We've got a few new checkered handles in the latest batch and they feel as good in the hand as they look. We've only done this on a small handful of knives to date, and I know Tom can attest to the character it brings to a handle. They're done by Rebecca Reimers, who works in the checkering room at Cooper Firearms in the Bitterroot Valley, about a half hour south of us. With Cooper's permission she does these off the clock as a side project, and she does well.