What is the oldest piece of kitchen equipment that is still going strong?

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I have a magimix bought for us 26 years ago that I use almost every day. Ditto a Le Creuset pot bought in France pre-kids, so must be over 26 years old.

My grandmas potato peeler - must be 50 years old!

My mum's hand mixer, bought in about 1970. I thought it was miraculous, no more creaming butter and sugar by hand. Brought back from.australia. Dh has suggested a new one, but why?

Kenwood Chefs are making a very strong showing here. I have one, but it’s only about 10 years old.

Sewing-machine wise, I do have this from the 70s. It had just been given a tune-up when I took the picture, and they’d done a little sample of all the stitches to check they worked properly.

Dualit toaster from 1994! A Tesco value hand whisk I bought at uni in 2005.

I have a 1960s kenwood chef that I use, some 1970s Tupperware of my grandma's and DHs granddads butchers knife from 1960s.

I have a square cake tin that belonged to my grandmother that’s still in decent shape. It wasn’t new when she inherited it!

Oh and some cream horn moulds.

My dad has a 41 year old slow cooker that's still going strong - it's older than me!

A mixing bowl that we stir our Christmas pudding in each year.

A recipe book from 1934 that belonged to my grandmother- complete with annotations for alternative ingredients during rationing. I have used it for jams and chutney recipes.

DH's DGM apparently remembered the bowl in her GM's farmhouse in Kilkenny, so we think it's Victorian.

We also have passed-down Georgian fruit knives and bone handled knives given by relatives as wedding presents but they aren't really for general use.

I have the small and large of this Pyrex design. They were in the family camping stuff for years and my mum was going to bin them in favour of melamine

I think I broke the medium one in the 80’s ‘helping’ wash up. The lids I use aren’t original, but are the correct shape clear ones. The small lid has a few chips though

My mum's Krups mixer/blender set from the early 1980s. I don't use the mixer bowls or the blender (they're in the loft) but I still use the handheld mixer which when on full power needs two hands otherwise it takes on a life of its own. Heavy but so robust and powerful and with a plug my dad put on it in the days before they came with the appliances.

I also own some fab pyrex casseroles in different colours and sizes. Love them.

My geat grandads carving knife, about 100 years old. My grandads ice cream scoop from the 60's

A mixing bowl and a cake pan that I bought in 1979, whrn I had just left home.

Two weeks ago, finally got rid of a kitchen bin given to us as a wedding present in 1982. (Was still functional but looked its age!)

I have plenty older kitchen things that used to be my Grandma's, but I'm not counting those.

Not a 'kitchen' thing, but I'm going to count it as it lives in a kitchen drawer and is still used several times a week: a pocket calculator also bought in 1979.

Oldest piece of equipment in our kitchen is our freezer. Got it in 1990. Still going strong after 34 years. Got no reason to replace it.

Also had an iron from 1984 to 2022 (38 years it lasted!) and then it packed up.

It had 'made in 'West Germany' on it.

Self-sharpening knives?? What is this wonder??

They have a holder each which you slot the knife into and that does the work . I think they're designed to be wall mounted

My Kenwood Chef is from the 1960’s, I have pans from the 1970s and I have plates 100 years old

Dualit toaster bought 30 years ago and working perfectly (and still looks great).

And a Sabatier knife that I got free by collecting enough Alpen tokens as a first year undergrad back in 1988!

My nanna’s old round steel cake stand cooler. It’s nearly 105 years old as she got it when she was married at 19yo in 1920. It refuses to rust, is a perfect size and with just the right number and separation of supporting rings, and I use it for more than just cakes. It will definitely outlast me and I’m guessing will still be going strong a few hundred years on. I really wish we had of kept more of her kitchen stuff, I was offered whatever I wanted when she died but it was the only thing I thought I’d use. Now, I think if all the stuff and can’t believe what I was thinking!

Oh , you can use the lids as a pie-dish too , they are just deep enough .

Does anyone else remember a range of cookware that was amber coloured glass -like Pyrex and thicker than borosilicate.

They were unfottunately a blighter to clean !

I have a metal slotted spoon had it off my mum 20 years ago use it pretty much daily

I would not say “going strong”, I’d say near death but my in-laws use a pan that’s near 50 years old. It’s seen some dark days.

Great Gran's meat platter from circa 1860 (it was handed down to her when she got married around 1890) Only used at Christmas now but going strong.

I've got some small 18th C glasses, I think they were originally used for neat gin but now for liqueurs. Some days I feel the original purpose will be restored

@70isaLimitNotaTarget Does anyone else remember a range of cookware that was amber coloured glass -like Pyrex and thicker than borosilicate.
They were unfottunately a blighter to clean !

I have one with a dark brown lid and a beige dish with a country scene on the side. Yes, it is thicker than ordinary pyrex. It has been dropped many times and isn't damaged at all. It's amazing.

Im not sure
Probably some old kids cutlery fork and knife and metal cup.
(We did have crystal like fruit bowl dc broke.
Tefal frying pans which had to be thrown as i didnt realise danger)
Old metal saucepans
Appliance built in oven is 20+ years old.
We had very old 20+++ freezer but that was using too much electric.
The boiler was i assume from 1950s to 2009

I've got my parent's old spin dryer (if that counts as 'kitchen' equipment on mumsnet!)
I remember using it as a child and saved it from their house 8 years ago after they'd both died).
I'm 60 so it's at least 45 years old. I drag it out whenever my washing machine breaks down or the stupid modern machine can't balance heavy items to spin them out.