A little too custom at $1,725.
A pocket knife really shouldn't be used for protection....
Cold steel calls their espada series "pocket sword"
I agree that any knife is a tool of last resort but if that's all you got go for it.
I love my Kershaw Chive. Not really for protection, though i'm sure it would be enough to mess someone up, hell a pen could do that. I use it for everyday use, cutting open boxes, trimming cables, etc. Actually on my second chive. Its so small and hard to notice in my pocket I forgot to take it out when going to a concert and had to give it to the guy running the metal detector
I grabbed a couple of Kershaw Blurs (one with a serrated Tanto blade, the other standard) at their factory sale a week ago.
They have a cool factory and nice employees, FWIW.
Looks like the knife version of my avatar.that's a pretty knife? It looks like the Hawaiian shirt of hand knives...