Thanks everyone


Well, here are a few pointers

# We can leave the law consideration here because I am not going to carry it on my person. Most likely it would be sitting in a bag in the car trunk until needed.

# The fixed blade may be most likely used in improvising stuff in urban setups

# I live in a city that is humid, and hot (not in the U.S.)

# About steel type ..etc. The knife should be able to take rough treatment. If I had to choose between harder and softer steel, I choose softer. If it bends under heavy use I can hammer it and un-bend it

In all honesty, my vision of the knife purpose is very blurry. It all has to do with the fact that I am expecting lots of hard work and hard circumstances (on the personal level) some 1.5 years from now, and decided that a good knife has to be on my side to rely on when life decides to squeeze my wits again. If I am in the middle of a home construction project, and my knee collapses again, I may need to fashion some crutches for example. But before you laugh, I do have two canes in the trunk, and now I am adding two real crutches, but that was an example where a knife can be handy.