A new Kizlyar video showing their use of mostly old school craftsmanship...

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I'll start off by stating that I own about twenty or so Kizlyar made products, which I had purchased to include them into my collecting hobby.

Kizlyar is a well known knife and sword maker in many parts of the world, but is barely on anyone's radar here in the USA.
With Kizlyar being located in Dagestan Russia, and with Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine, it looks like their chances of gaining more traction over here in America is very unlikely, (at least for the foreseeable future).
I myself am refraining from acquiring any more Kizlyar items, at least for now, and have my personal reasons for doing so.

Okay, I want to put the political entanglements aside for a moment and discuss Kizlyar's products.
They are made with a blend of modern and old school craftsmanship.
The 22 minute video below, which Kizlyar put up on youtube this morning, gives a nice glimpse of how a lot of this is done. They make everything right in house, even their own sheaths and scabbards.

I think most of you folks will find it interesting 👍

It does start off with their main public representative talking about the firm in Russian, and that lasts for about one minute. So, unless you understand Russian, it would be best to skip forward to the 1 minute mark, that's when the visuals of their work begins...


I please ask for this thread to not become a slam fest on the current war that Russia has going on in Ukraine. I myself find it a horrible situation and have a good friend that has some family over there in Ukraine. It angers me that Putin has done this terrible thing.
But, I would simply like this thread to be a focus on these products made by craftsmen and craftswomen at Kizlyar.
Thank you in advance for not letting it become a thread about the war 👍
 
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Here are two Kizlyar made Kindjal Daggers that I own. I noticed they showed a few glimpses of these during that video above 👍

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Here are some examples of my other Kizlyars...

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Here is my Kizlyar 'Phoenix Combat' model knife.
It has a full length/full width tang, micarta type handle scales, U8 Russian Carbon Steel blade material, and a matte black hard chrome finish.
I believe this model has somewhat been sought after here in the US, at one time being very difficult to find, (unless one was willing to order it from abroad). While still pretty scarce in the USA, there have been a few US online vendors that have sold them.
If it looks familiar, it's because 'Tops' Knives makes their own rendition of this Russisn knife.
Tops calls theirs the 'Wild Pig Hunter'.
I don't believe the Tops version is an licensed/authorized one, but it clearly is based on the Phoenix knife. (I own both).

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Tops Wild Pig Hunter
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LostCause said:
After what has Russia done to Ukraine - I'm not even taking in consideration to buy anything from Russia.

I'm from Balkans BTW.
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I totally understand. I myself have taken any new Russian sourced products off of my buying list.
I would still consider buying a pre-owned/secondary market Russian product that would not cause a replenishment from Russia like a new one from a vendor would. I mean, when a new product vendor replenishes his stock, it means that more product would be purchased and brought in from Russia by him/her to refill their inventory. That would mean new product(s) that the Russian government would get some money from in the form of taxes/tariffs, or whatever. And, since I don't want one red cent going into the coffers of the Russian government, I am not buying new Russian made products.

With that said, I'm not promoting anyone purchase these knives simply because I shared a Kizlyar video and pics of their knives. I'm simply sharing the video because it shows some of the hands on labor/craftsmanship that is involved during the manufacturing of Kizlyar's knives/swords. It's something that I feel would be interesting and appreciated by the average knife enthusiast that may choose to watch it.
Again, please, let's try to focus on the company and it's knives going forward in this thread. Let's not make it about Putin's terrible decision to invade his neighbors in Ukraine, or about the war crimes that are being done to Ukranian civilians under his command.
Please... Thank you 😊
 
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Happy or not- it's coming
Please, enjoy quickly.

Living in woods but with power, phone and internet :^))))
Quite hermit way
 
PocketKnifeJimmy said:
I'll start off by stating that I own about twenty or so Kizlyar made products, which I had purchased to include them into my collecting hobby.

Kizlyar is a well known knife and sword maker in many parts of the world, but is barely on anyone's radar here in the USA.
With Kizlyar being located in Dagestan Russia, and with Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine, it looks like their chances of gaining more traction over here in America is very unlikely, (at least for the foreseeable future).
I myself am refraining from acquiring any more Kizlyar items, at least for now, and have my personal reasons for doing so.

