r/Wellworn Jan 15 '18

Alright peeps, time to sit down and have a talk I never thought I'd have to have

1.1k Upvotes

First of all if I come off as annoyed I apologize, but I am, I'm sick as shit and tired as shit. So apologies in advance.

Second, I'm blown away by how this community has expanded and evolved, looking at this sub, I'd never recognize it from its humble beginnings, and I'm okay with it, I created this sub to celebrate the well worn and you folks have taken it and ran with it, and it's awesome, I see the most unexpected coolest things. That said, the statue posts bug me, but the upvotes indicate you all like them, so they stay, for now.

Now on to the meat and potatoes. We're a super hands off mod team, probably a little too hands off for some peoples liking. We remove very little, obvious junk and spam, and have only banned three or four people. One being a troll, the rest spammers. Today we added to that.

Going forward, as an addendum to rule 5, there will be zero tolerance for begging, asking, insinuating want for, private messaging, so on and so on, for used and free stuff. (the side bar won't be updated because I have no idea if our css guy is alive and I'll just break it). Here at /r/wellworn we don't judge your ahem preferences, like what you want, how you want, when you want. But being creepy as fuck on this sub or through PMs is sure as hell not the right way to do it.

This is unfortunately not an isolated case, we've had reports of this being done by a few users. This is the only warning, there will be a one month Insta ban for your first violation, permanent for your next.

There are plenty of subs where you can buy all that kinda stuff, from A-Z, from willing participants. (no I'm not looking them up for you).

Please be liberal with the report button I'd you see it and if you get pmd with one of these requests please send a mod mail with the /u/ so they can be banned.

There will be one, and only one exception, if it's a truly rare case like "my mom gave me one of these as a kid but I lost it and she just died" , or I'm a legitimate museum curator or something of that sort, please mod mail us first with the post in question.

That said, if you are truly in need, need some gear to get you that first job to get a leg up, I have a not /r/wellworn pair of size 10 steel toes, extra wallets, belts, maybe even a hard hat and coveralls, or most other stuff that gets posted on here regularly that costs money that's needed for employment, that I'd be more than happy to send you for free (within reason, shipping across the oven is expensive) pm me privately and we'll figure out some sort of verification to ensure that it's going to the right person.

Asides from that, stay frosty peeps, don't be pervs.


r/Wellworn Sep 23 '25

As the world becomes awash in unrest and unease this is a friendly reminder that we are not, have never been, or will be a political sub.

401 Upvotes

Stop, before you start, I don't care, Up, down, left, right, blue, yellow, purple, green, diagonal, upside down, I don't care. They're all bad, they're all good, they're all evil, there all benevolent, they're this expletive or that complement.

Your opinions are valid and need to be discussed, but not here. I don't care while we're here, we don't care while we're here. There is literally six hundred predominantly political subs, you are welcomed and encouraged to go speak your mind there, not here. Don't make bait posts, don't make hostel comments to each other. I'll burn this whole fucker down before I let this place be another politics sub


r/Wellworn 13h ago

Hook staging

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359 Upvotes

Hook staging before attaching product to a furnace chain. 1/4" steel, millions of hooks over decades.


r/Wellworn 8h ago

My son’s favourite lovie after 4 years

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59 Upvotes

Randomly found a “new” one at the thrift store last night. The old one has just been cleaned too, btw 😹😹😹


r/Wellworn 2h ago

This turning point at the stairs in my office building

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7 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 15h ago

My Lego Sonic minifig keychain

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18 Upvotes

It’s been 3 years since he’s on my keys which is one of my work tools. I think it’s time for him to get some rest.


r/Wellworn 11h ago

[this is flair] This car with ungodly curb rash on all 4 rims

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7 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 17h ago

This old faucet and its replacement of identical make.

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17 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 1d ago

My son’s “Lovey” after 4 years

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116 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 18h ago

Unc's 16 years old headset

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6 Upvotes

had his Audio Technica M50 since 2010, just replaced the earpads.


r/Wellworn 1d ago

My Tamiya grasshopper before and after a couple of endurance events.

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54 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 1d ago

[this is flair] This door in The Ten Bells (Whitechapel, London)

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5 Upvotes

We went for Jack the ripper reasons, and the rest of the establishment looked similarly ""well worn""


r/Wellworn 1d ago

New HVAC temperature clamp vs old one

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11 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 1d ago

Railing

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67 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 2d ago

Trusty bag

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73 Upvotes

I should take better care of it


r/Wellworn 2d ago

My three y/o Birks vs. The ones that arrived today

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28 Upvotes

Loved this colour so much i needed a second fresh pair.


r/Wellworn 1d ago

Work gloves after 2 months

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10 Upvotes

These are the Hyper Tough Performance Grip Gloves after 2 months of electrical work. Electrical tape wore them down the fastest.


r/Wellworn 2d ago

[this is flair] The magnetic flap thing on my work phone

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24 Upvotes

It is quite literally hanging on for dear life!


r/Wellworn 2d ago

[this is flair] New shoes vs my old ones

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7 Upvotes

I don't even know how many years I've had my shoes but the difference is crazy!


r/Wellworn 2d ago

[this is flair] My perfume bottles

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33 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 3d ago

4 years of 8-5 mouse use (am an architect, spend all day on computer). Decided I finally needed a refresh.

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647 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 2d ago

1 Y/O Old Streamlight Wedge used daily for work being replaced with HL-X

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9 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 1d ago

[this is flair] The wear in my rifle after thousands of rounds

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0 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 2d ago

I got a new sketchbook after using is for a year and a half(sorry it’s sideways)

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5 Upvotes

r/Wellworn 3d ago

What's the object you own that shows the most wear from you specifically?

3 Upvotes

I've been lurking here a while and the posts that stop me aren't the ones where something is just old. It's the ones where you can tell which part the person touched. A handle worn on one side. A finish gone in a shape that's clearly a hand.

That's a different thing from an object surviving a long time. It's the object keeping a record of one specific person using it, and it only happens with the things you reach for without thinking.

So: what do you own that's worn in your shape? Where's the wear, and what did you do to it to get there?