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This thread is for posting your evaluations for th e Spyderco Lum Chinese passaround.
I sent it off yesterday to Electric Zombie. I'm going to take the liberty to start off with my own review.
First I must say I really like the looks of the knife, the blue looks much better in person than in the photographs. I think it must be harder to get the color right.
I knew I'd like the blade shape as I had a David Boye Prophet style lockback.
The Blade: I really like this blade shape. It slices really well and aethetically I like to see the wide swath of shiny steel. The blade is somehwat thinner than I'm accustomed to, but perfect for this type of knife. The edge bevels where pretty short but combined with the thinner stock made it really sharp. I think this may be the first time I've experienced "crispy" sharp. I couldn't push cut a sheet of paper straight on, but with the slightest of slicing motion it would almost magically part.
The Handle: I had a couple of issues with the handles. The first was design, with a smooth sweep from front to back it felt slightly less secure as if my handle would be more prone to slide forward or back. I think though that it's not worse than most other knives, it's just that after using a Temperance Jr., a Jot Khalsa, or a Salsa I think I now expect a better grip that "locks in" to the hand.
The other issue I had was that the interior edges of the knife lines felt sharp when gripping it tightly. When I looked at it it seemed all the interior edges had been smoothed so I think it was just the effect of the thinner edges of the liners as compared to the handle.
Sound: OK you may find this weird but I really like a nice lock engagement sound. Some knives click, some thunk, etc. This knife made a "ka-ting". IMO, I think the knife would be improved by bringing the pitch of the lock engagement sound down in frequency. I'm not a mechanical engineer so I won't attempt to guess the best, most cost efficient way to do this.
Overall I like the knife alot, I used it for everyday carry and it certainly does fine there,
it also looks great. The only time I wouldn't choose it is if I had alot of boxes to break down. I use something with a better handle/hand fit.
Thanks,
I sent it off yesterday to Electric Zombie. I'm going to take the liberty to start off with my own review.

First I must say I really like the looks of the knife, the blue looks much better in person than in the photographs. I think it must be harder to get the color right.
I knew I'd like the blade shape as I had a David Boye Prophet style lockback.
The Blade: I really like this blade shape. It slices really well and aethetically I like to see the wide swath of shiny steel. The blade is somehwat thinner than I'm accustomed to, but perfect for this type of knife. The edge bevels where pretty short but combined with the thinner stock made it really sharp. I think this may be the first time I've experienced "crispy" sharp. I couldn't push cut a sheet of paper straight on, but with the slightest of slicing motion it would almost magically part.
The Handle: I had a couple of issues with the handles. The first was design, with a smooth sweep from front to back it felt slightly less secure as if my handle would be more prone to slide forward or back. I think though that it's not worse than most other knives, it's just that after using a Temperance Jr., a Jot Khalsa, or a Salsa I think I now expect a better grip that "locks in" to the hand.
The other issue I had was that the interior edges of the knife lines felt sharp when gripping it tightly. When I looked at it it seemed all the interior edges had been smoothed so I think it was just the effect of the thinner edges of the liners as compared to the handle.
Sound: OK you may find this weird but I really like a nice lock engagement sound. Some knives click, some thunk, etc. This knife made a "ka-ting". IMO, I think the knife would be improved by bringing the pitch of the lock engagement sound down in frequency. I'm not a mechanical engineer so I won't attempt to guess the best, most cost efficient way to do this.
Overall I like the knife alot, I used it for everyday carry and it certainly does fine there,
it also looks great. The only time I wouldn't choose it is if I had alot of boxes to break down. I use something with a better handle/hand fit.
Thanks,