The top is Applied weapons tech 6061-t6 aircraft grade aluminum, i have a set on the way now. they run about 80$ but for the next few days they have an ebay sale for 60$. Thats when i decided to grab a set in black. AWT is a great company that is run by a wounded vet who just wants "made in America" to be on every item he owns.
Thanks Matt and MB. Never heard of them before. Their scales are vey reasonably priced. Will end up with a pair.
Yep, they are very nice. As info mine are the dark earth with orange backspacer. I couldn't find a picture of the FDE when I ordered so this is a pretty true to life example of that color.
Ulf, the bottom scales are a material called "juma" and most likely made by "Keyman". He's a bladeforums.com member and makes amazing benchmade scales, griptilian being one of his big specialties (cause we all know Grips especially Doug Ritters have great blades but lousy plastic handles. Look him up and support a fellow member! Matt