Purchases that last a lifetime

Jeremiah

So I was scanning faceblock and come across an article with that title. Got me to thinking back to when and why I became a BGE owner. I try to buy things like this and continue the “buy once cry once” theory. I carried this thinking to several purchases from my Honda push lawnmower, to my Lodge cast iron. Anyone else keeping to this madness? Care to post up your “well worth it and I’ll never replace it” purchases?  

—the first jackwagon with a Harbor Freight response gets banned by the way. 

buzzvol

—the first jackwagon with a Harbor Freight response gets banned by the way.
Ha!

TEXASBGE2018

Craftsman tools, Honda lawnmower, bge, wusthof knives, Remington shotgun, colt python, custom shop jazz bass, Toyota 4Runner. Most of
my cast iron are handme downs so I didn’t purchase them but some of them have been in the family since the late 1800s

JohnInCarolina

Do Yeti coolers count?

theyolksonyou

My house. 

Jeremiah

Remington 870 pump is a perfect response. I’ve dropped mine in the freezing river, pulled it out, as the water froze instantly, and kept shooting. Lots of guns, I’ll never sell that one. 

lousubcap

I subscribe to the concept of purchase quality but have never gone into any with the life-time concept.  Did get 29+ years out of a used car and going on 42 years with a watch.  Now with a late start the BGE should see my life-time finish-line.  
I could comment on SWMBO but I don't want to take this down a dirt road right now.  
Edit:  forgot about knives.

Markarm4119

When it comes to tools ,guns and knives yes.

Hotch

My BGE and Shirley Fabrication Offset 

Jeremiah

JohnInCarolina said:

Do Yeti coolers count?

Yes. So what if they’ve become cliche. Mine’s six years old, looks and works like a new one. 

Jeremiah

theyolksonyou said:

My house. 

Can’t say. I’ve never been invited to dalton. 

theyolksonyou

Jeremiah said:

theyolksonyou said:

My house. 

Can’t say. I’ve never been invited to dalton. 

I meant the behavior. Now you may never be. 

JohnInCarolina

Jeremiah said:

theyolksonyou said:

My house. 

Can’t say. I’ve never been invited to dalton. 

You’re not missing anything man.  It’s a house full of bitters.

buzzvol

Jeep 4 liter straight 6.  Why the hell did they quit making that engine?

Jeremiah

JohnInCarolina said:

Jeremiah said:

theyolksonyou said:

My house. 

Can’t say. I’ve never been invited to dalton. 

You’re not missing anything man.  It’s a house full of bitters.

And ants. 

theyolksonyou

Jeremiah said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Jeremiah said:

theyolksonyou said:

My house. 

Can’t say. I’ve never been invited to dalton. 

You’re not missing anything man.  It’s a house full of bitters.

And ants. 

Ants for sure.  Those little bastards. 

TN_Egger

Footjoy golf shoes and MacBook Air.

jeffwit

Estwing hammer. Rigid power tools. 

RRP

Oh - that concept was instilled in my tiny brain by my parents who lived thru the Great Depression. My Father left IA in '27 upon graduating from HS to find employment in WA state picking fruit. Though the pay was a mere $3 a day he still was able to send money back to his Mother to support her and his younger brother.

My Mother who was essentially abandoned at age 14 still managed to graduate from high school as she was taken in by a couple to take care of their baby. But she only received a roof over her head. To the day she died at age 94 she HATED yellow mustard as that was all she could afford to buy plus a loaf of stale bread.

My parents married in '34. As products of the G P they learned the value of buying what they could afford and then TAKE care of it!

One of my proudest possessions is a 36" wood lathe that my Mother bought on "lay away" and paid for over 3 years with money she saved by sewing buttons on squares of cardboard at night for the local button factory in Washington, IA.

Jeremiah

TN_Egger said:

Footjoy golf shoes and MacBook Air.

Perfect response! Been looking into golf stuff, and the footjoy shoes are a regular mention. 

Lit

My parents just got rid of the Honda push mower that I used to use 30 years ago. Was still running fine just didn’t look too great anymore from all the salt air in coastal Florida. Also would add my 2005 Honda Accord V6 I’ve changed a starter and an altenator outside of normal maintenance and it’s still going strong. Will probably pass this thing on to my kids. 

Jeremiah

buzzvol said:

Jeep 4 liter straight 6.  Why the hell did they quit making that engine?

Agreed. Great motor. Right up there with the Cummins 6, the LS motors, the 5.0 fords, and the 350 chevys. 

theyolksonyou

Jeremiah said:

TN_Egger said:

Footjoy golf shoes and MacBook Air.

Perfect response! Been looking into golf stuff, and the footjoy shoes are a regular mention. 

Check out Ecco shoes.  

Also, have a MacBook Air. Biggest issue is storage...

Ozzie_Isaac

Honestly, it is getting harder and harder to live by that philosophy.  The build quality for things these days is junk.  99% of things are made as cheaply and quickly as possible.  Things are built to fail and be tossed, then buy again.

Knives, guns, hand tools, and cookware fall into the buy once cry once for me.  Everything else is buy knowing it is not for life, and usually hope I get 5 years.

Jeremiah

@Ozzie_Isaac exactly why I brought this up. This group, seems to keep to the same philosophy. Figured we could gather our own list. Yolks’ ant ridden house doesn’t count by the way. 

SamIAm2

Lodge Cast Iron.

alaskanassasin

Snap-on

Jeremiah

Some other notables: Coleman lanterns, R and V fryers, USA made Wilton shop vises...

theyolksonyou

Jeremiah said:

@Ozzie_Isaac exactly why I brought this up. This group, seems to keep to the same philosophy. Figured we could gather our own list. Yolks’ ant ridden house doesn’t count by the way. 

I caught Amy with a gas can and a weed torch when I got home from work today.  #thoughtsandprayersappreciated

Ozzie_Isaac

Jeremiah said:

@Ozzie_Isaac exactly why I brought this up. This group, seems to keep to the same philosophy. Figured we could gather our own list. Yolks’ ant ridden house doesn’t count by the way. 

Just remembered, my flat bed trailer.  Planned lifetime buy with it.  American made sturdy trailer.  Figure it will outlast the various toys O haul with it.

Botch

@Jeremiah , great thread idea!  
My Le Creusets enameled pots/pans, All-Clad pans, Henckel's knives, for sure.  My KitchenAid blender, processor, and mixer, probably (they're the older, cast-iron models).  
Had a 2-stroke LawnBoy mower, purchased new, that would've lasted my lifetime (like Dad's did) except the dumbsh*t owner forgot to mix the oil into one batch of gasoline, she welded solid after a lap around the lawn.  Still kicking myself; now own the OP's Honda also, may last my lifetime now since I'm old.
Good feelings about my wood shop.  The Lie-Nielsen planes, british chisels, japanese handsaws, even the Delta power tools with electric motors, would be passed to my grandchildren, if I had any.  
The fiddles, saxophones, mandolin, will live as long as no one sits on them.  The synthesizers, not so much; they'll eventually die out along with the computers.  
Similarly, the older Nikkor lenses will outlive me.  The cameras (even the film versions) and the newer lenses with AF and VR and plastic bodies, not so much.  
Finally, my Guaranteed-30-year roof is now 17 years old; she and I are in a race to see who dies first; Die, Beyotch!!