you could wrap the handles too, like pit did, to make them fill your hand better.

and the ratrmandu is nice (so I here) but not as "bombproof" as the DM...
they really aren't anything alike, honestly.
the mandu is probably more "useful" for woods type s tuff... but the DM is in a class of it's own.
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