Russian NR-40 Scout Knife
A&R Company brings back the WW-II combat knife that carries with it some major Finnish heritage!
For centuries the Russians have had a strange love/hate relationship with Finnish culture. During periods in history, Finland has been an unwilling colony of the Russian empire. Not unlike some Americans’ attitude about the countries to the south of us, the average Russian thought of their northern neighbors as a group of ultra violent, puukko knife-carrying thugs. The puukko was both feared in the hands of Finns and prized as a hideout weapon by Russia’s own street gangs and criminal subculture.
The “Winter War” with Finland in 1939 taught the Russians the hard way why they needed a good, general-purpose infantry utility knife. Naturally, the first blade they thought of was the infamous puukko carried by their enemy. There was a general consensus that the puukko would penetrate cold weather military uniforms better with a sharper point. A “Bowie” style clip was added to the blade point to correct this. The Russians also felt a double cross-guard would make it safer for the user in close combat. The end product was the issue NR-40 “Nozh Razedchika” or “Scout’s knife.” “Scout” in this context meaning “infantry recon man.”
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