Buck 112 is what I've carried since I was about 13 or 14. I've still got my original one (found on a logging road behind my house) but it rides in the glovebox now as a spare. The blade had the tip broken off a couple times (don't use as a screwdriver) and ground down, I actually got so used to it I preferred that blade profile. And it had been sharpened so much there was a good 1/8" of daylight between the blade and handle when closed. But the reason I quit carrying it every day is because the brass of the handle actually cracked through and it flexes so much that the locking mechanism no longer locks the blade. I think the only thing holding it together are actually the wood inserts in the handle. Still it lasted me almost 30 years and I got another just like it. I couldn't tell you the number of elk that little knife has skinned and quartered, not to mention everything else it has skinned.
The model I carry is probably thicker than you want, and doesn't have the pocket clip (personally I don't like a pocket clip, not only are they not comfortable in the hand when using the knife in odd positions but they will catch on brush and things when pushing through tight places and pull out of your pocket). I've seen TWO knifes with pocket clips hanging in horses tails over the years, from guys walking around the horse and the tail hanging the clip and pulling it out of the guys pocket, and I'm seldom around horses. They make it in thinner, lighter versions and with a pocket clip though if that is your desire, same blade and function, just different styles and materials of handles.
