Thanks for the kind words guys.

Chief, I don't have the knife yet, but I believe that the hilt is nickel silver, the butt is aluminum and the spacers are black, aluminum and horsehide. I really like the BMK Mission blade profile as well; a great looking all-round hunter-camper-utility design (and it looks like it would make a good fighter as well if you built it with a double hilt...hmmm, now there's a thought).

"The James Gang" (great name Pap!) just smoked it out of the park with this one.

Warren, I'm sure that a Mission will join the rest of your BMK family sooner or later. You've got some killer pieces and I can't wait to see what's coming next.