Spyderco Lum (full sized) vs Lil Lum opinions?

[Ourorboros]

Does anybody have experience with these two blades for Urban EDC? While I usually carry blades 3" or less, I do have folders of all sizes.
They both look rather wide in the pocket, as usual for Spyderco. Is the large version unusually so? Particular strengths of the design?
Alternatively, if anybody has a source of reasonably (or slightly unreasonably) prices Shilin folders, I'd go for that. My interest in this blade is what has me looking at the Lum.

Thanks in advance.

 

[JerryRig]

No experience with either blade...but the Blade HQ Jade G-10 edition sure is tempting

 

[AF]

I had the regular Lum awhile back. Nishijin. I thought it was a good gentleman's carry. It's wide but thin in the pocket. Carries pretty well. The liner lock is on the thinner side. Blade stock is thin.
The Lil' Lum is tiny.

 

[psquared]

I have all three sizes. As AF said, the "normal" sized one takes up quite a bit of pocket real estate but is a fantastic slicer. If I could get around the pocket space it takes (I carry right front with other stuff in the same pocket), I'd carry mine a lot more frequently.

The geometry of the opening hole and pivot on the Lil' is, to me, just weird - I cannot open it as comfortably as the similar sized Dragonfly and as a result take a Dragonfly over a Lil' if wanting something this size.

The large, well that really is a pocket hog but is my go to knife on the very odd occasion that I have cause to carry a knife that size. It's a slicer of note!

 

[cwp]

The L'il Lum is, as AF says, really, really small. I find that the handle shape doesn't feel like it offers me a secure grip, and I would be uncomfortable trying to undertake any major cutting tasks with it -- but mine has the glass fiber scales; it might have a better hand feel in G10.

It's actually pretty narrow for a Spyderco ... which is to say, it's not any broader than a full-sized AFCK. It's also very thin and light. These, the slicey grind, and the aesthetics (it really is beautiful) are the biggest strong points for me, but I don't carry it very often -- larger knives usually fit better in my hand, and if I have to carry something small I prefer the Meerkat or the Dragonfly.