how swordy is the ak-47

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Chocula

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Weird question, huh? I'm thinking of getting one of these, but I wonder if I would need sword skills to use it decently. I don't want to get one and figure out the hard way that this knife-sword requires training to use.

I had a cheap 7" knife that I never used, so I sold it. However, I feel a void has been left and I want something to fill it. Is this overkill? Should I go for a 7-10" Busse first?

Also, how well could it function as a machete? I assume it is too light to work well, but figured I would ask anyway.

BTW I have been looking at Busse's for a long time but could never bring myself to pay so much for a knife. Crazy how times change :)
 
I have absolutely NO sword skills whatsoever and I get along just fine with my AK... :thumbup:
 
You had a seven inch that you never used, and selling it caused a void, so you want to fill it with 11 more inches? What do you plan on doing with it that would require any skills? I don't believe you need many skills to use it like a machete.
 
Why is it always the guys with the small blades, and never the guys with the big blades, who ask if size matters?
 
Ironballs said:
Why is it always the guys with the small blades, and never the guys with the big blades, who ask if size matters?
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hahahaha

I handled Mike's AK at the Pro Gun show, and it was bigger than it looks in pictures, heavy too. It was definitely a sword.
 
I swing a 4 foot bush ax on a regular basis and several Busses and SRKW products at least once a week at work. (SH-E, Rat Daddy & Battle Rat) This sword makes them all feel clunky and slow. Yes, so far all that has been cut with the AK-47 is air but the weight and variable grip options give it balance and power. How many opportunities will YOU get to wail the $hit out of a scrub oak or some nasty swamp briars, I don't know, but when I get one for a user I'll be whackin' the hell out of 3" slash pines and kudzu! :eek: :thumbup: :eek: :D
 
I want to buy an ak-47 as an investment and emergency tool. I plan to resell it in a few years if i need money and enjoy it in the mean time. I don't go outdoors as often as I'd like because i am a student, and I don't think I would use it as a machete anyway, but who knows.

The "void" i am referring to is a lack of a substantial emergency weapon. This is why i ask if the knife is easy to use or if i should go for something smaller.

Thanks for replies!
 
What kind of emergency are you trying to prepare for with a 29 inch "knife?" You don't mean... the inevitable zombie invasion, do you!?!? You need to get one for yourself as well as a spare for anyone else traveling in your party.
 
GarySoneji said:
What kind of emergency are you trying to prepare for with a 29 inch "knife?" You don't mean... the inevitable zombie invasion, do you!?!? You need to get one for yourself as well as a spare for anyone else traveling in your party.
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:thumbup: :thumbup: They're coming!!! :D :D
 
I use my Heckler and Koch's for taking out zombies at distance. The AK is for when one manages to slip by the barrage of bullets, and get within arms length... :thumbup:
 
GarySoneji said:
What kind of emergency are you trying to prepare for with a 29 inch "knife?" You don't mean... the inevitable zombie invasion, do you!?!? You need to get one for yourself as well as a spare for anyone else traveling in your party.
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haha no, but i have thought about it. The emergency I was thinking about is more along the lines of natural disaster or some other situation where I would be force out of my home and in places where I couldn't trust people/animals. That is why I had the 7" knife (which also functioned as a "camp knife," but as i said I don't go camping).

I hope that zombies obey "Shaun of the Dead" rules--a whack to the head with a cricket bat takes them out :D
 
Unfortunately, the guy that you are likely to not be able to trust in that situation will probably have a machine gun, thereby possibly putting the odds slightly in his favor versus the AK sword.
 
absolutely true, on_the_edge
If I don't end up with enough money for the ak, my decision will be much easier.
Thanks for the help guys...its good to have sense talked into me :thumbup:
 
The AK is a great cutter, and well worth the $.

I EDC mine, although not on my person.

ak-after-cutting.jpg
 
AK is actually shorter than my Japanese Swords (katana). I was surprised when I first handled it.
 
mhawg said:
I swing a 4 foot bush ax on a regular basis and several Busses and SRKW products at least once a week at work. (SH-E, Rat Daddy & Battle Rat) This sword makes them all feel clunky and slow. Yes, so far all that has been cut with the AK-47 is air but the weight and variable grip options give it balance and power. How many opportunities will YOU get to wail the $hit out of a scrub oak or some nasty swamp briars, I don't know, but when I get one for a user I'll be whackin' the hell out of 3" slash pines and kudzu! :eek: :thumbup: :eek: :D
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I think this review goes along way to answer the question... and actually pushes me closer to the ak-47 and skipping the rat daddy-
 
the difference is, you can still buy an AK47 at retail price. . .

A Rat Daddy is pretty hard to find even at a markup.

I do love my Rat Daddy, though :) (glad I got one when they came out)
 
:( :( :(

This thread has too much "tease" in it for me. The ak has me locked in its tractor beams as well. Great pic RF.
 
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