Totally understood mate
,buy what you are comfortable with ,never had an AKC but looked at them when I first started and I like the shape and looks of them .
If I could buy guns in England i would be divorced long ago
I sold all mine ,they were black powder Civil war pistols,Savages ,colts,remingtons,Allen and wheelock etc and many carbines when my children started needing things constantly ,miss every one of them.
Let us know when you get your knife would like to see it