Knives truly at the end of their careers?

In my distant past I used to cruse pawn shops. One catagory of item on my BOLO list was Buck 110 and 112 knives. I would look for that ONE knife that had a decent handle but a truly beat up blade and get it for some low price. Of course, the flip side of that was to find one with a nice-looking useable blade and a bad looking handle (even with missing or broken parts).

I would then punch out the blade on each one, keeping the less messed up pin and sw2ap the steel. This is harder to do nicely than it sounds when working on the kitchen table with carpenter's tools such as a filed down nail and a claw hammer.
 
I have an old BM Mini-Stryker that I wore down to the point the lock is touching the opposite scale. That’s really the only one I’ve truly worn out but the blade does still have some life in it.
I also have an old ESEE that needs a good reprofile job from sharpening down. It isn’t worn out yet but it doesn’t look right.
 
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