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ROSaems TAIGA ?
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I have it and tested it on dry bush and soft redwood - best chopper IMHO. Mostly because of excellent balance and very ergonomic handle. It takes impact not just comfortable, but almost pleasant... It just bites into wood almost by itself.
That wide butt is the key, because you can hold it relaxed in you palm - butt kind of hooked to the fifth finger and so impact has less effect on you palm. Plus mine has stacked leather - also bit shock absorber.
I have quite a bit of big knives in my collection and this one on top with G-Sakai Samurai Bowie, which toke this place because of excellent steel mostly. Well, those Soviet ball bearing stainless used in military air-space applications is also not bad, with Electro Slug Remelting and Vacuum Arc Remelting it bit ahead of BG42 IMHO...
Unlike all other RosArms knives this one has flat grind. But it is still excellent slicer - not as good as other Rosarms, but better then most western knives in the same class.
I wold highly recommend this knife - it has hundreds years of design polishing behind among Russian hunters.
Thanks, Vassili.
P.S. I was really surprised by quality. I get used to see only poor quality from "Made in USSR". So this is one very different, quality is top. I guess because it is now "Made in Russia". I think many Russian does not believe this, but all this "democracy" end "freedom" actually work! I can say same about other Russian knives - Marychev (not available here), also quality is top.
That wide butt is the key, because you can hold it relaxed in you palm - butt kind of hooked to the fifth finger and so impact has less effect on you palm. Plus mine has stacked leather - also bit shock absorber.
I have quite a bit of big knives in my collection and this one on top with G-Sakai Samurai Bowie, which toke this place because of excellent steel mostly. Well, those Soviet ball bearing stainless used in military air-space applications is also not bad, with Electro Slug Remelting and Vacuum Arc Remelting it bit ahead of BG42 IMHO...
Unlike all other RosArms knives this one has flat grind. But it is still excellent slicer - not as good as other Rosarms, but better then most western knives in the same class.
I wold highly recommend this knife - it has hundreds years of design polishing behind among Russian hunters.
Thanks, Vassili.
P.S. I was really surprised by quality. I get used to see only poor quality from "Made in USSR". So this is one very different, quality is top. I guess because it is now "Made in Russia". I think many Russian does not believe this, but all this "democracy" end "freedom" actually work! I can say same about other Russian knives - Marychev (not available here), also quality is top.