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Well, with nearly 50 years on mine, I can agree with ya on that, even though mine's been sheathed for at least the past 20 years or so...
I have to admit, sir, now that you got me to pull this ol' friend out of the long-term gear storage, I'm a might teary-eyed over seeing it again after all this time. It takes me back to my youth in Italy, when I first joined the Boy Scouts at 13 yoa (I may have even had it when I was a Webelos Scout), and the years following that when I backpacked hundreds of miles a year, every year, clear into my early 20s, with it on my hip. And then, sometime in my late 20s/early 30s, I put it away. Alas, you can never go home again...
I have to admit, sir, now that you got me to pull this ol' friend out of the long-term gear storage, I'm a might teary-eyed over seeing it again after all this time. It takes me back to my youth in Italy, when I first joined the Boy Scouts at 13 yoa (I may have even had it when I was a Webelos Scout), and the years following that when I backpacked hundreds of miles a year, every year, clear into my early 20s, with it on my hip. And then, sometime in my late 20s/early 30s, I put it away. Alas, you can never go home again...
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