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I'm not sure what a Munk Chunk Cleaver is but, AK stands for Ang Khola.
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The Munk Chunk, Munk Chunk Cleaver, Munk AK Bowie, Bullet Bowie, etc are all the same thing
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A very brief history of this blade is that forum member Cobalt came up with a bowie design very much like the Munk Chunk years ago. The kami's version of the design ended up looking like the regular AK bowie as seen on the website.
About 2 years ago, forumite Munk revisited the original idea of a large straight edge bowie that could do double duty as a heavy cleaver in the kitchen. A couple of months later, the first 15" 2lb chunks of steel came from Nepal. It is a fantastic chopper, if a bit heavy. I have one of the first 3 or 4 produced, and it is one of my favorite knives that I own. I was probably THE biggest AK bowie fan. However, upon receiving this gem as a birthday present to myself a couple years ago, I actually gave my old AK bowie to my father.
The problem is, no one really came up with a name that stuck. So, it gets called lots of things. If it has "Munk" in the name, it's probably the same straight edge knife.
Hope this helps!
:thumbup:A very brief history of this blade is that forum member Cobalt came up with a bowie design very much like the Munk Chunk years ago. The kami's version of the design ended up looking like the regular AK bowie as seen on the website.
About 2 years ago, forumite Munk revisited the original idea of a large straight edge bowie that could do double duty as a heavy cleaver in the kitchen. A couple of months later, the first 15" 2lb chunks of steel came from Nepal. It is a fantastic chopper, if a bit heavy. I have one of the first 3 or 4 produced, and it is one of my favorite knives that I own. I was probably THE biggest AK bowie fan. However, upon receiving this gem as a birthday present to myself a couple years ago, I actually gave my old AK bowie to my father.
The problem is, no one really came up with a name that stuck. So, it gets called lots of things. If it has "Munk" in the name, it's probably the same straight edge knife.
Hope this helps!