For every day carry & use, the last year or two I've been carrying a CJRB Centros with a very sharp and pointy 3.67" D2 steel blade. Easy opening and solid lock up.

For a "going to a knife fight" type knife, having no experience with it personally, I'd probably take either a Kabar 2217 Big Brother, or one in their Fighting Knife series with the Kraton handle, like the Foliage Green 5011 or maybe the 1292 with D2 steel.

Last edited by bhemry; 05/23/21. Reason: better info