Norad, I presume when you remove the weight there will be space for few small items. Anyway I don't like using knife handle for a kit, so that won't be a problem.

I thought about weight issue, lighter knife is always better choice, and usualy I prefer weight forward balance, which if we are corect in guessing is achived by removing the weight, so that solution will be nice. Obviosly more neutral balance will bring weight a little up, but on the other side, from my experience in knife testing and design, even small weight difference on the end of the handle will move balance a lott. So aded weight should be small.

Bogdan