RN, I was originally going to go with muddy blade and black micarta but Eric posted he had some blades ready to ship but only in a few colors so I went black and tan. I love it, goes great with my black and tan Regulator.

If I were you I would email Eric about the layaway deal, it was what I was going to do as well but my impatience got the better of me.

Something else about the edge retention. I cleaned the blade yesterday and gave it a very quick touch up on the sharpening. I was still a bit doubtful about the no damage thing so I checked the blade again and got the slightest of cuts, not the ones that hurt but are just the outer layers of skin. It is razor sharp. Very impressed with this steel.