What item(s) that you currently own do you expect to be using for the rest of your life given that you don't break or lose it?

Our cast-iron pots

In line with this, I love my carbon steel wok and pans.
Same with my cast iron pans.
+1 cast iron crew, I have my mother's pans, which were her grandmother's. They had a little rough patch when mom went through some shit, and I later had to reseason them but they are 👨‍🍳🤌💋 now.
Other lifetime items would be my piano, Singer sewing machines, china (I have like 4 passed down collections, lol), and probably most of my hand tools.
Our cast iron pots were inherited from my grandmother, and I expect when I die they'll find another home.
Probably our stainless steel too

I'm in my 70s, soooo pretty much everything I own. Sigh.

Do you mind if I ask you how you made it to Lemmy?
- I found it on the internet.

Kitchen knives. No reason to replace them with others that would do the exact same thing.
Cast iron skillets. Indestructable, will easily outlive me.
Shemagh scarf. Oldest piece of clothing I have. I've had it for almost 20 years.
Bushcraft knife. Indestructable, does everything it needs to and nothing else. No need to upgrade.
Leatherman Wave. There are newer and better ones out there but it has sentimental value to me and 99% of the time when I need a multitool it's either the pliers or screwdriver that I'm after.
Yeti thermos mug. Can't possibly imagine what new feature a mug could have that would make me want to upgrade.

The newer Leathermans aren't better, their durability and build quality took a nosedive. If you have an old Wave, that's the best Leatherman you'll ever be able to own.
- It’s around 20 years old, if not older. What’s interesting to me is that when I bought it, I hadn’t done any research - I just walked up to the Leatherman display at the store, fiddled with all of them, and the Wave was the one I liked best. Only 15 years later did I find out it’s one of their best selling models.
  The only feature from the newer models I wish it had is one handed operation for the pliers where you can just flick it open like a pocket knife.
Kitchen knives.
Ditto. I have a couple I want to get as extravagant extensions to the collection, but very few I can foresee getting rid of. Even the old, heavy, no-name chef's knife I inherited from grandma has a place as an impromptu machete for spaghetti squash.
Cast iron skillets.
Again, same.
Yeti thermos mug.
Hmmm. For me, it's Zojirushi thermoses. We have two that we've had for over a decade each. There's a rubber seal I always worry will wear out some day, but they both still look like new so maybe they'll last forever.
I’ve seen knives break so I don’t imagine they will last the rest of my life but I don’t see any reason to replace them if they are still in good working order or reparable

The cast iron has made it 30 years with me and I expect it to live past my lifetime and my kids' lifetimes and if they have any kids who want them, outlive them as well.

I have some furniture (cabinets) from my grandma that my kids want when I die too, in particular the gun cabinet my dad converted to a shelved cabinet.

I never want to move again, so the house I hope but it requires so much maintenance I don't know if it counts.

If I can possibly keep my 2014 Honda going I will. Would prefer to keep it until I stop driving (love it so much) but like the house, at some point I'm not sure it's the same car.

For my creative work I need scalpels and blades. Buying good quality Swann Morton blades in small packages is very costly. So I bought 200pcs Box. Whenever I take a new blade, I think how I will pick from this box mostly for the next 40 years of my life. I might even die before I used the last blade. But then again, that was how I got my first blades from my grandfather back when I was a teenager. It seems to be a pan-generational item in our family.

Are you Dexter?
Curious what you use scalpel blades for in your hobby?

I have ADHD, so literally nothing is safe.

Same, but I have some hope for the 440 lbs anvil in the shed.
Same. Plus hobbies and interests change so there is always new stuff coming and old stuff going.

My house.

My pliers. They're passed down from my great-grandfather. He bought them used.

Let me guess; Knipex?
- No, they're Soviet pliers he bought in the 40's. They look similar to these:
  Note the pinchy parts on the outside of the pivot that will cut you if you're careless while opening the pliers.

My body

I also choose this person’s body
- Our body!
Lucky! Some of us live places that don't allow you to own one of these
Very little of what is your body now will remain in a few years. That's less terrifying than it sounds because we replace bits of ourselves on a constant basis. With every breath we lose carbon that may have been in us for years. Every bathroom visit contains not just food remnants but little bits of ourselves that have already been replaced and broken down.
About the only things that don't get some level of replacement are our teeth and the floaters in our eyes.

My fountain pens (one was already inherited from my grand father).

Second that. Whichever niece or nephew that shows an appreciation for handwriting or fountain pens is going to inherit a small fortune in pens.
- That's a possibility, for sure.
  I could/should have added 'books'—good old quality print books. They won't go anywhere, and no corporation will be able to delete them because of licensing issue and no one will be able to edit them in order to 'improve their content' by making it fit whatever trend/hysteria. And those books will stay unchanged no matter if less and less people are interested in reading or are even able to read.

The clothes that juuuuust don't quite fit that I'm hoarding just in case I manage to lose that wright I've been trying to lose for the last thirty years now.

