Went through 1 martindale a year for 6 years working in Tyler county piney woods area of east Texas. I’d sharpen about 3 inches off of it before it got too pointed and lite to use. The RPLS I worked for had a box of the #29’s like yours locked away in his office and would never let me have one. All mine were the squared off handled ones so I took a sander to them to round them off the best I could. Definitely my favorite knives.
Went through 1 martindale a year for 6 years working in Tyler county piney woods area of east Texas. I’d sharpen about 3 inches off of it before it got too pointed and lite to use. The RPLS I worked for had a box of the #29’s like yours locked away in his office and would never let me have one. All mine were the squared off handled ones so I took a sander to them to round them off the best I could. Definitely my favorite knives.