The best non-scrapyard handle I've held is the hand-shaped linen micarta on my NMSFNO. Some of the others definitely aren't very comfortable to hold, but that hand shaped smoothness feels oh so good. Maybe not res-c good, but good.
Interesting. I don't really like the handle on my NMSFNO a whole lot, myself. I may be weird or something, but my favorite handle is the TAC handle with magnums. It just feels best in my hand.