You guys could be right ... and maybe I've been the victim of marketing hype. Why should hype just be limited to the USA or the western world?? It probably isn't. It's possible that the Spetsnaz tool is not associated with the Spetsnaz at all, and maybe it's just a clever gimmick from a salesman in Russia.

However, if the tool is actually genuinely used by those special forces, and it's dimensions/weight/alloy have been selected for the purpose for which it as designed ... that's a different story. If it's authentic, then it's design has probably been perfected over time. I have no idea how to establish this.

In any case ... NightHiker has at least demonstrated that it's a very robust survival tool. That's not a bad first step.

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