Folding finka NKWD 2

A folding knife with a crossguard, reminiscent of the NKVD Finnish knife – a military knife introduced into the RKKA arsenal after the Soviet-Finnish War. Since then, the NKVD Finnish knife has gained cult status. Indeed, it was one of the few knives of military origin suitable for normal, everyday use. Usually, assault and trench knives are large pieces of crowbars with varying degrees of sharpness. The NKVD Finnish knife, in terms of size and design, is a knife suitable for, for example, not only stabbing a loaf of bread to death but also slicing it and spreading butter on it. It was a very practical and pleasing knife, known to every man who had completed his basic military service.

However, while NKVD Finnish knives were standard issue white weapons in the RKKA, their folding variants were never produced. They began to appear much later, mainly inzones(correctional camps), where prisoners made them to order for the campadministration, hence the Soviet symbolism present on them. It was an ideal gift for officials of various levels, and quite a few such penknives were made.

Currently, only a few artisan workshops produce folding NKVD Finnish knives, the most well-known of which are the Nazarov and Zbanow forges from Pavlov.

D2 steel, handle scales made of red and black acrylate.

Overall length: 230 mm

Blade length: 100 mm

Blade thickness (max.): 2.6 mm

Blade width: 16 mm

Handle length:122mm

Steel: D2

Handle scales made of plastic.

Leather sheath, smooth, with a belt loop.