cmdr: welcome to the club! nice AK you got there <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

cmdr, sweeeeet!! Thanks for posting the teaser pictures, tan/tan is my favorite color combo too. There's a tan one just like yours for sale with an okuden sheath and I want it bad.

ughh...email sent about the ak. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crossfingers.gif" alt="" />

So I met up with gimmiejr today at Ban's shop so I could check out his AK.



I'm very close to getting it...


On another note, SR-77 AK would make an awesome sword, *cough cough*.

I hope you get that AK Mr.Pink. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Well, I didn't get the AK like I hoped, but it's going to a good friend, Tiny, who loves the AK as much as I do, so I'll still have the opportunity to play with it.

Unsub did recommend a second alternative company that specializes in Japaneses swords, Cheness. They seem to be the best in the $200-$300 price and perform better then some more expensive swords.

The model I'm looking at is the Tenchi Ko Katana, shorter blade then a full Katana with 2 handed grip (like the AK).



It sports a through hardened 9260 spring steel, which is soft (similar to SR-77). At $200 shipped it doesn't seem bad and all the reviews have given it good rating. It seems like slicing bottles and bamboo carpets is pretty effortless, and there are a few videos of it taking hits at a metal barrel and pole. It won't perform as well as INFI or SR-77 so I'm afraid of taking it to the chopping block. We'll see.

I think this thread needs a bump due to the recent post by Dan:


Come on, lets beat this recession together!

Pink is buying for all , whooo hoooo...LOL

Dan,
Wondering what you might price something "interesting" at? This is of course a question thrown into the wind. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Hmm...well the Busse AK-47 has 18.5" blade, 29 overall, and originally sold for $587. The DFCG is about half the size (15" overall) and sold for $140, so $280-$300 for a SY AK-47 sounds extremely reasonable and would be the sweetest sword ever.

Yea I figured about the same using the AK as a benchmark....would love it in an extended res -c handle <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Not sure what I would do with it but I would buy it.

I like the looks of this... I'll take it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

This sounds like fun... I'm in! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />