I recently sold my DMLE for that very reason, I know the DMDC is going to show up with a bit fatter handles. To answer your question, when I got my DMLE I did not like the handles on it at all so I pm'd Dan and his response was "No custom work is offered at the SY shop" so your best bet would be to possibly wrap the handle like Pitman's infamous Mutt. I really like the blade design, it just felt really awkward with the smallish handles.