Yeah, kukris are more choppers, than slicers. You use that forward heavy balance to get a good bite on each chop. You don't really use them with a slicing motion (which you generally don't use in chopping anything thicker anyway).That thing look bad ass and I would definitely buy it. However I tend to feel let down when using any Khukri as they have the head weight to get your confidence up, but because of the inside curve, you can't get that katana style slicing motion going.... but I might just have bad technique!