A 1797 George III Cartwheel penny, and some other old English coins. I don't use them as such, but I look at them daily. It's a great distraction from trivial issues to look at them on my desk and wonder how many people have owned them and what the owners bought with them.
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My 1880 foursquare.
Used to use a double edge razor from the 1960s, I still have it. Gillette Slim.
I just use a modern DE instead, 2015 I think. Feather AS-D2.
Both of them will probably outlast me. Especially the Feather, even though it's newer and therefore theoretically made with less care, it was made in Japan, and it's entirely stainless steel, not pot metal. Very strong. You'd need to run it over with a truck to break it.
If cared for, nothing is stopping the Gillette from going another 60 years either.
I have a cupboard from 1789. I use it to store stuff, so yeah, I use it every day.
3 piece safety razor from the 1950s. And soon a watch from 1950 too. Its a wind up watch.
kitchen radio. It is one of the first portable tube radios, built 1958 or 1968 (dont remember). Internals died a few times, retro-fitted by a UKW radio receiver, then an MP3 player, now its a Raspi radio. It runs most of the time if I am at home
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I have balls of yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks from the 60s and 70s. Also, most of my home appliances, like fridge, tv, washing machine, and microwave/oven, are about 20 years old and working perfectly.
My '97 car?
Clothing? Furniture?
Alarm clock I bought at the end of 2006 or early 2007. About 18 years ago
Hmm, do you literally only own things you bought new?
The question was about what I use daily.
The oldest thing I own is an end table from late 70s. Don’t use it very often though
Ah, okay. There has to be someone out there that's fully in this material century like that.
Bedside table.
Maybe 50 years old.
If it's truly daily use only, then surprising myself, I think it might actually be my phone.
My house is from the 1950s and my truck from 2007. I also have a shemagh scarf I bought when I was about 13 - so around 20 years ago. I’ve got a Leatherman that’s about the same age, too. Then there are two military surplus jackets from Austria - one from 1996 and the other from the 1980s - though I haven’t owned them that long.
I have a cherry wood cabinet from the 1890s that I use to store food. Every day I take a box of cereal from it and put it back.
My wallet is the last piece of leather I will ever own.
"Heet" liniment. I have an old bottle found when my father died. It still burns but it helps with the arthritis and other pain.
Crumpler bag, Ibanez guitar, lammy pens, and darn tough socks have all held up well
Probably my original day 1 psp.
My wallet was a gift on my 12th birthday.
I am ollllld.
I have a Marvin the Martian mug I got in 1995 for my 10th birthday. I don’t use it daily, but every few days for sure.
My body. Had it all my life and I'm planning on using it until I die. Or until I can put my consciousness in a robot body if that becomes possible first.