These are heirloom-quality items that I take pride in maintaining with warm beeswax.
The Gear We Relied On for Our 2020 Ski Test|Marc Peruzzi|October 15, 2020|Outside Online
Skeptics of the hologenome idea—that microbes and host comprise a single evolutionary unit—argue that microbes aren’t always passed like heirlooms between generations.
When Evolution Is Infectious - Issue 90: Something Green|Moises Velasquez-Manoff|September 30, 2020|Nautilus
Walking through rows of Swiss chard, heirloom tomatoes, leeks, and artichokes, he can tell you exactly when each is at its peak.
A California Tavern With an Artichoke Obsession|Jane & Michael Stern|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They had to infect the perfectly adequate data with the totally improbable idea of a 400-year-old heirloom elk antler tool.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia|Doug Peacock|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And then heirloom varieties tend to be more nutritious—and delicious—than modern, overbred varieties.
This Book Will Change the Way You Eat|Lucas Wittmann|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, most heirloom apple trees have long since been ripped out of the ground.
What the Pilgrims Drank on Thanksgiving|Jordan Salcito|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The jewelry—rock crystals inset in silver—was bold but not ostentatious thanks to its antique finish and heirloom quality.
Milan Fall Fashion Week 2012: Raf Simons’s Last Collection at Jil Sander|Robin Givhan|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Many think that any chattel may be made an heirloom by any owner of it.
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope
She said they were an heirloom from her mother, who had brought the stones from India and had them linked together in England.
Johnny Ludlow. First Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
If the diamonds formed part of an heirloom,—and there is evidence that it is so,—you must give them up.
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope
An heirloom in the strict sense is made by family custom, not by settlement.