End-Of-Life Purchases

**char** · 04-17-2015, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Heh. Not so much anymore, but back in the day... I've had them rebuilt a number of times. Never gotten them to the point of total loss. Plus I have two pair for rotation.

Yeah, I usually sweated through the sides of them as well, that couldn't have been good for them. Still a once in a lifetime purchase for lots of people I suppose.

**Meadow Skipper** · 04-17-2015, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by char

Yeah, I usually sweated through the sides of them as well, that couldn't have been good for them. Still a once in a lifetime purchase for lots of people I suppose.

I'm not saying once in a lifetime, but at iceman's age, they'll outlast him.

Matt1618 · 04-17-2015, 05:16 PM

Penn reels
glock
Daisy BB gun

**hutash** · 04-17-2015, 05:51 PM

A nice watch never goes out of style, and never needs batteries.

Just bought this, but waiting for delivery.

**warthog** · 04-17-2015, 05:57 PM

My Double H ICE boots. Made in PA.

**Skistack** · 04-17-2015, 06:03 PM

Merlin Extralight, the last road bike I will ever buy.

Honda lawnmower, if it dies before I do, I'm contacting that work out.

**guroo270** · 04-17-2015, 06:13 PM

This will strike a chord with very few, but…

…and no, it's not just a truck. It's a Marmon.

**neufox47** · 04-17-2015, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by guroo270

This will strike a chord with very few, but…

…and no, it's not just a truck. It's a Marmon.

How much is one of those going for these days? My dad wants an old B-Model Mack as bad as anything.

**guroo270** · 04-17-2015, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by neufox47

How much is one of those going for these days? My dad wants an old B-Model Mack as bad as anything.

All I can say is "auction value" mon frère. Logically around $150k, I think, if you can pry them from a truckers' cold dead fingers.

**skiballs** · 04-17-2015, 06:36 PM

Isn't an end of life purchase call buying the farm?

**char** · 04-17-2015, 07:27 PM

I actually thought this thread was going to be about icemans first trip to the store to buy adult Depends.

**BmillsSkier** · 04-17-2015, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by nickwm21

I have worn the same pair 5 days a week for 7 years. Look like shit but no signs of giving up.

Wow, I must be hard on mine. I buy a new pair of these every spring for the past 20 years. They'll probably bury me in a pair so there's your end of life gear connection I guess.

**Tippster** · 04-17-2015, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Wow, I must be hard on mine. I buy a new pair of these every spring for the past 20 years. They'll probably bury me in a pair so there's your end of life gear connection I guess.

You should buy a pair for SFB. I bet that would last for ever, since he'd never wear them.

Only Sperrys I've ever worn were canvas. Great sole but for some reason they would blow out at my pinky toe. I cut my nails so really don't get why.

**BmillsSkier** · 04-17-2015, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by jgb@etree

Not quite a fancy, stylish or expensive as filson, but I've had two TNF daypacks that I've been beating on for >20 years already with no real signs of fatigue. I bought the newer one when I was ~14 and used it for most of high school & all of college. Then I used it to carry my laptop for 5-6 years, before my wife confiscated it to carry around kid clothing and stuff. After about the 3rd day of kindergarten this fall, my son started using it for his school backpack.

The older one is still in service today as my ski bag. Which, when packed with my ski stuff, weights a metric shit ton.

Sorry for being so classless in such a classy thread.

Heh, I have that same green pack. Love it to death. It's been left in the mountains and blown off our boat in the carribean and somehow it's always found it's way home to me - in one piece.

**gonzo_lives** · 04-17-2015, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by mud

Zwilling chef knife, my Weber grill plus the Green Egg and a 99 cent magnetic bottle opener.

You guys sure buy a lot of overpriced overhyped unnecessary ornaments, so that opener is the best value here.Mine is stuck to the fridge

**iceman** · 04-17-2015, 08:25 PM

You have a fridge?

**Aldo** · 04-17-2015, 08:27 PM

Marmom, no

**Aldo** · 04-17-2015, 08:27 PM

Oops cut off....

Marmons are totally badass

**ColoMike** · 04-17-2015, 08:39 PM

Stanley Bedrock planes, Ray Iles mortise chisels, FKS 18s, Persimmon carving mallet

That truck looks awesome.

**dtown** · 04-17-2015, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by gonzo_lives

You guys sure buy a lot of overpriced overhyped unnecessary ornaments, so that opener is the best value here.Mine is stuck to the fridge

I follow this rationale which is also Filson's motto "might as well have the best". Sure it costs more but if you take care of it, it's the last purchase of that item.

**Bromontana** · 04-17-2015, 09:15 PM

**warthog** · 04-17-2015, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by dtown

I follow this rationale which is also Filson's motto "might as well have the best". Sure it costs more but if you take care of it, it's the last purchase of that item.

Yup-

The shit I sell is the most expensive in my market, but people buy it because it lasts where others don't. Seems hypocritical of me to shop based on price, not quality. Plus, any time I buy cheap, I buy often.