I also like KnifeGuy's rounded choil, and reduced guard. Of less import to me (personally) is the handle style so long as it stays res-c (I'll never understand the desire for anything else over res-c). That being said, I agree that the handles of my SS4s (mudders) are significantly less grippy and harder than those of my Battle Rat , and Howler...so if I was able to chose, I would prefer the "old" res-c handle, but again, this is less important to me on this size of a knife than rounding and shorting the choil (although I definitely would still like the choil to be of "full finger" useable size).