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It arrived Friday. On Friday, it got a work-out. On Saturday, it rested. On Sunday, it was used on a hill-side full of multi-flora rose bushes and wild cherry saplings.(MISERABLE work)
dimensions? 12 in overall, 7 3/4 inch blade, 4 inch handle. AK by KS with a trident. Top of blade as thick as my 15 in Bura AK.
But, it has a sense of being about one-third the size of the 15 inch AK. It has so much less weight, and almost seems invisible after using the larger knife.
I love it. It would work perfectly for deer butchering, a job the 15 inch had too much size to be handy for.
On the wild cherry trees, it sliced through with one or two chops on green trees 7/8 to 1 1/2 inch thick trees. If I had put more slam in to the hit, it may have gone through all with one hit.
With the multiflora rose (a spreading, thorny, annual or eternal, clingy, nasty, evil bush-like thing), the 12 inch was less useful because the lack of reach--you have to push the branches back and cut down at the ground/root level. Also, the lesser weight at the end of the swing inhibited the slicing ability. The 15 inch AK was much more effective.
Even with leather gloves, protective glasses, leather coat and head protection...multiflora rose is evil...so the longer blade helped keep me further from severe damage.
So, the 12 inch AK will be carried much more frequently than the 15 inch because it is less conspicuous, has a spine that will allow me to drive it through branches for firewood for light camping, is of a size to use handily for large game.
It cannot replace the 15 inch though. If I were to spend a week-end camping and needed much more than just cooking wood for a small fire, if I wanted to clear, or utilize large saplings for a shelter support, if I were going into areas I was not familiar with...the larger bladed AK would probably be my choice.
I guess, the bottom line...is that they really aren't different sizes of the same knife...they are entirely different tools with remarkable utility.
Finally,
Thank you, Bill and Bill
dimensions? 12 in overall, 7 3/4 inch blade, 4 inch handle. AK by KS with a trident. Top of blade as thick as my 15 in Bura AK.
But, it has a sense of being about one-third the size of the 15 inch AK. It has so much less weight, and almost seems invisible after using the larger knife.
I love it. It would work perfectly for deer butchering, a job the 15 inch had too much size to be handy for.
On the wild cherry trees, it sliced through with one or two chops on green trees 7/8 to 1 1/2 inch thick trees. If I had put more slam in to the hit, it may have gone through all with one hit.
With the multiflora rose (a spreading, thorny, annual or eternal, clingy, nasty, evil bush-like thing), the 12 inch was less useful because the lack of reach--you have to push the branches back and cut down at the ground/root level. Also, the lesser weight at the end of the swing inhibited the slicing ability. The 15 inch AK was much more effective.
Even with leather gloves, protective glasses, leather coat and head protection...multiflora rose is evil...so the longer blade helped keep me further from severe damage.
So, the 12 inch AK will be carried much more frequently than the 15 inch because it is less conspicuous, has a spine that will allow me to drive it through branches for firewood for light camping, is of a size to use handily for large game.
It cannot replace the 15 inch though. If I were to spend a week-end camping and needed much more than just cooking wood for a small fire, if I wanted to clear, or utilize large saplings for a shelter support, if I were going into areas I was not familiar with...the larger bladed AK would probably be my choice.
I guess, the bottom line...is that they really aren't different sizes of the same knife...they are entirely different tools with remarkable utility.
Finally,
Thank you, Bill and Bill