New folder? Thoughts please.

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Ok so Im thinking about buying a new knife this week and I would like some thoughts on which one I should go with. I think I want either the spyderco lum chinese (green handle and vg-10 blade) or the benchmade h&k snody 14205. My budget does not allow for me to purchase to both. I like both designs a lot, and I like both designers. I would be putting a preorder on the lum, Im ok with that.

This basically comes down to fit and finish and which one is better. I am open to other suggestions in this price range with equal levels of f&f.
 
The Lum is a pretty smooth folder for no washers. Its FFG makes it a laser. I have the ZDP version and love it.
 
This is a weird suggestion - check out the Mcusta Tactility models. I have a black Micarta and a Corian. VERY nice knives. They just came ou with a smaller version too.

How are you getting a green VG-10 Lum on pre-order? Is there another run happening? I have two ZDP's and love them
 
Kim Lau said:
The Lum is a pretty smooth folder for no washers. Its FFG makes it a laser. I have the ZDP version and love it.
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how does it work with no washers? is there no liner at the pivot so the blade tocuhes that almite stuff?

Reeek said:
This is a weird suggestion - check out the Mcusta Tactility models. I have a black Micarta and a Corian. VERY nice knives. They just came ou with a smaller version too.

How are you getting a green VG-10 Lum on pre-order? Is there another run happening? I have two ZDP's and love them
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looked at the mcusta site for the first time in like a year but I still cant find anything I like other than their new second run of customs. as for the lum; yourcornerstore has them on preoder for the end of july.
 
as an update: I have placed my preorder for the lum a few days ago. I was scrolling through the spyderco site and saw two tiny pictures of the knife but the colour looks really good (more bluish than I expected, I had seen a picture with amazing darker green [see below]). I am having second thoughts though, I still have some time but Im on the fence about this one and having to wait and if I dont get one of the ones that are coming in at the end of july I am seriously considering buying something else even though I really like the look of the lum chinese.

Here is the picture, its not mine, and I cant remember where I found it. It belongs to a mrapprasit but its a lovely photograph:

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