DW, I acknowledge all the above. That being said, the #16 with a double hilt is what the #16SF should look like, will do anything the SF would do, and look better doing it. A slightly downsized #14 if you will.

The #1 grind deserves a nice drop in a leather, stag, or micarta handle in standard shape or commando handle if you wish. It fits. It flows.

Kenifick was searching for a solution to a problem that didn't exist. Call me a tradionalist. My .02.

This is what a #16 fighter should look like: