the knife i already designed and made, the magnum cleaver, is the more compact and versatile version of the knife i describe below and haven't made yet.
10" blade (maybe even bigger!), 1/8" thick, scandi ground kukri or golok. differentially tempered 1080 with any form of rubber grip, so long as it's not heavily indexed.
basically a short machete made with the love that goes into a knife.