WTB ak bowie
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The AKB is great, but what you WANT is a Munk Chunk Cleaver
Actually, they are both wonderful compact choppers that will do pretty much whatever you want them to. Me, I think I have some sort of Freudian issues or something. Ya know, SAK with the most stuff, Multi-tool that is the toughest, etc Kidding of course. However, it would be fun to get a bunch of bowie collectors together with their super steels and rubber-ish handles and say, "Put 'em in a pile, fellas" then inspect the mound o' bowies and say, "yeah, I think mine still weighs a little bit more than that." Not knocking those knives at all. I would really like several of them. However, as "tactical" goes up, "romantic" goes down. Remember, life is a movie. The guy with the coolest, toughest blade will probably save the day, survive the night, and get the girl
Seriously, 2lbs of fullered steel and sexy appeal is to be respected. I keep WANTING to buy other bowie-ish knives, but can't justify it. I have a Rose that is by the bed and used for all manner of lighter stuff (by God, she's beautiful), but it is the MCC that I wouldn't be caught dead without. I don't really CARRY it per say, but it goes in the truck with me in the morning, gets packed into the office, and heads back home with me on a daily basis. Grayed blade, sanded handle, and ugly personally hand stitched sheath and all.
But this thread was about the AKB, wasn't it. Oh I have stories of the AKB. Many of them. Stories about an AKB so sharp that it was swung at a pool noodle. The noodle wobbled and I thought I had missed....until the top third just slid off the 45 degree angle slice that bisected the poor noodle. Many stories, my friend....But those are for another day
Jake
Actually, they are both wonderful compact choppers that will do pretty much whatever you want them to. Me, I think I have some sort of Freudian issues or something. Ya know, SAK with the most stuff, Multi-tool that is the toughest, etc Kidding of course. However, it would be fun to get a bunch of bowie collectors together with their super steels and rubber-ish handles and say, "Put 'em in a pile, fellas" then inspect the mound o' bowies and say, "yeah, I think mine still weighs a little bit more than that." Not knocking those knives at all. I would really like several of them. However, as "tactical" goes up, "romantic" goes down. Remember, life is a movie. The guy with the coolest, toughest blade will probably save the day, survive the night, and get the girlSeriously, 2lbs of fullered steel and sexy appeal is to be respected. I keep WANTING to buy other bowie-ish knives, but can't justify it. I have a Rose that is by the bed and used for all manner of lighter stuff (by God, she's beautiful), but it is the MCC that I wouldn't be caught dead without. I don't really CARRY it per say, but it goes in the truck with me in the morning, gets packed into the office, and heads back home with me on a daily basis. Grayed blade, sanded handle, and ugly personally hand stitched sheath and all.
But this thread was about the AKB, wasn't it. Oh I have stories of the AKB. Many of them. Stories about an AKB so sharp that it was swung at a pool noodle. The noodle wobbled and I thought I had missed....until the top third just slid off the 45 degree angle slice that bisected the poor noodle. Many stories, my friend....But those are for another day
Jake