Yup!

It's grabbed ahold of me... My favorite of all Kin handle material!!!

My two oldest are my Camp Tramp and Battle Rat, not sure of their birthdates as I bought them both used, but the handles are still like new. The BR has been into the woods a lot and to Africa with me twice.

If left in the elements, I'd imagine an archeologist a thousand years from now might dig up a handle that looks like it just left the factory and a whatever remnants of a blade still hangin' on.

I don't think any of us will live long enough to ever find out the answer to the topic question posed.