You raise another consideration there for a daily carry knife...price. As noted above, I carry a Kershaw every day. It replaced the Kershaw that disappeared about a year or two ago, which replaced the Kershaw that fell into Galveston Bay a few years before that. There are a ton of far more expensive, far more *exclusive* knives out there, which may (or may not) be better than my Kershaws have been, but I'm sure glad I never paid for one of them!
Assisted-opening turns out to be incredibly handy. I have yet to understand why these are deadly enough to be banned in NYC. They sure aren't as deadly as a 32-oz soft drink.