Oldest tool you regularly use?

[D60]

I guess it would be this Schumacher battery charger I got from my dad. 100% metal case and very heavy for a 6/2 charger. It does, however, have a plastic strap handle at the top which recently broke. I'm guessing mid '70s to mid '80s? It does have a three-prong power cord. @Trav has seen a thing or two and might have a guess.

Made in US so that's kinda cool:

 

[jhellwig]

Klein lineman's pliers bought by my father when he started out in the trade in the 80's.

I don't use them any more but in 2001 I used my Great Grandpa's Klein lineman's from the 20's or 30's when he was working for the REC in Nebraska. I did an internship for the REC after highschool and cut a lot of 6 gauge solid copper while dressing poles and installing underground services. They really make you appreciate the high leverage ones.

I have my Grandpas Craftsman ratchets and SK sockets from the 50s or 60s I use at home. They came from the local Gambles store.

 

[Starving Electrician]

Nice I'm a professional industrial controls technician. I fix upkeep install and troubleshoot machinery controls for the world's largest diversified wood products company. So I use my Kleins fairly regularly still the same set my dad used his whole career. When my son turns 18 I'm going to give them to him. If he goes into the trades or not so that he remembers to respect honest men that do honest work.

 

[Starving Electrician]

I don't use them any more but in 2001 I used my Great Grandpa's Klein lineman's from the 20's or 30's when he was working for the REC in Nebraska. I did an internship for the REC after highschool and cut a lot of 6 gauge solid copper while dressing poles and installing underground services. They really make you appreciate the high leverage ones.

I have my Grandpas Craftsman ratchets and SK sockets from the 50s or 60s I use at home. They came from the local Gambles store.

Nice I'm a professional industrial controls technician. I fix upkeep install and troubleshoot machinery controls for the world's largest diversified wood products company. So I use my Kleins fairly regularly still the same set my dad used his whole career. When my son turns 18 I'm going to give them to him. If he goes into the trades or not so that he remembers to respect honest men that do honest work. Meant to respond to yoh in the first post.

 

[Sedin26]

Still use a Husky 1/2in round head ratchet that came with my first tool kit I got as a HS graduation gift in 95. Hurts my brain to think that was 30 years ago.

You’re old now!! ***

*** I also graduated in ‘95

 

[Sedin26]

I’ve got my grandfather’s tap and die set that he got as an anniversary present in 1940. Still use semi- regularly but not as much as the metric stuff that’s newer.

I also have various wrenches of his from the 40’s and 50’s.

Lots of my dad’s tools from the 60’s to 80’s but one thing of his I still use is a 1964 can of anti-seize.

 

[Rust_Belt_Pete]

I have a screwdriver that my grandpa brought from soviet union. The screw driver he got in a "horse trade" and it was originally from Eastern Germany. Despite having a prestigious job he was not allowed to travel abroad.

 

[GaryMX5]

I have a number of old wood working tools that my great grandfather owned. He's been gone for a 100 years now so they've been around even longer. They include a wood handle claw and ball peen hammer, a folding brass ruler, small block plane, dividers, wood scribe, wood with brass inserts t-bevel, and a few more I'm know I'm forgetting. My oldest son has already laid claim to them. It's surprising how often I use them.

 

[burbguy82]

Ridgid Adjustable Wrench, unknown age, at least 40 years old, likely somewhere around 60 years

 

[4WD]

I have a number of old wood working tools that my great grandfather owned. He's been gone for a 100 years now so they've been around even longer. They include a wood handle claw and ball peen hammer, a folding brass ruler, small block plane, dividers, wood scribe, wood with brass inserts t-bevel, and a few more I'm know I'm forgetting. My oldest son has already laid claim to them. It's surprising how often I use them.

I have some old family tools like that being used as decor …

 

[Lubener]

A stone.

 

[kballowe]

I guess it would be this Schumacher battery charger I got from my dad. 100% metal case and very heavy for a 6/2 charger. It does, however, have a plastic strap handle at the top which recently broke. I'm guessing mid '70s to mid '80s? It does have a three-prong power cord. @Trav has seen a thing or two and might have a guess.
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I have the predecessor to that one.
It has a two prong plug.
Still going, after all these years.

 

[Kira]

Like Pablo in post #14, a striking tool.
In my case it's a 4" wide flooring chisel with an octagonal shaft....and an expected mushroom of metal at the end.
Easily >100 years old....not that impressive really.

I knew a guy in a neighboring county who was amassing a barnful of ancient tools. He said he wanted to open a museum.

DEFINATELY hit the tool (and such) museum in Pennsylvania across the street from James Mitchener's home.
It's near the Moravian tile works, which is way cool too.

 

[kballowe]

I have my Grandfather's hand planes and brace & bit collection.

These two wrenches get frequent use. I found each of them laying in the road, about 20 years apart.

 

[John105]

It used to be my Stanley (made in USA) screwdrivers, they look like this and they may be 38 years old. Mine are 6" long.

https://ebay.us/m/ChgeOZ

9 years ago I got a Channellock that has 4 bits and use it all the time. I checked and it was $7 in 2016.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Channell..._BwE&sid=cb40767e-f44a-467f-952d-0b05f2267214

 

[wavinwayne]

...I found each of them laying in the road, about 20 years apart...

I've found a couple of very good tools laying in the road recently. A well used but fully functional pair of Channellock pliers, and a ~10" Lobster adjustable wrench made in Japan. Free tools are the best!

 

[JimLikesOil]

I've found a couple of very good tools laying in the road recently. A well used but fully functional pair of Channellock pliers, and a ~10" Lobster adjustable wrench made in Japan. Free tools are the best!

Say what you will about Japan, they sure know how to make wrenches

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

I have an original AA Maglite that I got as a gift in the mid-80's.

Anything else I own are tools I've bought as I needed them once I didn't have access to my Dad's tools. He has a mix of stuff, some going back to the 50's probably.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

2- 1960's ball pin hammers. Both different sizes. One pretty small, the other about the weight of a regular hammer. Priceless.

 

[Texchappy]

That I bought myself, a craftsman 1/2” socket set that I bought around the turn of the millennium. I have some inherited tools from my grandfather that are probably from the 60’s. If we’re talking woodworking, I have planes and a brace from the early 19th century that I use regularly.