The handle looks smallish.

Here's a custom I sold a while back. A great design with tapered tang and comfortable coke-bottle handle. It transferred a tremendous amount of vibration while batonning, though. He makes excellent working knives, but doesn't take custom orders.

That knife reminds of me the Browning Crowell / Barker Comp I had.

Looking at the pictures in sequence...it isn't all that similar.

I came pretty close to buying one of those.

I bought that in my lead up to finding Busse and Kin. After getting it in the mail, I instantly thought it looked like a nice version of those giant "Winchester" Bowies for sale at WalMart. Not worth the street price IMHO.

Chris Reeve just came out with a biggo 3V chopper. The prototype has a talon hole, but I'm sure the prodution model won't.

The RMD is perfect.
Also the Blade should have a full tang.

My Taz Rat is my favorite knife, but could be a little too big for some tasks.

MM

I think that we tend to over think these things, but being knife nuts why not.
Growing up most of the "survival knives" that the experienced woodsmen in my area carried was their regular hunting knife and/or their pocket knife

I don't think that I would feel hard done by if I had to survive out here with any of my hunting knives

For over 30 years my favorite outdoors knife is a Woodcraft clone made by Wade & Butchers in the 1930's
1/8" carbon blade and leather handle, certainly not a "super knife" but I know exactly what I can do with it

I don't take that knife out much anymore because I am scared of losing it
I think my most used dayhiker knife now is my ESEE HEST and it only wins out over my Yardkeeper because of the slightly longer handle and kydex sheath

I think my Wardog is choice. I am not afraid to pry with it. It slices well and cuts deeps.

I have one of those Gary! Well Maybe not. Mine is the Browning Magnum Camp with the Ken Rowe Pin lock sheath.