I would trade scales with you also, but I think there might be a problem if ever you were to return it to RC for warranty reasons. I think you would have to return the knife in its original configuration for replacement, you might want to ask first. I remember a knife on the exchange that was a RC 4 but not original config. and someone mentioned that there could be a problem with the warranty. I realize the importance of orange (bright colors) when I dropped my RC4 in leaves/brush, it took a few hours to find it, now I have a 8 inch orange, yellow & black braided lanyard attached which makes it quite visible. Hey, if you find someone who makes scales for the RC4, please post and let us know, I would like a second pair for my RC4. Thanks