When I met my girlfriend she was working as an equine vet tech and she carried a Delica. That's kind of how we met. I'd sharpen her knife for her; she used it a lot.
One of the issues she had was the shallowness of her girly pants pockets. I was astonished to see just how short those pockets were. For her, a Delica was the biggest knife she could carry. Now, she carries a Native (currently, she's carrying mine since hers was broken during an encounter with the dog--the leash got caught under the clip and when he took off, he broke it), which is only slightly larger than the Delica, but she likes it better.
Since you sound like you are somewhat smaller than Stephanie, I'm guessing that a Delica would be slightly too tall to clip reliably in your pocket. In which case, I'm going to go with the Dragonfly recommendation.
That said, if you intend to cut a lot of cardboard with it, I'd recommend the ZDP-189 blade as it will tolerate cutting abrasive materials better than the VG-10 of the orange handled version. Not to get too deep into the subject of blade steels, but the VG-10 tends to lose it's razor edge fairly quickly on abrasive materials and go straight to dull, the ZDP-189 stays razor sharp a lot longer. On the other hand, it's not orange or purple.
Another knife I like for that kind of application (short girl pockets) is the Benchmade 530. The 530 is discontinued, I think, replaced by the 531. Those are small, lightweight knives and can be had in a combo edge which might be useful to you.
One of the issues she had was the shallowness of her girly pants pockets. I was astonished to see just how short those pockets were. For her, a Delica was the biggest knife she could carry. Now, she carries a Native (currently, she's carrying mine since hers was broken during an encounter with the dog--the leash got caught under the clip and when he took off, he broke it), which is only slightly larger than the Delica, but she likes it better.
Since you sound like you are somewhat smaller than Stephanie, I'm guessing that a Delica would be slightly too tall to clip reliably in your pocket. In which case, I'm going to go with the Dragonfly recommendation.
That said, if you intend to cut a lot of cardboard with it, I'd recommend the ZDP-189 blade as it will tolerate cutting abrasive materials better than the VG-10 of the orange handled version. Not to get too deep into the subject of blade steels, but the VG-10 tends to lose it's razor edge fairly quickly on abrasive materials and go straight to dull, the ZDP-189 stays razor sharp a lot longer. On the other hand, it's not orange or purple.
Another knife I like for that kind of application (short girl pockets) is the Benchmade 530. The 530 is discontinued, I think, replaced by the 531. Those are small, lightweight knives and can be had in a combo edge which might be useful to you.
