User. Needs a brass butt cap.
A #22 style handle will also show more wood grain & add the crows beak will add a little more weight at the back end.

Thanks for the detailed response Duke and Capt. The biggest knife that I have had much experience with in the field #18 and it has a decent balance.
Pretty and useful would get my vote.

Dennis

So, at this point seems to me we've got 3 options left to finish up this #5-8" very useful, incredibly beautiful, potentially safe queen Randall which is evolving into a compromise knife. My users are beautiful and my beautiful safe queen (or 2) are potentially users. No getting around this truth. Guess it's more fill the options with which that's still possible?........Or just stop sooner & say "we're done & hope I win." Any way we got a very useful, incredibly beautiful, potentially safequeen #5-8" Randall.
It's kinda' like crabcake baby....it's all good!

I don't like crab cakes. Not even a little bit.
..............."BUT"..............Thanks to everyone for their comments. Let's figure it out and get done! 1st off.
ROLL CALL VOTE!! Vote for one "ONLY"!
A) Leave the butt end natural
B) Put something on it
That's it. 3 days to vote. Call it Wednesday night!
Thanks, Capt. Chris

A

B

A

B) Put something on it

B

Pap

A