An anecdote about Uzbek pichok knives
A little while back I bought a pichok, not nearly as nice as the ones you got but nice enough. It seemed sturdily built and sharp as a razor, and I intended to use it as a kitchen knife.
A few weeks later I was at a bar, and I overheard a man saying he was from Uzbekistan. I started chatting with him and mentioned that I bought a pichok and that I thought it was great. He looked at me like I was crazy and asked why I would bother importing one. He said they were junk and that he'd never use one unless he had no alternative. I asked why he wouldn't use one, he replied "because I know the kind of metal they use to make them." I probably should have asked him to elaborate, but it was enough to give me second thoughts about using that knife.
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