Hi! I agree Russia has several industry excellences, specially in energy, mining, arms and aerospace sectors. I have no experience with these. My direct experience, working with consumers goods Russian manufacturers/suppliers (wood, plastic injection moulding, carbon steel, etc.) is that factory floors are still rather obsolete, both in terms of machinery/technology and lay-outs. Overall, quality culture can improve significantly. From engineering point of view and industrialization capability Id say theyre pretty good
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When it comes to knife/cutlery industry I have no direct experiences. As knives hobbyist and no expert at all, I think there are some excellent products from some makers and average to good product from medium/big manufacturers. For example, I like a number of Kizlyar knives from their military and hunting series :thumbup:. Shigorovs
well, who doesnt like them
? Clean, utilitarian shapes, top materials, I love them. Only limitation, for me, its their price point
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When it comes to knives/guns culture,
as a broad generalization, I think Russians are not different from the old timers Europeans and Americans and from today US and EU country/rural areas inhabitants. Whats good with Russia and what I personally really like, is Russians are strongly supported in this by their mainstream culture, which is nurturing, encouraging a knives/guns culture and try, at least, to present sound role models in this respect. Exactly the opposite of what we are experiencing, since decades within our so called "Western Culture"
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Just for fun, but a simple "famous" pictures comparison tells quite much and always makes me smile
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Also looking in my own garden things dont shine that bright as well
Just for fun, but Latins had a say: castigat ridendo mores
