I can't answer your question but looking at the handles- WOW! That is freakin' cool how they make those. And be sure to check out the link in that thread to another person's photo page of handle materials:
http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x45/shadetrees/?start=allHmm... makes me wonder what to do with my Mk3 handles....
Thanks for the inspiration!
Jason