My GRS is a 2 hand Khuk. No doubt about it. I could make the handle more skinny, but it has this awsome rope pattern all the way around the middle ring, and I could never do that. It is a very early GRS, I am told Sanu, that I bought off of YVSA, a truely amaizing tool for felling or chopping.
I really like my M43, but like Rusty, I think I too will save it for battle. Aggression just seethes from its pores.
My 18" Sanu GS is a definate worker. I bought it on a deal from the Sarki shop where,I finished the handle. Terry had already placed a shaving convex edge on it, and from the looks of it this one has some stories to tell. It is more "front heavy" in the hand than the M43, but weighs about the same. The chiruwa style of the M43 moves the balance back abit. The way the blade is shaped makes it an excellent chopper, but no where near the 18" AK I owned awhile back.
My Durba BAS, is still undergoing a facelift. (One day when I find a appropriate piece of Pink wood I will perhaps finish it.)
This is the one I almost placed a pink plastic handle on to disrupt the evil telepathic transmissions of Tsimi to his dark minions. Although that large pink khukri handle dissapeared before I was finished with fitting it to the Durba. One day it will be found, and once again maybe we, the woodchucks, the lovers of 12" khukris, and the brotherhood of all good, can ban together to overthrow the dark lord once and for all. But let us hope that this blessed plastic handle with the 7 sacred rings, and the single rat-tale hole that binds them all, is not found first by one of his wondering dancing ladies... yes... we can only pray.
Finally, my Durba 12" Surp, is probably the ultimate in fighting knives. A little longer than usual, with a smaller handle than usual, and less bend than usual. You could hike all day with this baby on and never know it was there untill you needed it.