your favourite handle material?

Man, that's a hard question.
I guess for pure utility I would pick zytel or aluminum. Micarta is even better (and better looking) but it costs more.

For old-fashion nostalgic appeal I like stabilized wood on larger knives and yellow delrin on pocket-knives.

For beauty (but not strength) I love mother-of-pearl.

For some reason I never have cared for stag or bone.
 
Well...I like the natural materials too. However, my favorite is carbon fiber. To my eyes, carbon fiber is just beautiful! I purchased a CF M-16 a few weeks ago and I can hardly take my eyes off it. The bead blasted carbon fiber handles are wonderfully attractive and functional.

Will
 
Folders would have to be jigged bone.

For large fixed blades I'm kinda partiral to canvas Micarta.

For novelty I'd have to say pre-historic / fossilized whale vertebrae(sp?). I saw a maker at the Atlanta Blade Show with a lockback handled in this stuff. Very interesting texture. I could hold it an almost imagine some sort of gargantuan whale-like creature swimming in a sea that used to cover some part of North America...
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Jon
 
Micarta
Wood--especially cocobolo
Aluminum

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