A 27 year old J.Nowills sheath knife given to me when I was a scout. I got it on my first camp for being "Best New Scout"........basically I ate every thing the leaders cooked and didn't complain about the rain, so the best new bit of the award is fairly flexible.
Anyway, its lasted years, been used and abused. Been a lever, a paint mixer, thrown at the shed door, left for weeks stuck in a log in the garden, used to tempt crabs from their mud flat residence,(you think that's bad...my mate had an original Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife given to him by his grandad, and he did exactly the same as me, it was last seen disappearing past the log we were aiming at and into the undergrowth never to be seen again :shock: .....if only we knew then what we know now).... I'd forgotten I had it till a few years ago I visited my Mum and saw her using it for digging holes for the bulbs she was planting in the garden. Its now razor sharp, and although the blade is slightly discoloured it still does the job nicely.
As I am now a bit bigger than the 10 year old who was awarded this superb piece of Sheffield steel, the handle is a bit on the small side, and as I am now spending more time out in the wilds I am looking for a new companion........maybe one of RM's bushcraft knives being made by Wilky S. But do not fear, little old Nowillsy won't be forgotten.....I'll put it somewhere safe and pass it onto my daughter in a few years time as she is my most constant Bushcraft buddy.
