JJ you need brute knives for every room in the house....one for the car...etc.!!
also when i got my SOD the factory edge wasnt what i wanted....i had the same problem as you with the limbing. after it got a sweet convex edge it was as good as my golok.
machetes are great tools for clearing! right tool for the right job! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
the regulator sure is looking like it might be hefty! but i think that swedge will even everything out and also that bump in the tang.