it actually does look like it would be a heavy blade. just off looks i'd take the kuk but youb just never know until you hold some blades. but i also lean toward the smaller blades myself. i did like the BWM and the M9LE when I had them but even they were a little too big for what I considered "users". I do still want another BWM since it seemed like the most useful big blade I've had my hands on.