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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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12 inches AK
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Cool. Are you going to post pics or what. How does it chop? Andy
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That's great
you're gonna love the little bugger. I need to get another one myself. I had a great villager 12" AK, but the handle was WAY too small. I should have kept it, but I'm sure it's gone to a good home.
Andy, the 12" AK is whole different animal from even the 15" AK. Generally, they come in close to or < 1oz per inch. If the Pen Knife isn't "traditional" enough for you, the 12"AK makes just about the perfect light camping knife. It'll chop stuff up to a couple inches just fine to get a small fire going. If you've got logs to go through, then an 18" AK, YCS, GRS, or WWII is a lot better, but if I were going on a long hike I'd take along a 12" AK, PK, or even a Siru. they don't scare people too bad because they aren't any bigger than a Ka-bar, but they have so much work in them. If were concerned about animals, then i'd pack some sort of trailgun, but if i HAD to square off with a big cat, the 12" AK wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. They don't chop like their big brothers, but if you think about the amount of damage that can be doled out...jeeze.
Wow, i think i just talked myself into one
Jake
you're gonna love the little bugger. I need to get another one myself. I had a great villager 12" AK, but the handle was WAY too small. I should have kept it, but I'm sure it's gone to a good home.Andy, the 12" AK is whole different animal from even the 15" AK. Generally, they come in close to or < 1oz per inch. If the Pen Knife isn't "traditional" enough for you, the 12"AK makes just about the perfect light camping knife. It'll chop stuff up to a couple inches just fine to get a small fire going. If you've got logs to go through, then an 18" AK, YCS, GRS, or WWII is a lot better, but if I were going on a long hike I'd take along a 12" AK, PK, or even a Siru. they don't scare people too bad because they aren't any bigger than a Ka-bar, but they have so much work in them. If were concerned about animals, then i'd pack some sort of trailgun, but if i HAD to square off with a big cat, the 12" AK wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. They don't chop like their big brothers, but if you think about the amount of damage that can be doled out...jeeze.
Wow, i think i just talked myself into one
Jake
Yes steely this one made a great camp knife.......at 12.48 OZ it felt so light.......but with spine width of a little more than 5/16 inch it looks thick !
True the handle on mine is a little small............fits me OK
And the point on that little bugger..........very good self defence weapon.
True the handle on mine is a little small............fits me OK
And the point on that little bugger..........very good self defence weapon.
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Thank you, Astro.
Luckily, i was never in harms way. Please post up some pics of your AK if you can. That would just about drive me over the edge to buying one. HIKV is flairing up again
Jake
Luckily, i was never in harms way. Please post up some pics of your AK if you can. That would just about drive me over the edge to buying one. HIKV is flairing up again
Jake