Case is my favorite although I carry a Beretta serrated blade. I've carried one since my Dad bought me my first Coca Cola brand double blade when I was five. I teach my 8 year old and 15 year old Daughters that a pocket knife is a tool that used wrongly like a drill, saw, rifle etc. can do grave harm. If pocket knives are considered deadly weapons so should the teachers scissors in school. Every youngin should expereince whittling, sling shottin, pellet gunning, fire crackers, fishing, hunting, camping, boating and time in the outdoors. That's my 10 cents worth!