For the work knife the Kershaw Launch series is pretty hard beat they all come in at around $100 or so street price are USA made, feature a very capable steel that holds a good edge and is not difficult to resharpen at all. And you get Kershaws killer lifetime warranty as well that is with out a doubt my recommendation for an Auto EDC knife in that general price range you set earlier. Launch 1 | Kershaw Knives
As for the fixed blade defensive knife I am a fan of the Spyderco Reverse is can be carried a multitude of different ways comes with a halfway decent sheath and carried appendix it can be quite the effective GTFO knife. https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=914
[video=youtube;hoG-YytiZaQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoG-YytiZaQ[/video]
Now if you wanted to combine the two knives into one bigger purchase the ZT Emerson collaborations would not be a bad option either. ZT is owned by Kershaw so you are still getting the warranty and brand recognition but ZT is Kersaws "Cadillac" line so to speak. The ZT emerson features a "wave opening" device that deploys the blade as you remove the knife from your pocket so it is very fast. The blade uses either CTS-204p, Elmax or S35VM steels all very good and high end steels befitting a knife of that price range. The Emerson could excel at being a good EDC / defensive blade so you are not having to carry 2 different blades on your person (not that there is anything wrong with that Rhino). 0630 | ZT Knives
I am a big fan of the ZT / Emerson collaborations, I have a pretty decent background dealing in wide variety of knife price points and I firmly believe the ZT to be a great knife. Especially for the money allot of other companies would charge $400 for the same knife.
[video=youtube;o4mtyJ757ZM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4mtyJ757ZM[/video]
A pretty good demo of why the Emerson wave feature is such an effective deployment method.
Hopefully I covered everything pretty well, let me know if you have any more questions or would like any more input.
As for the fixed blade defensive knife I am a fan of the Spyderco Reverse is can be carried a multitude of different ways comes with a halfway decent sheath and carried appendix it can be quite the effective GTFO knife. https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=914
[video=youtube;hoG-YytiZaQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoG-YytiZaQ[/video]
Now if you wanted to combine the two knives into one bigger purchase the ZT Emerson collaborations would not be a bad option either. ZT is owned by Kershaw so you are still getting the warranty and brand recognition but ZT is Kersaws "Cadillac" line so to speak. The ZT emerson features a "wave opening" device that deploys the blade as you remove the knife from your pocket so it is very fast. The blade uses either CTS-204p, Elmax or S35VM steels all very good and high end steels befitting a knife of that price range. The Emerson could excel at being a good EDC / defensive blade so you are not having to carry 2 different blades on your person (not that there is anything wrong with that Rhino). 0630 | ZT Knives
I am a big fan of the ZT / Emerson collaborations, I have a pretty decent background dealing in wide variety of knife price points and I firmly believe the ZT to be a great knife. Especially for the money allot of other companies would charge $400 for the same knife.
[video=youtube;o4mtyJ757ZM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4mtyJ757ZM[/video]
A pretty good demo of why the Emerson wave feature is such an effective deployment method.
Hopefully I covered everything pretty well, let me know if you have any more questions or would like any more input.