There are a lot of AKs out there and there are some good manufacturers and I have owned most of them at one time or another but the AKs I always come back to are the Norincos and Polytechs.
I had a Norinco 1911 and people felt that it was not worth more than a couple hundred bucks or did not want to trade. The Norinco copy is one of the best there is and one of very few that has 100% compatibility with all original parts.