And built to last forever.
One of my favorite retirement pastimes is to find old things and restore them to working order.. clocks, fans, typewriters, astronomical devices, musical instruments, cars, furniture, calculators, you name it..
I have a few modern things which I’ll concede are superior to their antique counterparts, but mostly, I find it’s the opposite - the antiques are superior.
My grandmother had this exact waffle iron when I was a kid; decades later I was moving and got rid of it because I didn’t think it could be refurbished to be safe. I could kick myself now:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4vYAAOSwHIVnGWVI/s-l1600.webp
