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What knife have you owned the longest?

I have the knife that my dad gave me on my 4th birthday in 1950. My mom swore before her death in 2010 that he turned me loose with it, and I was free to carry and use it without supervision. This means that I have constantly had a knife at hand for nearly 64 years, and I have never seriously cut myself with one.

It is a small fixed blade, real imitation plastic stag handle slabs with a compass inlaid in one side of the handle. It is obviously cheap pot metal, but sharp pointed and capable of taking (but not holding) an edge. It was made in early post-war Japan. This was back when "made in Japan" meant "cheap". The original thin leather sheath is long gone to who knows where.
 
When I returned from Southeast Asia in 1967 I bought a Buck Stockman at the local Western Auto store. Carried that knife for many years but gradually acquired other knives & laid it aside. Sometime during those years it developed a small 'chip' in the delrin handle around the middle pin on the 'shield' side. This past summer I contacted Buck about possibly repairing the handle. They told me that it had been mfg'd by Schrade under contract with Buck & that Schrade's mfg process didn't allow disassembly which Buck needs to do for full warranty work. They cancelled the contract with Schrade after only a short time & went to another mfg'r, perhaps Camillus??. Anyway, they told me to send it in & they'd at least clean, lube, & sharpen it for me. I sent it to them & within a couple of weeks it was back looking near as good as new, even to a new handle... It don't look too bad for more'n 46yrs old. The grooved bolsters are a 'trademark' of the Schrade built Bucks & pretty rare. Buck now calls this a model 301 but it has no ID markings other than 'BUCK made in USA'.

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This one was before it went back to Post Falls, ID
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1947 Helle sheath knife . Yes I was just a little kid but I started to use knives soon after that.
 
Still have my cub scout knife, circa 1958. I also can still see the scar on my right index finger from a closing accident, never made that mistake again.
 
I have a 1970's buck 112 that my grandfather gave my dad to give to me on the day I was born, I'm going to count that as 20 years.
 
Buck 110 folder and Buck 119, my dad gave them to me when I was 6 and started hunting, so I have had them for 22 years now.
 
My Schrade Uncle Henry lock back. I got it in 1981 when I was 20. I had some other cheaper knives that I lost or tossed.
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Probably sounds pathetic but probably this old cheap schrade X-timer. Paid like 15$ for it out of Walmart but it's gotten me out of some sticky situations. Cut myself out my truck when I rolled on an icy highway and couldn't get my seatbelt off. Super solid lockup and has never failed me to this day.
 
Schrade Old Timer 120T... Of the knives I still have, I think this is the one I've had the longest. Got it from my dad. Was looking for a small utility blade to keep in a toolbox, and he dropped that in there. That was around the mid to late 90's, I think, and he had the knife for a while before giving it to me.

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A buck 110 I got just before we moved to PA in 1979. i used it this year during archery season to field dress a 6pt opening day with my son.
 
Wow a lot of Buck mentions. Also like the Schrade mentions, I've got an Old Timer that my dad's dad gave me, not sure if it was before or after I got the 119 but around the same time. No idea how old it actually is but he had sharpened the clip point into a hawbill shape and turned the carbon steel pretty much black. Still have it, but it's been relegated to scraping duties.
 
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