Tactical fixed.

makandr · Jul 1, 2020

abbydaddy said:
That knife is a stunner. When you post knives like that, it makes me wish that it was easier to buy Russian knives in the US.

It's from the realm of fiction...

makandr · Jul 1, 2020

Next in process ... NIOLOX.

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Two lower X-XI centuries.
Upper - Middle Ages.

fausto nasafiaschi · Jul 28, 2020

makandr said:

Amazing as usual, this would be an issue knife re handled correct? Can you tell me / us about its origin?

makandr · Jul 28, 2020

fausto nasafiaschi said:
Amazing as usual, this would be an issue knife re handled correct? Can you tell me / us about its origin?

You are right this is an 1941 pattern army knife blade rehandled in Chukotka in the village of Uelen - the most eastern settlement of Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uelen

abbydaddy · Jul 29, 2020

makandr said:
You are right this is an 1941 pattern army knife blade rehandled in Chukotka in the village of Uelen - the most eastern settlement of Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uelen

Hey! I once lived less than 100 kilometres from Uelen! In Wales, Alaska.

I mostly grow up in Nome, about 270 kilometres from Uelen, but Uelen was certainly a name i heard a lot growing up. I think one of the shop keepers back home was from Uelen originally.

makandr · Jul 29, 2020

abbydaddy said:
Hey! I once lived less than 100 kilometres from Uelen! In Wales, Alaska.

I mostly grow up in Nome, about 270 kilometres from Uelen, but Uelen was certainly a name i heard a lot growing up. I think one of the shop keepers back home was from Uelen originally.

Really curious!