My gut feeling is that the Regulator will feel more blade-heavy than I'd prefer. I thought/hoped that the choice to go with a saber ground blade would allow the blade to be slimmer/lighter, but that isn't the case. Also, I haven't actually held a Regulator, so I don't know that it's blade-heavy, but Dan's classification of the Regulator as a chopper is a fair indication that it is.