A nice custom is nothing to laugh at.
The DM is not everyones thing, and Pit probably wanted a different style of knife.

Actually the DM is probably loved by a select few as it is pretty much a niche knife.

Whatever pit got, I'm sure will serve him better (in some ways) than the DM could.
I do feel sad that we won't see it in his pics anymore, but I'm sure someone else will get some good use out of it, or possibly be introduced to their first SY... wouldn't you want them to start with a knife like the DM!?

I can't wait to see the new knife pit!
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