Tom,<br><br>Thought I might as well throw in my two cents...<br><br>Have you considered NOT carrying a fixed blade knife? I don't. I haven't in the better part of two years, since I realized that I hadn't been using the [censored] thing (no sense lugging the thing around if I'm not going to use it.) I still carry one when humping a ruck for Uncle Sam (one weekend a month, two weeks a year, nowadays), but I have not carried one for anything else in quite sometime. <br><br>For everyday use, including work (I'm in construction...not much of a dress code), I have a Leatherman Wave and a Spyderco.<br><br>I have a Swiss Army knife (a Ranger model) for church and similar, unavoidable "dressy" occassions.<br><br>For camping I have a small hachet and a folding bowsaw in my pack, in addition to my everyday carries. <br><br>I've never missed the fixed blades.<br><br>Ade