Well it's midnight and I just got back from 3 days of construction outta state 12 hours a day, and my deer creek was waiting on the table when I walked in. Super nice blade Scott , thank you. The micarta is real nice. Very ergonomic. Beefy. Hey if you ever get tired of making blades you could do fine just making sheaths! Seriously , I'm happy. I'll post again when I have some time in beatn on it