For me the SS4 or S6 sounds best. Knives like the BDLE have never been my style although I have no doubt that my dad would have loved the BDLE the best for self defense. His experiences in WW2 evidently taught him something, that made a blade like that special. To him a good fillet blade was good for much more than cutting a fish. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />