, but what it does do, it keeps on doing.
Or a testimonial to the deadliness of modern small appliances
Have my Dad’s original issue M-1, and a 1917 P.08, and a Sauer and Son 38H - he ‘acquired’ those somewhere along the Ruhr Pocket [along with a Silver star and a Bronze star] and you will have to pry them out of my cold dead fingers [sentimental reasons, not second amendment reasons, though those apply as well.] I also have a Webley ‘British Bulldog’ with ivory grips, 1890s vintage, a functioning Brown Bess that was vetted by a gunsmith for my dad sometime back in about 1980 [he was cleaning the basement and decided to see if it was still ok] vintage probably 1820 or 30. My family really doesn’t throw much away.
You are right, a properly maintained weapon can live damned near forever.
Maybe not quite as sexy as some of these other posts, but in 86(?) I bought a bread knife that I’ve used for cutting/dicing everything, pretty well every day, to this day.
Have never required a cutting knife/cleaver.
The Kenmore washer that was installed in the house built in 1979 (we bought the house in 2006) still runs, but it is almost done. It needs a new part that is no longer available, but we can still wash our clothes in it. We’ve owned the washer and dryer far longer than we did the house.
We had a Subaru go for 10 years and 220,000 miles before it died. I don’t want to buy any other make of car.
I still wear a dress I purchased in 1994. It’s still good to wear to church or work.
Yeah, many hand tools are just indestructible. I have several old Stanley hand planes (pre-1950) and scrapers. I just put new blades in them after I bought them, and they are as good as when they were made.
I still wear the Rolex watch I got for my 21st birthday and I’m 68. We also have my grandfather’s grandfather clock. My grandparents bought it as a wedding present for each other in 1911. It still runs and strikes every quarter hour. Even the moon dial that shows he phase of the moon works.
The only motor my 1910 Singer has is my foot - it’s a treadle powered model.
When I was in the shoe repair business one of the shops I worked at had an Adler industrial sewing machine from the 1860’s. Another treadle machine, still working after all these years.