Fabio, Rob and Rod, thanks very much!
I really like it too!
I actually ordered this knife from the shop in January 2003! (Note this thread was started five years ago, and thanks you Fabio for bringing it back to the surface.) I received it in four years later and it is indeed a favourite if mine.
The Rosewood was shop supplied. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe this knife no longer falls within today's five option limit.
I love the blade grind "Big Bear." At the 2005 Blade Show there was a fellow who only collected this model and had a display of over sixty "Big Bears", each with a different kind of exotic handle. Really spectacular!
Rod, you know our mosquitoes are quite large, but I think I will be able to handle them with just a "Little Bear"!
Cheers!
David