Sick to death of folding knives that failed, I, too, carry a sub 2" fixed blade every day. Typically, it's one of the following ...







A 2" +/- fixed blade is tough, handy, and very concealable. I've used mine for every task that a pocketknife could be called upon to perform and have not felt lacking for another blade at all.

The only problem that I have encountered with such a small fixed blade is that they don't reach into the bottom of a large jar of peanut butter very well. THAT task gets messy...

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