Sarah, what a privilege to view your original WLST! Did you know then that it was the beginning of a fabulous collection?!
I hesitate to introduce my old friend. To me, he feels very traditional. But his handles are plastic.
I worry that he doesn't belong, being only 29 years old. Yes, I bought this Bucklite at Word Lumber Co. In 1986.
Back then, his blade pull was 7/10. Now he is a wimpy 2/10. But still locks back solid with no blade play or wobble in the open position.
We have worked together on a sheep farm, in the hay field, in a kennel.
We have hiked together in Alabama and Arkansas, Virginia and Vermont, North Carolina and New Hampshire.
The blade has been chipped and resharpened times too numerous to count.
He has been lost and found more often than I care to admit.
He might have plastic pants, but he eventually led me back to more traditional knives, after he taught me how to sharpen a blade, how to polish rust out of "stainless" steel, and how to use a knife without hurting anyone.
So even if you don't think plastic handles are traditional, my Bucklite is the very definition of "old friend."
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