Aye, the difference really looks rather minor.
Now I'm really confused :-/
Cheers for the pics gimmejr. Lovin' the details of the grips, all the grains are what really makes me prefer micarta over the g10.
That and the workshop here has bucket loads of G10 knocking about for handles on equipment so I guess it's not so .... exotic (if that's the right word) for me anymore :/