I think we skew a little older than social media generally as a whole.
- I've always assumed that the average user here is around 30 years old.
Sometimes I feel like I could BIFL a sandwich.

My HP48GX purchased in 1995 is still going strong and I see no reason it won't last another 30 years (unlike my body).

RPN FTW!

My wedding ring, of course.

50% of marriages say otherwise. But beware, the other 50% of marriages end in death of one or both parties.
- Jokes on you; when technology allows, me and my partner are going to end our marriage by melding into a supermech powerrangers style and our wedding rings will fuse to become a laser cannon
- Those numbers are old, btw. The numbers got skewed when people were finally legally able to divorce each other freely in the 70s and without much social stigma. Modern divorce rate is more like 25-35% So that's a good chance that wedding ring will stay on :)
- My spouse and I aren't married but we've been together for almost 30 years. No wedding ring for us but so far none of us has tried to kill the other ;)
- 50% of marriages say
  Let me say it like James:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0i3p-9STCM

A really good friend got me a Le Creuset dutch oven for christmas and I got another used one for relatively cheap and I really love them. I would never buy them new, but they are really well made and I've managed to bake some nice sourdough bread with them.

My guitar.

My collection of straight razors.

Most are made somewhere in the last century, some are even older then that. These have a theoretical lifespan as sharpening them will remove the tiniest bit of metal but as I have 100+ of them I think I will never ever have to buy a razor again in my life. Heck, even my children and their grandchildren will be able to use them. If they have the nerve and courage to use them that is.

Came here to say my DE razor that I bought second hand which was made before WW2. Still going strong and used every day.
Pffft, that takes too long. Real men shave with a belt sander.

A hercules coffee cup I've had since I was around six.

My bicycle

There are some strange answers here. Either there are a lot of very old people or people who should be on suicide watch given their suggestions of things that clearly won't last very long. I'm assuming a difference between things breaking and things being broken through misuse.

My Rotring 600 mechanical pencil, my Canon 2000 film camera, and my TI-36x Pro calculator.

When it come to writing, I have never used a smoother implement, nor one that is constructed of such robust materials. For a long time I used a "nicer" mechanical pencil from Tūl, but does not compare to the Rotring.
My Canon film camera is old and not a particularly fancy model, but it takes excellent photos and perfectly exemplifies the authentic emotion of film photos. I use it when I go on adventures with my friends, and the photos are always fun and genuine.
I have tried a dozen different calculator apps, and none of them are as efficient to use as a physical calculator. It does what I need to without the feature cramming that calculator apps suffer from.

I also have a Canon 2000 body that I haven't been able to bring myself to part with despite shooting digital for 16 years. My lenses for it all fit my 70D (which feels bizarre to realize it's getting long in the tooth as well).

My Dutch oven. It cost a fair bit, but with a modicum of care it’ll last well my past lifetime.

Electric shaver (oscillating)

Bone-conducting headphones

Multi-tool (all stainless construction)

What has made bone conducting so good for you? I got a pair from my partner but we aren't super impressed vs earbuds, except they suit fitness better
- I like them, because most of my use cases are to still be able to hear if other people close-by call out.
  Being able to use them wet is a bonus.
  The 8hr playback is good for me.
  They are quite hardy
  The lower sound quality and lower volume is not a problem for me, because it is at a passable level.
  If I want crisp sound, it's on monitors or decent enclosed headphones.
Does the shaver and headphones have replaceable batteries?
- Thanks for asking.
  I just looked it up and the shaver has an ifixit video on how to replace the battery. Looks like a 10-15 minute changeover.
  No video or instructions for the headphones, but a replacement battery part is available.

Cutlery from William Sonoma. Partner said she loved my kitchen for cooking because I had the best stuff. Now it’s our stuff.

I'm old enough to realize most everything will either need to be replaced or given up as lifestyles change, but young enough not to count random stuff I happen to have.

Some really precious things I'll keep forever, but don't really use.

Just looking around the house and thinking, will I have any of this in my last years is sobering.

That said there are a few knickknacks I'm likely to keep since they are small and easy to keep up with. Maybe my collection of old Christmas albums. A few ornaments. A few Keychain. Deploymas....

My umbrella. It's been absolutely worth it to invest in a solid umbrella.

Need a brand and model name here, please !
- Mine is a Davek, and it's wonderful. Nice wooden handle and has never failed me, even in strong winds. They even gave me a card I can use to replace it once, if anything happens to it!
Come to Wales, it won't last 6 months. Whenever I see someone with an umbrella I can't help think they're new here

I'm going to assume I'll live another 45 years here.

My first electric Guitar should probably last and holds some sentimental value. My other guitars I can imagine selling at some point even though right now I like them.

Maybe some tools will last that are little more than solid pieces of metal. But how much use I'll have for them when I'm in my 80s i don't know, so maybe they move on before I do.

Kitchen table and coffee table are very solid and may out live my kids. But maybe we'll decide to swap to something else with a different style after 30 years, who knows.

That's all I can think of that has any chance of me keeping that long without breaking through standard use.

My accoustic guitar, I desperately hope, I love it way too much to ever be without it.

I got a boker plus antigrav (zirconium knife, great box openers) for Christmas and I could never get one on my own dime. I plan on keeping it forever and never using disposable box openers ever again.

Pretty much all of my music stuff (instruments, amps, pedals). I could maybe see myself selling some, or trading or whatever. But at least the physical instruments should last a long forever....unless some catastrophic event damages them.

Virtually everything, only expecting another 5 years, tops. :(

My hammer and crescent wrenches seem pretty durable. I guess, this being Japan, the humidity might cause them issues at some point. My kitchen knives and cast iron dutch oven will probably also make it that long. Whatever accumulated heavy metals are in my body along with a rod and several screws holding some of said body together.

My Brilliant Cut grinder

My headphones: AKG Q701. I've been using them for well over a decade now and have repaired them a few times. They're easily repairable and nothing compares to the sound quality unless you shell out $500+.

You can't get Q701s anymore.. and K712 which was supposed to be an upgrade sounds like shit, so I keep repairing mine and postponing switching to the backup pair I managed to snag as new old stock..
- I highly doubt that the K712 sounds like shit compared to the Q701
  Rtings even consider the K712 the slightly better headphone in the comparison tool.
  Now obviously you don't have to agree with them, and to be fair sound signature preference is highly individual.
  However, based on Rtings and other reviews, the K712 sounds excellent for the vast majority of people.
- I've been keeping an eye on Ebay and managed to snag a spare pair for $50 a few years ago. Nowadays they seem to go for $150+ easily.

Sadly nothing yet, maybe just a couple of T-shirts... Mainly because I had to move/relocate every 1-2 years for my entire adult life until now & had to sell/give/throw away anything I couldn't bring with me every time I move

My Seiko 5 mechanical wristwatch, my traditional Vietnamese kitchen knife, my cast iron skillet, and the parts I always migrate over, each time I replace my main bicycle (Deore XTR pedals, Brooks saddle, Tubus rack, SKS fenders, Busch&Müller lights)

I own a 10 y-o kinetic, I hope I can keep using it till I pass...

A morakniv knife, a ka-bar knife and an Opinel knife.

A Citizen watch A Kenneth Cole mechanical watch

A lighter

Now I understand why we men love all these things. They last forever and for some reason this really appeals to men.

Opinel knives are the shit! I use them exclusively for fletching.

Inbefore:

Toaster

Honestly? The only thing is my Swiss army knife. I might need to restore some tools and not sure if they'd honour warranty on them, but it's the only durable thing I have faith in.

Also my wife's pussy! (I'm sorry, couldn't help myself)

My Black & Decker Matrix drill. I have 2 other attachments for it and I could see myself getting as many as 8 of them. I'm sure they're sub-par compared to their standalone counterparts but I'm not a hobbyist so I'd much rather have versatility and not have to make room for a chest full of tools.

Nothing... I like replacing things and I'm not attached to things at all.

If anything, I like the feeling of buying new things to replace old ones, just for some minor feeling of change.

My Benchmade pocket knife. Because even if I do damage it they will fix it lol.

I'm not huge on brand loyalty but they have always taken care of me and my buddies whenever anything goes wrong with one of their knives. I will always recommend them for anyone willing to spend a bit more on a very solid knife with a great warranty.

Edit. Spelling

Benchmade switchblade was my first thought too. I'm so happy switchblades are being made legal again.
- Not in my lovely state.... Can't even have an OTF because it's too spooky for the California cops I guess. I have literally seen cops with OTFs in their work vests.

My coffee machine and associated presses grinders and the like. My cast iron pan, and my Dutch oven

So long as I can replace parts like battery and storage, my Steam Deck. That, and pretty much all the consoles I currently have.

Second this. I will likely upgrade to a steam deck 2 in the future just based on how good the OLED is, but honestly if it never comes I'm fine for years and years with kt

Cookware - cast iron skillets, enamelled cast. iron Dutch ovens, stainless steel saucepans.

Chef knives.

Leather wallet, briefcase, overnight bag and a couple of belts all made by Saddleback Leather - their tagline is "They'll fight over it when you're dead".

Keys

I have a decent camera setup, a Lumix S5 with the following lenses

Lumix 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6

Lumix 24-105mm f/4 Macro OISL

Lumix 50mm f/1.8

Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary

As it stands now, I have no plans to move from L-Mount, and if these lenses keep working, I will keep using them.

my house, my wool poncho, my kitchen knives, my digital music library

My Brain...

(if I lose it, i'd be dead, so it's "rest of my life" 🫠)

Gaming PC, belt, clothes, cookware

Gaming PC
I highly doubt you're going to be using the same PC 25 years from now except to play the games of today that will be retro in 25 years.
- How long should a PC last for? My current one is over 13 years old
- In 25 years, they'll be able to emulate 6 of their current gaming rigs simultaneously on a smart-ring that connects wirelessly to their VR contact lenses.