Beware of Russian knives!!!
After collapse of the USSR there suddenly too many “Russian military” knives appeared on the market. And most called like “Specnaz”, “Diversant”, “Nosh Razvedchika”, “Desantnyi” etc. But most of them IMHO are rubbish- not comfortable and of mediocre quality according to modern requirements. And most have never been used by the Army! So, really a thing for tourist and collectors!
I looked at one Russian knife (I forgot the name of it) that was used by Russian President as present to the Russian Army soldiers. It is average knife, but for the price you can afford something from Chris Reeve! So, IMHO Russian knives in the West are for collectors only, you can always find something better quality for the same price.
The only exclusion from this is the Soviet shovel! Easy to dig, light, lot of history and military teach to use it to chop off heads of the enemy.
So, if you buy some Russian knife, be careful, you might get disappointed.
Regards,