Capt. Chris--

I vote for a Brass hilt. There is a reason--BUT we haven't gotten there yet. I just hope my "reason" isn't frozen out by the other votes on the metal for the hilt or another option that comes up.

By the way--thanks for reminding us (me!) that the thumb notches come standard on the Model 5--I sometimes drop that out of my memory bank.

Question/Suggestion--if some of us have a final configuration in mind, would it be appropriate to have us post it here, and give everyone a chance to envision the possible finished knife designs, and then letting the crew vote on whether to continue by (a) voting on one of the posted combinations, or (b) continuing on with the option-by-option build? Just a thought, but wonder what you think?

Larry