I want to do a blade swap on my PM2 help me decide which to choose

[JimJones]

Hey guys
My favorite PM2 scale option is the Digi Cam I carried mine exclusively for 2 or 3 years. I don’t know why but I really like that color option the most but I’m not much of a fan of the S30v steel it has on it this is where the tough decision come in and I would like to see what you guys think and which direction you would lean. If Bento Box had the M390’s in stock I would just order on of those and be done with it but unfortunately they are out of stock so my options are as follows.

I currently have the following versions of PM2’s

M4 / Jade
I kind of like the jade scales of this model I don’t have anything else like it. And it has the smoothest action of any PM2 I have. It is as smooth or smoother than the one that I EDC’d for 2 or 3 years the blade just fly’s out so I kind of hate to mess with this one. I think I’ve only ever carried it twice so it’s practically NIB.

Elmax / Foliage green
Another one that has never been carried practically NIB. I’ve held on to it this long just because it also has a great action and is razor sharp. I don’t know too much about Elmax other than a few years back a lot of people were hating on ZT for using it. Not a huge fan of the scale color I don’t love or hate them I guess I’m kind of neutral on the color.

CTS 204p / Green
Not in my current inventory I traded it to my brother but we are about to work out a trade on some other stuff so I could get it back if I wanted to and even if I don’t use it for a blade swap I might get it back just to have it again. Also NIB neither of us has ever carried it. From what I have read about this steel I like it a lot supposedly the American equivalent of M390. The only other blade I have with this steel is a ZT but I’ve only had it a couple of weeks so I can’t give any opinions about it yet. Also don’t really want to cannibalize this because I really like the green color of the scales.

Last option would be to order a blurple S110v
I’m not a steel expert by any means but from what little research I have done everybody says it’s great. I have the most experience with S30v and VG-10. This is just my opinion but I don’t really like S30v for me I can’t get it as sharp as VG-10 and I find it chips too easily like I said this is my opinion so if you love S30v good for you it’s just not my favorite.

Like I said I wish Bento Box had the M390’s in stock cause that is what I would really like to have but what do you guys think?

[p_atrick]

204p

[JimJones]

204p

That’s kind of what I was thinking since it’s the closest to what I want but I also think the green scales are pretty cool so I kind of hate to mess with it.

[attila]

Why swap blades? If I understand it correctly, you could just swap the scales, keeping the metallic hardware all mated to their original blades.

[p_atrick]

204p

That’s kind of what I was thinking since it’s the closest to what I want but I also think the green scales are pretty cool so I kind of hate to mess with it.

Those scales are the best color I have seen (the ZDP Delica are nice too). There's a guy up on /r/knife_swap who has a 204p PM2 up for sale. Sadly he has these titanium scales on it. They aren't ugly, but he didn't say anything about the original scales. Moreover, the knife is more expensive because of the ti scales. Should have left well enough alone.