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Silly question, but what is the oldest (by year) piece of gear you still use? & for the fun of it, why?
Mine is my Knife - fork - spoon set, Issued to me when I did national service back in 1974.... Never let that one go.... All the other stuff I have came after... Man, besides a gazillion other things I used it for I tore open tins with the fork, stripped my R1 / FN rifle with the knife, dug cat-latrines and shallow fox-holes with the spoon, and still it's around...
I alway's look to military issue stuff for camping, so over the years I've managed to accumulated a few sets, but the original one that was issued to me is still amongst them.....
As to why, well the genuine Mc Coy is as tough as nails, and the design is outstanding.
All the other set's I've come across, the design is such that the handle of the knife is thin, making it very uncomfortable to press down on with your finger. This design, the spoon & the fork slide into the handle of the knife, making it easy to apply real pressure onto the knife.....
Relativeheavy, but absolutely bomb-proof
Picture shows the set, could be my original issue, or not.... The dixi by the way is also Mil issue but it's not my original issue one.... Again the design is surperb... As per the pic you can intertwine the handles in such a way that you can hold 2 dixies in one hand...... All the others, you can't do that.... Oh and BTW? During the Border wars, I also used them to dig <deeper> fox holes......
Mine is my Knife - fork - spoon set, Issued to me when I did national service back in 1974.... Never let that one go.... All the other stuff I have came after... Man, besides a gazillion other things I used it for I tore open tins with the fork, stripped my R1 / FN rifle with the knife, dug cat-latrines and shallow fox-holes with the spoon, and still it's around...
I alway's look to military issue stuff for camping, so over the years I've managed to accumulated a few sets, but the original one that was issued to me is still amongst them.....
As to why, well the genuine Mc Coy is as tough as nails, and the design is outstanding.
All the other set's I've come across, the design is such that the handle of the knife is thin, making it very uncomfortable to press down on with your finger. This design, the spoon & the fork slide into the handle of the knife, making it easy to apply real pressure onto the knife.....
Relativeheavy, but absolutely bomb-proof
Picture shows the set, could be my original issue, or not.... The dixi by the way is also Mil issue but it's not my original issue one.... Again the design is surperb... As per the pic you can intertwine the handles in such a way that you can hold 2 dixies in one hand...... All the others, you can't do that.... Oh and BTW? During the Border wars, I also used them to dig <deeper> fox holes......