alpinecrick- I had a western knife I bought in 1972 at my uncle's hardware store back in the day. Used it every year til last year when some a$$hole broke into my truck and took my Kifaru pack it was in. Everything, including the pack were easily replaced, but not the knife. It was a great knife!
Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want!
I've carried either a Buck 105 or 102 fixed blade or a 110 folder for about 40 years. I like the slender blades. I had a beautiful Mike Miller but I didn't want to mess it up so I traded it on here.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
I like a little Nieto fixed blade. Not sure of the exact model as they have a heap that look the same. I have some much more expensive knives that sit on the shelf.
My EDC is a Kershaw Leek although I switch it out once in a hole. I have two more just like it in case I loose it. Other than that I have a box full of folders on my dresser, all US made with the exception of one German one. I don’t buy or use Asian knives.
Bought a Buck light 422 from Canadian tire in around 1983,Still my go to hunting knife. I also picked up a Buck 560 in 1997. I have a bunch of knives, but these two are my favorites.