Watching With Interest
I'm following this with interest, as I don't believe I own any that fit the OP requirement.
My favorite full-sized folder is disqualified on two points:
1) blade is 3.5" long,
2) no pocket clip. I'm really happy with it, and it's in my EDC rotation at the top of the list, but it doesn't fit the req.
My second choice . . . is pretty close. It's a Buck Sirus. I have both the 297 (in 420HC) and the 298 (in 154CM), and it's a real handful of knife. Blade exceeds the stated requirement (it's 3.25" or so). It's an assisted opener, so local regs may limit access. It
does have the pocket clip, so it's pretty close.
Now that I think of it, I do have one that could arguably do the job, the Buck Rush. It has a smallish blade, but the gal who works the knife counter at a local sporting goods shop skinned her deer with one last year when she found she had left her big knife in the truck. (Kind of disturbing to see how facile she is with that knife. She kind of brushes her hand by her pocket and magically there's a 2.5" blade sticking out from under her thumb.)
Looking at the Spyderco offerings, I have to say I really like the feel of the
Delica, even though I balk at the "hump" in the blade where the hole is. I actually like the
Native profile better, and it's blade length is only 1/8 inch longer than the specified 3 inches. I may have to get one of these for myself.
If I didn't have to worry about cost, I'd be all over the Sebenza. Every time I look at one I drool. And I hear
hso laffin' in the background.