I've been hoping that AK will be in the $800-$900 range (basically 1.5 * [CG AK price]), but the more I consider it, the price tends to increase; it may well cost more than twice as much as a CG, and I don't think I can go for a $1200+ blade right now. I've been looking at it and thinking, "How should this be priced in comparison to an AA?", and I'm finding it real hard to expect that it'll be less -- it has huge a "Ooo... Ahhh..." factor, but if ever there was a safe queen AK, that's it.