I thought the knife came with SS handles! Mine is enroute to me and G-10 is perfect. I am glad I was wrong.
-Mat
I receive my Damascus Leek last week. Out of the box, it was very slow opening and the assisted opening was not working well at all. I had to disassemble the knife, clean off a sticky coating on the blade and pivots and adjust the assisted opening spring to get a reasonable action. I have several Kershaws and this is the first one ouot of the box that I hever had a problem with.
Now that the knife is working better, I really like the damascus Leek.
Cheers!