SONOVAHO-AH!A RUSSIAN KNIFE I'VE NEVER SEEN! - The Firearms Forum

dustydog · 03-30-2013, 11:31 AM

Just got back from the local flea market,and have an unused,still with the cosmo Spetzenas machete/Taglia survival knife!First I've ever seen,checked and saw the youtube video,and this is the one!Will try and get a picture up,but does anyone have an idea as to value?

RJay · 03-31-2013, 07:45 PM

And these are better than the old Hunters Pal in what way, because they have Spetsnaz name on them, You could call the hunters pal a Green Beret survival knife because I have seen them in use in Vietnam. The hunters Pal was also inclued in our aircraft survival kits ( Where I got mine. )

dustydog · 04-02-2013, 07:56 AM

Couldn't say which would be better,have had a early Woodsman's Pal (complete with the OD sheath and the old Colt flare pen that was tied to the sheath),and both don't fit my hand as well as the brushknife I made for myself a couple of decades ago.It's simply a weird thing to find at a flea market.
Been searching some on the net,and did find out that this is the one that was actually made for the Russian market,not the export model.Also found that the running price seems to be absolutley ridiculous for a work knife.

03-30-2013, 11:31 AM	#1
dustydog V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 206	SONOVAHO-AH!A RUSSIAN KNIFE I'VE NEVER SEEN! Just got back from the local flea market,and have an unused,still with the cosmo Spetzenas machete/Taglia survival knife!First I've ever seen,checked and saw the youtube video,and this is the one!Will try and get a picture up,but does anyone have an idea as to value? __________________ EVOLVE,D**N IT! "Lee,you are a man without a country.A gun loving,agnostic,Objectivist social liberal that beleves in personal responsibility.Let's go shoot."Jim Kiley,co-founder of the New England Lead Biscuit Society,1992 -->

03-31-2013, 07:45 PM	#2
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,485	Re: SONOVAHO-AH!A RUSSIAN KNIFE I'VE NEVER SEEN! And these are better than the old Hunters Pal in what way, because they have Spetsnaz name on them, You could call the hunters pal a Green Beret survival knife because I have seen them in use in Vietnam. The hunters Pal was also inclued in our aircraft survival kits ( Where I got mine. ) __________________ RonJames Last edited by RJay; 03-31-2013 at 07:50 PM..

04-02-2013, 07:56 AM	#3
dustydog V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 206	Re: SONOVAHO-AH!A RUSSIAN KNIFE I'VE NEVER SEEN! Couldn't say which would be better,have had a early Woodsman's Pal (complete with the OD sheath and the old Colt flare pen that was tied to the sheath),and both don't fit my hand as well as the brushknife I made for myself a couple of decades ago.It's simply a weird thing to find at a flea market. Been searching some on the net,and did find out that this is the one that was actually made for the Russian market,not the export model.Also found that the running price seems to be absolutley ridiculous for a work knife. __________________ EVOLVE,D**N IT! "Lee,you are a man without a country.A gun loving,agnostic,Objectivist social liberal that beleves in personal responsibility.Let's go shoot."Jim Kiley,co-founder of the New England Lead Biscuit Society,1992