I love the smell of micarta! Yea, all of my micarta knives stink, some more than others, but I love them for it! In fact, I keep all of my micarta knives in one compartmented container in my safe. Every now and then, when my wife's not looking, I'll open the safe to lift the lid on the container with the micarta knives in it and....ahhh! Just like in the original classic movie, "Airplane", I always say to myself, "man, I picked a fine day to stop sniffing 'carta!" HEHE!