New palette knife

So I'm the proud owner of a new palette knife. Well, not new exactly, as it was my fathers.  So that makes it at least 32 years old.  You can tell that it was well used, and the well used bit probably puts at the very least, another 10 to 20 years onto that.  So as far as I'm concerned, it's a 50 year old palette knife, and those that know me, know that I like old stuff.  I know that it was well used, because when I found it the other day the handle was covered with lots of oil and acrylic paint.  Along with plenty of rust on the blade and leading towards the handle.  It took a while to sand down, and then three coats of varnish were applied over the next few days.  It's slightly smaller than the palette knife one of my daughters bought me, and it's quite a lot more flexible.  I don't know if the added flexibility is due to thinning of the metal through long term use and then the oxidisation and my sanding, or if it is a design thing.  Anyway, the nice touch is that Dad scratched his initials SAB into the handle, and fortunately my sanding didn't obliterate the initials. I had no idea that they were there due to the dried out paint, so that was a nice find when I applied the first coat of varnish!