For self defense or personal protection I would carry a Cold Steel Trail Master or Laredo Bowie, California law allows this as long as the knife is worn in plain view and not concealed in any way. But that invites lots of stares and possible contacts with law enforcement. Maybe if I didn't live in a crowded city I wouldn't mind, but lots of "suspects" are shot before questions can be answered these days!!!
It is certainly a nice little knife! I like mine.
In 2017 San Francisco's population was 884,363. It has undoubtedly increased since then. Then there's the rest of the Bay Area which surrounds "The City"! Walk down the street with a large fixed blade hanging form your belt and you will be treated like an animal that escaped from the local zoo. These are city folks who "might" use a butter knife to spread some jam on their morning toast. To see a knife on the street is so foreign to their civilized minds that they panic and call the cops. That's another topic for a another day!!!!!!
