For edc (smaller knives in urban setting) i prefer micarta or even cheapo zytle to ResC... just because the ResC grips clothing a little too much, making a fast draw unreasonable imo. But for larger choppers,... ResC is king.

I was taking down a large and recently dead Apricot tree a few days ago.. very dry, hard, dense wood. My M6 gave a brutal shock through the micarta handle, i can live with it, but she was brutal. My larger Battle rat (tan grip, same as your pics) was a pleasure to work with. Sure it bit harder and deeper into the wood (being a larger knife) but that also means i was impacting harder aswell, and the ResC ate up the jarring vibrations and such...