What knife do you carry?

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After having lost my Schrade Skinner knife this past summer after 5 yrs. that my old man got for me at WalFart and made me a Kydex sheath for, I went through this same dilema.
Cheap knife versus "good" expensive knife.
I come from a gun/ knife fanatic family. Brother and father collect knives big time. Me, I go through knives like toilet paper. Always seem to lose them and all deent knives (Buck, Gerber, Kershaw)
Some of the knives discussed are pretty nice and I am gonna have to look into some of them.
The one thing I found and what I feel is the most important aspect that has not been discussed, but the issue of putting the knife AWAY. Everyone talks about and wants a kife that is quick to draw. Well the couple I have experienced (including my Gerber Blackie Collins River knife and various CRT's) is that they are a pain in the but, litereally to put back in the sheath. I have stabbed myself on one occasion trying to put the Gerber back in the sheath without having to drop everything and use both hands, a flashlight, and some body twisting. Has cost me one set of waders (thank you Orvis).

A servicable, easy to acess and operate knife is an essential in the outdoors.