OK, Emerson knives. You know that I really like my Emersons, specially the karambit and the Mini CQC15. They are excellent self defense blades, with the '15 being more versatile that my beloved karambit. The major problem I feel with the K-bit is that so much of the handle (the entire ring at the end) sticks out of your pocket, advertising to one and all that you probably have some kind of "Protection" in your pocket. Unfortunately I can't see a remedy for this actually. For the knife to work as designed, you MUST be able to get a finger in the ring to remove it from your pocket and get the wave feature to work. That is one of the reasons I went ultimately with the Mini CQC 15 (it still has a 3.5 inch blade though), so it will work in an SD situation and the recurve to the blade along with the Americanized tanto tip just, at least to me, screams Defensive Edge Here.

Am I a (still) fan of emersons, yes, SOME of them. Will I carry them some, yes I will but at least for now the Spyderco will be my primary edged "Accessory" in the sharp and pointy steel category.