yog
02-04-2002, 12:00 AM
.... with my back balance that is, me personally I love you dearly.
After multiple recommendations I finally subcumed to the Bob Lum Gun Metal Chinese Folder. Oooo, what a beauty :-)
I know I'm going to be preeching to the choir, but here are my impressions for those not lucky enough to own one yet.
First off the Lum is both more delicate and more solid than the photographs suggest. Folded it appears smaller than I imagined and a lot lighter. Opened it is quite solid with a surprisingly big blade and somehow it has managed to gain weight so the heft feels good.
The blade is flat ground for all round cutting performance and has pleanty of belly which I find gives a touch more control to cuts. Up till now my Calypso Jnr was the sharpest knife I've had straight from the box, but without doubt the Lum has taken it's title.
Although it hasn't got a raised hump over the opening hole like many other Spydies, which aids thumb security, the constant arc that starts with the handle and continues along the blade meen the hump is not missed. The flat area on the top of the blade where the thumb sits is another nice touch, the rest of the spine is chamfered to give it a thinner appearance.
So many knives consentrate on making the blade look stylish, but leave the handle as just functional. The Chinese Folder has managed to blend the neccessary functionality of the handle with some very elagent and simple flowing lines, even the chamfered edges are elegant in their precision, being accentuated as they are by a ring of plain polished aluminium set against the almite gun metal blue of the rest of the handle. The back spacer is another nice touch, it looks like FRN and matches the colour scheme well.
I wouldn't say I dislike the clip, in fact I like the quirky way the screws are arranged in a half moon shape around the pivot pin, but it does ride a little high in the pocket. This is not too much of a bother to me though as it will be my weekend knife, where discretion is not so necessary.
To round up, I'm so glad Spyderco were asked to make a special run of Gun Metal Chinese Folders, as I couldn't previously see myself buying an Imperial Jade one, and even know I'm kicking myself that I didn't pick one up sooner.
On a related note, in the same package was a PE Cricket I ordered in my search for the ultimate sheeple friendly office knife. I'm pretty sure my search is over, but now I just want to push the bounderies a little more and pick up it's SE brother <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> Heck their small enough that you can carry two in comfort <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
BTW
I've decided it's probably a good thing that I don't live within 150 miles of a Spyderco stockist. I could image driving my car there and having to get the train back after selling the car for spydie cash <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."
After multiple recommendations I finally subcumed to the Bob Lum Gun Metal Chinese Folder. Oooo, what a beauty :-)
I know I'm going to be preeching to the choir, but here are my impressions for those not lucky enough to own one yet.
First off the Lum is both more delicate and more solid than the photographs suggest. Folded it appears smaller than I imagined and a lot lighter. Opened it is quite solid with a surprisingly big blade and somehow it has managed to gain weight so the heft feels good.
The blade is flat ground for all round cutting performance and has pleanty of belly which I find gives a touch more control to cuts. Up till now my Calypso Jnr was the sharpest knife I've had straight from the box, but without doubt the Lum has taken it's title.
Although it hasn't got a raised hump over the opening hole like many other Spydies, which aids thumb security, the constant arc that starts with the handle and continues along the blade meen the hump is not missed. The flat area on the top of the blade where the thumb sits is another nice touch, the rest of the spine is chamfered to give it a thinner appearance.
So many knives consentrate on making the blade look stylish, but leave the handle as just functional. The Chinese Folder has managed to blend the neccessary functionality of the handle with some very elagent and simple flowing lines, even the chamfered edges are elegant in their precision, being accentuated as they are by a ring of plain polished aluminium set against the almite gun metal blue of the rest of the handle. The back spacer is another nice touch, it looks like FRN and matches the colour scheme well.
I wouldn't say I dislike the clip, in fact I like the quirky way the screws are arranged in a half moon shape around the pivot pin, but it does ride a little high in the pocket. This is not too much of a bother to me though as it will be my weekend knife, where discretion is not so necessary.
To round up, I'm so glad Spyderco were asked to make a special run of Gun Metal Chinese Folders, as I couldn't previously see myself buying an Imperial Jade one, and even know I'm kicking myself that I didn't pick one up sooner.
On a related note, in the same package was a PE Cricket I ordered in my search for the ultimate sheeple friendly office knife. I'm pretty sure my search is over, but now I just want to push the bounderies a little more and pick up it's SE brother <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> Heck their small enough that you can carry two in comfort <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
BTW
I've decided it's probably a good thing that I don't live within 150 miles of a Spyderco stockist. I could image driving my car there and having to get the train back after selling the car for spydie cash <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
"Walk softly, but carry a big stick."