I HOPE that this question will soon die! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crossfingers.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> For what it's worth, I dropped my Crowell/Barker bowie on my garage apron and chipped a small piece off the handle, and it's made of micarta. "Stuff" happens guys! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />