</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by randii:
<strong>compact pocket knife with side-clip (ideally plastic-framed, single-blade, less than three inches blade length, prefer one-hand openable</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Now this may be a little more complicated than what you are looking for, but the coolness factor is definately way, way up there!

<img src="http://www.spyderco.com/assets/product_images/medium/T01.jpg" alt=" - " />

And the Description:
Spyderco

And the general link - Spyderco has a pretty small following among rescue/protection personnel. They have a ton of small, side clip locking blades that you can use with one hand.

Spyderco On-Line Catalog

Best of all, they have their one and only outlet store about 15 minutes from me... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />