Hi Rusty! Don't you have a tarwar blem also? Like you I'm a bit on the teeny side compared to some of the other people that frequent bladeforums (case in point, the infamous knife destroyer Cliff Stamp). At 5'9" I am a little bit bigger than you though. However, I still find that my tarwar is a bit much for me. The handle isn't as big as a D cell Mag-lite but it is pretty big. You would probably want to sand it down a bit. Good news though is that the handle is long enough for a two handed grip. When I play with it it feels kind of slow. It is 2 1/4 lbs. I don't know if this is heavy for a sword or not as this is the first sword that I have owned. I also have not trained with blades, so please take that into account when reading this. The balance is superb however and I have no doubt that in a trained person's hands this sword would be a deadly weapon. What else would you expect from Bura? Anyways, I am curious as to how other swords handle. Maybe I should just stick khukuris. I already have one addiction and I don't know if my pocketbook can handle another one.
Chris
P.S. How heavy are dhas usually? They look a lot lighter and faster than my tarwar. Upon further reflection though I just realized that BirGorkha really overbuilds their khukuris. Maybe it is the same with their tarwars.
