Tristan,<br><br>The Spyderco Wegner is a liner-locking, drop point blade knife. It is made out of ATS-34. It has G-10 handles. I haven't had mine long enough to reccomend it unconditionally. Key word: unconditionally. My family paid $92.00 for it for my birthday last week. Best birthday present I've gotten ever. It replaces a Benchmade AFCK (nice knife but I never loved it). If, God forbid, I lose the Wegner, I'll replace it with another Wegner. I have no experience with the CUDA, but I've heard good things. Also, in my experience, nothing that AG Russell sells sucks.<br><br>Hope this helps.<br><br>Andy