What is the longest you have owned a specific knife?

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MikeH

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My father gave me a small fixed blade knife for my fourth birthday. It was a made in Japan knife back when made in Japan equated with cheap. It now has a nice patina but never did rust. It has plastic imitation stag handle slabs pinned on, and a compass in the handle which still works. According to my mother, he turned me loose with it to carry and use as I wished (he was a great dad who trusted me and gave me a lot of freedom). I have constantly had a knife on me ever since, including at elementary school, high school, and college, culminating in my passion for Busse knives.

On June 11 of this year I will have owned that knife for 66 years. It lies on the bookcase immediately to my left when I am in front of my PC.
 
Being new to Busse, not even a year, my Mojo. But any blade, my ZT 0303 since 2010 that is till carry and know where it is. I have some that I have to my step dad that I know he still has
 
Before I got into Busse, BK2, about 5-6 years now
1st Busse Satin SOB about a year, and almost a Dozen since...
 
This, dated 1974, got it about 1976. Used to carry it starting in elementary school and into high school. Broke the tip from prying broken pop tops off of soda cans when the little ring came off. They eventually won.:blue:

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First busse was sos orange pork shank about 4 years ago n longest knife is a "camper" brand folder that ive had for bout 20years! Took me bout 10 years to find another in very good condition to give my son one day! So far only my daughter and no sons yet!
 
I still have my first knife. Dad fave it to me when I was maybe seven or eight I'd guess. It's a three blade stockman type folder. Brand name is Ranger. Not sure who made Ranger but it does have USA stamped on the main blade. After years of use by my dad and then by me, there's not much of that blade left.
 
The oldest knife that I still own is significantly newer than a lot of other members here! I am relatively young on these forums (32), so my oldest is from my early Boy Scout days, a SAK spartan with the scales broken off, from around 1996.

The oldest that I actually carry and use is probably only two years old - Mammoth Ivory Indian River Jack from Northwoods.
I guess I end up trading and selling so many knives it is hard to keep many around long. :D

EDIT: Oldest Busse is from about the same time period - an Anniversary Mean Street. It gets a lot of use, but not too old.
 
I still have the first knife I bought when I was around 8 or 9. Im now 38. My dad let me buy it at the local farm and home store for $3.16. It's not in good shape these days.
 
I still have my first knife...
An RCMP Sheffield jackknife...
I remember having it when I was six... I'm 49 now...
 
Another scout knife here. Red handle buck scoutlite (IIRC) circa 1987, maybe 88. This was the second, I broke the first
 
I still have and carry occasionally my first good knife, a Case Muskrat that my father bought me around 1966. I still use it frequently.
 
I have a case folding knife my dad gave me when I was a kid. He owned it for a long while before giving it to me. The knife has a 1966 on it.
 
I have a folding knife stashed away "somewhere safe" at home that I got in the mid-70s when I was a kid. I have two G96s and two Buck folders that I have had since the late 80s. They are all very well traveled.
 
Ugly Truck Nut said:
This, dated 1974, got it about 1976. Used to carry it starting in elementary school and into high school. Broke the tip from prying broken pop tops off of soda cans when the little ring came off. They eventually won.:blue:

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Wow I still have that exact same knife pictured. It was given to me when i was about 9. Also kept/have a buck knife for about as long.

Other than those, I mostly keep trading or selling here and there so my next oldest would be a ZT 0300ST serial number 226 I got back when it was first released in i think 2006, maybe 2007
 
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