Pappy, the only side notes here have been my posts. It'll be a month or so before I have another knife to show, so any other cool knives or discussions thereof would certainly enrich the place.

BINGO....old thread titled (strangely) "Cast Handles"...as Pappy might say, the parry strip is the bomb.
Here also the link to that thread for viewing pleasure of other Ruanas scattered on this site...
http://www.knifetalkforums.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=106210&page=1



And, Pappy, I had noticed you mentioning neck sheath in the old thread. My only problem with those being always the fear of cutting the straps over handles, no matter the maker. Otherwise, I DO like a lighter sheath for city driving. This goes for either neck sheath, a leather one actually around neck, or the old sheath with neck and straps around handle.