Im wanting to buy a AK Bowie really bad but need some info/help please...

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I am really wanting to buy a AK bowie pretty badly. I just bought a BAS and it is sweet. However I need to know a few things. How long is the blade? Im guessing from the decription that the blade is about 8 to 9 inches long. But Id like to know roughly the leangth, and width. If I don't find a used one on the exchange I will order one from Mrs. Martino when she gets back from Nepal. What a nice lady by the way. She was so nice to me on the phone when I ordered my BAS. I want a user however, and for my day to day, this would make a great EDC for work. My BAS lives on my pack, having replaced the CS Khukri (no comparison..HI wins), but when Im teaching wilderness survival to my military school cadets I want a stout bowie, as I show them alot of diffrent knives, and how they are used and explain the history behind the knives, and I do not have a good bowie. The BAS is already a huge hit, and the kids love the history behind it as a military arm. I have showed them the website and they cannot believe that the Kami's are able to do such incredible work with basic tools. I tell them that it is a testament to the Kami's spirits and work ethics..... They got a kick out of my using it as a draw knife at our last camp....They are already pouring over the HI website... Thanks for any help you can give me in making this decision as I live on a cops medical pension, and my pay at the Military school isnt much so I wanna make shure this would be everything I think it will be before I spend the cash......

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i was really debating to get this myself, but i think it will be in good hands with you. not sure if its still available but worth trying to find the guy

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Badasp, the AK bowie is one of my hands down favorite HI knives. Everything about them, to me, is perfect. They offer plenty of chop, plenty of belly, a useful point, and they generally are little less alien in western hands than a khukuri (we are all well aware of the khuk's steep and merciless learning curve :eek: )

I actually don't own one anymore simply because I gave mine to my dad. It lives in his RV and has gotten him out of a pinch a time or two. I would love to snag another one with a wooden grip but I haven't come across one when I had the funds:D

I adore all of the HI's bowie knives. The Chit, the Tirtha, the Cherokee Rose, etc. The AK Bowie will always have a very special place in my heart though:) Great nuke-proof knives.
 
Woo Hoo nabbed one off of the exchange. Got it for 73.00 shipped. What a bargin......
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