Russian probably? No its and old town in Bulgaria

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jorgen
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Russian probably? No its and old town in Bulgaria

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Help needed with this one. Found it today at fleamarket. 3 inch or 78 mm long. with blade 7 inch long. Pretty ok condition, but I can't Russian and I think it's Russian.
i found out with help, it's a place/town in Bulgaria

Help please with when it's made and who made. Military?
Thanks from Sweden
/Jörgen
https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliko_Tărnovo
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OLDE CUTLER
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Re: Russian probably? No its and old town in Bulgaria

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Eustace would be the one to know about that.
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:D I am glad to see Bulgarian pocket knives all over the world. Made somewhere in the late 70s, early 80s in the cutlery factory "Sickle and Hammer", Veliko Tarnovo city. The factory has more than 100 years of history. It was founded in the 1920s as a private company and nationalized after 09.09.1944. It went bankrupt 2-3 years ago. Currently the property is sold off by creditors.
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Thanx, you are the best ::tu::
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Thank you, Yorgen!
By the way, I'm also interested in Russian pocket knives. I've never seen a Russian (USSR) knife with tang stamp "Sickle and Hammer". All knives with such markings presented in eBay as a Soviet soldier knives from WWII are actually Bulgarian, 60s and 70s.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R ... e&_sacat=0
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