OT Got Knives?

Any of you folks have a favorite old knife?
I've had this one for 30 years at least and have used it and used it.
I've gotten so fond of it that I'm afraid I'd starve if I didn't have it to help prepare my dinner. It's light, thin and holds an edge like no other knife I've ever used.
And balanced too. I can slice and dice with it almost as good as Geena Davis in the Long Kiss Goodnight. Well not quite...
The handle's been replaced once. Long before I got it. I'm thinking it needs another one soon.
Be nice to dignify it with a nice handle. Bone or horn would be too heavy I think.
What would be a nice wood to put on it? And what kind of rivits?
Looks like Maple and steel rivits now. Someone gave me a couple of Wusthof-Trident ones for Christmas a few years ago but they don't hold an edge like this one and mainly sit in the drawer.

The knife will hold an edge better than any of Mom's other knives. She uses a lid to a ceramic cookie jar to hone the edge, but I don't think she ever has sharpened it otherwise. When Mom passes, that knife will be mine.

My Grandfather was a pretty good mechanic and blacksmith. He enjoyed making and fixing things. I think he made quite a few knives, but Mom thought the one she has was the best butcher knife he made. It must have been quite a bit of work to form the knife and thin it, and then to get the temper just right. I wish my Grandfather had lived long enough to have taught me about blacksmithing, but he died when I was just a little kid.

Neat knife, treasure it!

I have ready access to Hedge ( AkA osage orange, etc. if you want)

Gene

We have our old favourites,mine was an axe, beautiful balance, over the years I had replaced the head once and handle 5 times.Don't know where it is now.