Off to Russia in Feb.

[Kerne]

Anyone know of any bushy bargains I should be looking out for in Moscow and St. P? It's a touristy holiday rather than an outdoorsy one but I thought this might be the place to get some cold weather stuff. Anyone know of army surplus shops and suchlike?

 

[stinger]

not bushy but when your in ST P you should look out for "Tsarskaya silver label vodka". A mate of mine brought me some back and its the nicest vodka you will ever drink. so smooth. Keep you warm too

 

[Shambling Shaman]

I wander if theres any Army surplus shops there

 

[Wombat]

I wanted to get to moscow in Feb, Maiden start there world tour.
I can't help with the bushy stuff but you'll have a great night if you can get tickets.

 

[BushEd]

i dunno about the cities; but when we emerged from the Karelian backwoods to a small town there was a bloke with a market stool selling some pretty nice winter kit.

cheap. but not so cheap.

look in the markets though - if there are any

 

[timf2009]

Off your topic but a word of warning: in Moscow if you see someone drop a wallet or money clip don't be a gent and pick it up to give back to them. It's a common scam that when you do give it back they accuse you of having taken money from it and involve the local police. It happened to a colleague of mine recently and caused him a heap of trouble.

 

[DavidJT]

Maybe a fur hat?

 

[Kerne]

Off your topic but a word of warning: in Moscow if you see someone drop a wallet or money clip don't be a gent and pick it up to give back to them. It's a common scam that when you do give it back they accuse you of having taken money from it and involve the local police. It happened to a colleague of mine recently and caused him a heap of trouble.

Thanks for the warning!

 

[milius2]

AND if you will travel off the city do not have your best gear and stuff with you. My mate lost all his hand made knives to the local cops, they WILL USE anything they can against you to get some caps (money). I was told that if you want to travel in peace you should look tramp D

Anyways. have a good trip. And yes there are army surplus shops in moscow and a good one's and I think local chaps will tel you. Markets will be the best bargain for fur stuff.

 

[DannyDanDan]

Hi Kerne,
One of the best bargains I have found in Russia are sheath knifes made by “Pirat”. You can find them in almost any fishing/hunting/hardware shop and they are as cheap as chips (about a tenner) they make normal plain looking knifes and awful looking things that a chav pirate would be happy with, but the steel is great and holds a good edge. Avoid the folding and lock knifes, hinges and pins seem to be a problem for the ruskies.
Winter clothes, you can find them everywhere, in all manner of different camouflage patents but they wont all be waterproof. It’s not needed when it’s minus 25!
All the best
Danny