>>17659137I always carry my opinel. It goes in my pocket along with my keys and wallet every morning. I have three of them. There cheap, only 20-30$ at MEC. Ive never had to use it for self defence, and its not really designed for that. However, you could defeintely stab something good with it. Some shitbull tries to bite you, this thing will carve it up. And its a great little pocketknife, its perfect for camping. Ive given them to friends as gifts and everyone agrees. The high carbon steel can be sharpened to razor levels. You can shave with this knife. They are handy for your garden or orchard too, for pruning trees, taking clones, nipping buds. Its a great little handy "all around knife". And the appearance is deceiving, its looks like "grandpas knife" ... and grandpa definetely carried a knife, because a little knife is very handy, for a lot of things. No cop is gonna look at this knife and think your some kinda pyscho.