First impressions and mini-review AK Bowie.

John Johnson & Oom Bill,
I have completed the scan of a selection of my handle wrap work as discussed a few days ago. I haven't the foggiest how to post the .jpeg here, so I'll e-mail it to you both. Could you please post it for me? I would LOVE to own an HI AK Bowie with such a handle! Anyone who feels led, please tell me what you think about my handle idea.

-Redleg Out.

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"Blessed is the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle..." excerpted from Psalms 144.

 
And here's the picture -- I hope!

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Uncle Bill
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John and Yvsa,

Just last week I was in about 150 km from Minniapolis. I was there in Minniapolis for a few days about 3 months ago. It seems to be an interest place and the weather is better than here in Ontario.

Finally a bowie that can chop decent.

Will
 
First of all, Merry Christmas everyone!
I wanted to revive this thread in order to get your opinion on my handle ideas for the AK Bowie, or even for Khuk's. Please see the pics that Uncle Bill so graciously posted for me several posts back. I personally would love an AKB or Khuk with such a handle. Anyway, I'm on my way out to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary, so I'll check back tomorrow.
-Redleg out.

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"Blessed is the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle..." excerpted from Psalms 144.

 
Maybe not, but I like the idea. I guess I'll have unpack the anvil and start forging again! I think that the ability to mix and match styles from differing periods is pretty neat. Only in the info age could we even be discussing such topics!
BTW, what's the latest on the AK Bowie?
-Redleg out.

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"Blessed is the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle..." excerpted from Psalms 144.

 
Oom Bill,
Sounds good. I can't wait to hear about/see the latest on these awesome AKB's! How about a head-to-head with the commercial bowies? I'll bet you could chop a certain hype-machines bowie right in half!
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-Redleg out.

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"Blessed is the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle..." excerpted from Psalms 144.
 
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Hopefully I can get out next week for some real testing.
I have reworked the handle some and I will test it on some small trees
outback that need to come out so I can do anymore modification before the bigger test if needed.
It sure feels better in the hand now and I have left it as "filed" for the improved grip.

My sweet wife is home all this week and I am really enjoying her time off from work!
We worked at the same place and for several years were together almost 24 hours a day.
I miss that much more than the working itself!

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Uncle,et al.
After reworking the handle I found I have gotten rid of the "hot spots".
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My wife wanted some stuff cleared out back and I ued it to do that.I chopped down a couple of elms about 4" thick and it took me about 14 -16 whacks to get each one down.
They were on a slope and not real easy to get to with all the other stuff around them.Part of this is due to my disability.
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I then chopped some privet bushes down and cleared some honeysuckle vine.The handle is very comfortable now and with no slipping in the hand!

An interesting aspect I noticed is that I wound up holding the handle more towards the butt than I did before.Probably because of the added leverage it gave.Being used to the khukuris while chopping probably doesn't help much.This may be a personal prejudice I may have to overcome and being aware of it should help with the real test.I sure don't think it's the AK Bowies fault.I really Do Like this knife and with the handle fitted to my personal grip it even "feels" lighter.

My thoughts right now is that the handle can be modified to fit each individual owner and perhaps should be left alone.It will be interesting to see Cliff's take on it.

Another interesting bit of info is that the horn when filed looks much like Bead Blasted Black Linen Micarta and is similar in it's gripping power.
I like it so much that I am going to use rough sandpaper and do the whole handle.
I am also gonna try using the same technique with my MS and GS and 18" AK!! I believe that it will make them even More Efficient than they are now!!
My personal opinion is that the sanded surface would be much more secure than even the crosshatching and without the discomfort that may bring!! One thng for certain,it does reduce the glare off the polished horn too.


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I went over to Lynn Griffith's today along with Richard and Chief from the forums to participate in a test to destruction of some knives.Some were plain POS's and some were made by some well known manufacturers.The test included on of Lynn's larer knifes and it wound up being totally destroyed by bending it sidways in a vise.
It was also one of the few that cut through a 3/8" carriage bolt.I am very impressed with the ATS-34 that Lynn uses as his steel of choice for his knives.Great Stuff!!

What does this have to o wit our very own Cobalt Special AK Bowie?
Easy!! When it came to the flex test and bolt cutting I threw it into the mix!!
Of course i doesn't flex much and I should have let one of the stout young guys there do that part of it,but I flexed it a bit with the tip just the depth of the vise jaws,about 3/4".Needless to say it didn't flex much and it returned to true.

I put the bolt just above the recurve of the blade and tightene the vise confident tht no major damage would occur.
It cut the boly in half with jut a bit of rolling on the edge.A couple of minutes with my old Cattaragus 225Q and a chakma I forgot I had in my pocket and then a bit of finish work with a small hard blade I also had in my pocket and the edge was shaving sharp again with no sign of where the bolt was cut in two.
The other guys were also impressed.The AK Bowe performe just as I figured it would.

Lynn's ATS-34 blade which was 0.050" at the top of the sharpening bevel fared the best in the test with very little evidence as to where the bolt was cut in two,but we're talking about a full hardened blade here.

Richard is gonna post some pix and write up the review on all the knives.
I will send the cut off bolt end to Uncle Bill probably when he gets back from Nepal.

Maybe this will be the week I can do some serious testing with the AK Bowie.At least now we know it will cut bolts in two with minimal damage.
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