The Spyderco Chicago Plain is just that. Two-inches of flat ground CTS-BD1 blade urbanely outfitted with black G-10 handle scales and Michael Walker Liner Lock. The handle is shaped and sized ergonomically with full-length skeletonized liners inside for strength without bulk or weight.
Laws. Whether necessary, good, or just nutty, they're intended to establish order and ward-off chaos. When our government and society implement rules, we do our best to live within their parameters.
As an example, many US metropolitan cities draw the line for carrying pocket knives in public to knives with blades two-inches in length or under. Welcome to Chicago! If I were a Chicagoan and carried a pocketknife regularly, I might be inclined (as a law abiding citizen) to carry a tool falling under this city's restriction.