Oh my God, that is Beautiful!
I don't usually look at these threads, because it's nearly always something I've seen before. I'm so glad I looked at this!
I'm also glad you want to keep it. I would, short of my home being repossessed by the man and my family being thrown out on the street. Even then, it would be a good knife to take to the woods to live there...
Seriously man, you've got a keeper there! Congratulations! And thanks for posting; just looking at the pics cheers me up, as does knowing how much you seem to appreciate the knife yourself. There's nothing worse than seeing someone have something like that but not really appreciate it (just appreciating what it's worth), and nothing better than seeing someone who really does appreciate what they have, whether its a user or not.
More pictures would be very welcome!
Thank you,
Rick - British Pork!