Go with the micarta. I put some homemade green and brown handles on mine and they don't look bad. The brown one still needs to be pinned and buffed but I like the way they turned out.
Here's this batch, I had one paid, so I pulled it, these are all available as of 5:35pm Pacific time Friday, May 24 2013. I will let them go first come first served, although I did give a few heads-up's by pm!
These 10 for now, have another batch coming immediately as well. Going to use spectraply on them too. Won't have the pack/lanyard sheaths done until into next week, but we can sell them off now...
Post or PM, I will dibs them by the time posted on your response...