Balaur Arms Kriegsmesser (German War-Knife) Review and Cutting ft. alientude! Better than Cold Steel

The collaborative sword review with Kyle of the alientude channel on the new Balaur Arms Kriegsmesser (German War-knife)--a new model as a collaborative effort between Kult of Athena and LK Chen.
This Kriegsmesser is designed to be a handsome and nimble little brother of the Albion Knecht, with a nice hourglass silhouette and a broadened but extremely thin blade at the point of percussion to maximize the cutting potential. There's more than 75% of distal taper ensuring some incredibly lively handling characteristics, by starting out very thick at the base, it’s almost completely rigid in the bottom ⅔ of the blade and only flexes at the top ⅓-ideal for a cutting-oriented sword (measurements at the bottom of this post). It has a beautifully fluted nagel-riveted through the guard and the tang. The wooden grips sandwich the full-width tang, and have a shallow groove on each side to be ergonomic. Comes with a handsome scabbard with foliate pattern deco on the leather wrapping, a writhen chape, and perforated locket. This represents the best kriegsmesser offering after Albion discontinued their limited-run Knecht!
Kyle's version of this review • Does this German war k... on his alientude channel / @alientude
In the video, more detailed stats are presented in comparison with the Albion Knecht and the Cold Steel kriegsmesser made by OTC who was dropped by Kult of Athena as the 1st maker of the Balaur Arms brand. Here are the simplified version of the stats:
Kriegsmesser
Blade length: 32.5” (82.6 cm)
Over length: 43.4” (110.2 cm)
Weight: 2 lbs 13.4 oz (1287 g)
Point of balance: 3.25” (8.25 cm)
Distal taper
Base thickness: 6.8 mm
Midpoint thickness: 4.2 mm
End of fuller thickness: 2.2 mm
2” from the tip thickness: 1.5 mm
Profile taper
Base width: 42.2 mm
12” from the base width: 35.3 mm
Midpoint width: 36.2 mm
Broadest part of the foible: 39 mm