About 40 years ago my dc was a Gerber Paul Knife. It went missing. After mentally retracing my steps, I think I left it on the tray of a fast food meal, so it went into the trash.
It still hurts to think about that.
YEA that's what I'm talking about, it's like a child, or pet. You get attached.
The other thing I try to do is to never set it down unless I'm at a designated workstation. DON'T set it on a random surface. If it's not in my hand, it needs to be in my pocket. That's working pretty well, knock wood.
Workstation? that's why it's a daily carry, I'm not at my workstation... at my bench I use one of my dedicated knives,