I love the way the coarse black G-10 looks too. All things considered (feel, but especially how easy it is on pockets), I still prefer the less coarse G-10 texture Spyderco uses on the other Manix 2 variants and on most of their other G-10 knives. Still, I definitely wouldn't mind seeing this coarse-textured G-10 pop up on some more sprint runs in the future. :thumbup: