FWIW the reason I'm thinking about purchasing an OTF knife is for home self defense . I'm not a big fan of having a loaded handgun on my desk , so I'd much rather go with a knife that I don't have to pull out of a sheath or possibly cut the side of my hand with ( which could happen with an out the side knife ) if it came to defending myself from an intruder breaking into my room .
Oh and the reason I started up this thread on another forum was to do a bit of comparing and contrasting if I were to get different answers ...
Anyways thanks for the answers everyone and have a great day .

