I want a taper tang with weight forward - you can get a little chop. The top is also raised allowing for more batoning ( I never have my axe when I need it, should take it out of the frame sometimes
) and the offset angle will allow my knuckles to stay sqaure but have a slight slicing action for when I'm carving, hence the dip at the top.
This is all still hypothetical as I have a bushy with a slight twist which is working well and one in the making that is meant to be for sale, but I shall see. I'm trying to use as many knives as possible in as many and varied situations as I can to pick up all the best features. I'm not going to make a final decision until I've had Stu's bushy on the BB passaround.
I have two (long painful) years until my career change, then I hope to be in the woods every day, which is when I'd like it right for. So lots of 'see how it goes' having access to metal means I can make then from mild stell and have a 'go' without too much investment, but having dealt with Stuart I know that the 'trust' thing you spoke of will take this a lot further. I hope he's prepared to do it for me.