Both my Workmates (black pressed steel) came with orange fittings from new - one was a Christmas pressie from the memsahib 30 years ago and the other was my dad's and is at least 40 years old. Still serviceable but with a few saw nicks.
My mum also used one for repairing her musical instruments; it was the first forged aluminium type and my brother-in-law had that one for his theatre group. That one is at least 50 years old by now.