Okay, I want to put the political entanglements aside for a moment and discuss Kizlyar's products.
They are made with a blend of modern and old school craftsmanship.
The 22 minute video below, which Kizlyar put up on youtube this morning, gives a nice glimpse of how a lot of this is done. They make everything right in house, even their own sheaths and scabbards.

I think most of you folks will find it interesting 👍

It does start off with their main public representative talking about the firm in Russian, and that lasts for about one minute. So, unless you understand Russian, it would be best to skip forward to the 1 minute mark, that's when the visuals of their work begins...


I please ask for this thread to not become a slam fest on the current war that Russia has going on in Ukraine. I myself find it a horrible situation and have a good friend that has some family over there in Ukraine. It angers me that Putin has done this terrible thing.
But, I would simply like this thread to be a focus on these products made by craftsmen and craftswomen at Kizlyar.
Thank you in advance for not letting it become a thread about the war 👍
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Anyway,
that guy in clip looks as brother of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers :^D
 
Zulus said:
Anyway,
that guy in clip looks as brother of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers :^D
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I was actually once watching one of their videos, and was surprised to see two of him!... He has a twin brother that looks identical to him.
Since I don't understand Russian, I just watch the videos to see how they make knives. The visuals are all pretty self explanatory 😊
 
The third knife down in the following photo is another of my Kizlyar made knives. I actually have two of them, with this one being in Japanese Aus-8 stainless steel, and my other one being in Russian U8 carbon steel.

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The below pic shows the U8 carbon steel version of the knife I show above.
The black finish on the blade is a matte black chrome finish.

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Here are a few more of my Kizlyar knives...

In the following picture, the Kizlyar is at the bottom of the photo...

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This next photo shows a Kizlyar at the top...

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This next photo shows two Kizlyar knives with the black stonewash finished blades...

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Those are beautiful knives. Russia has so much to offer -- brilliant engineering, luxurious furs, abundant energy and food, wonderful fashions fashions -- that it could offer the world, except for brutal dictators like Putin who fear losing their power over others.
 
Arathol said:
This is an older Kizlyar Biker 2 folder with stag slabs.
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I'm a bit surprised at seeing a Kizlyar folder has made it into this thread, since they are not Kizlyar's forte, and are more more scarce in the US than their fixed blades counterparts. Thanks for sharing.

Kizlyar has simply not been a commonly found knife in the USA market. Now, I imagine they will be even more uncommon.

The other Kizlyar brand, (Kizlyar Supreme), which I believe is brought in and distributed by CAS Iberia, are much more commonly found being sold within the USA. But, Kizlyar Supreme is not related to the slightly older Kizlyar of Dagestan Russia company.
As a matter of fact, the Kizlyar of Dagestan company was quite perturbed that the other company was using a brand name which seemed to deliberately be chosen to confuse buyers into thinking that the two companies were one and the same.
Kizlyar of Dagestan started a bit of a campaign to distinguish their brand from the other newcomer, but unless you are a true knife person, the two brands still get placed into the same bag, especially with just the average non knife nut buyer.

When I've looked up Kizlyar online, there is one Australian distributor/seller that seems to be that country's main source for the Kizlyar, (of Dagestan Russia), brand, and a ton of different sources for them in Europe.
As for the USA?... Not do much. I believe the US has just a few dealers that deal with the brand at any real level, and even those sales levels are likely not very impressive. I'm sure their sales numbers will diminish even further now.

Btw, Kizlyar of Dagestan has a separate division for their most artistic high end pieces, that being Nord Crown. They are made in a separate location, I believe in St. Petersburg, and they have their highest skilled knife making artists there.

Nord Crown...
Nord Crown is a famous Russian Art - Studio specializing in custom and small series art knives. Nord Crown received a lot of international and national awards and in 2000 the knife ‘Gurza’ received a Golden Medal from the Chamber of Trade and Industry of the USA.
 
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akguy59 said:
Very nice knives Jimmy. We need to remember that Kizlyar didn't invade Ukraine the Russian Army did.
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That argument is often heard. We can and should enjoy the knives for sure, but unless Kizlyar posts on their website that they are against the invasion and war, I can appreciate that a person in Eastern Europe may feel that supporting any Russian product helps fuel what is happening.
 
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