Originally Posted by
ShaolinLueb
make sure blade is under 3 inches. i believe that is the legal limit. i accidently had a knife in my pocket when i went into national archive in dc earlier this year. at the archive they make you take everything out of your pockets and go through metal detector and they inspect whats in your pockets. they made me take out my knife and the guy said it was under 3inches/size of my palm so its fine.
depends on state.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4091804AApH6lY
To answer the OP question, anything from one of the big names will do you fine. Find something in the size you want and the blade style you want.
I've had CRKT, Spyderco, Kershaw, Gerber, Microtech, Emerson, etc.
Right now I carry an Emerson Commander and a SAK Fieldmaster along with a CRKT 5520K.
It really just depends on what you want and can carry.