Why do you guys need steel in the guard??? Res-C is pretty firm. Do you have really sharp fingers and worried if you stab into something your hand will slide onto the blade???

I'm betting it'll be juuuuuuust fine the way it is.

Now Dan has to use the same handle and make a honkin-big (to fit that big handle) dagger. YEAHBABY! It's not a boot knife, it's a hip-wader knife!