Nice serving fork and a russian knife

Greeting everyone,

Here are my two finds for the day, my cheap thrill came in at 54 cents total. Can anyone help with the knife? It would be great to learn the maker/time period.

 

I'm curious about you calling the knife Russian. Doesn't look like any Russian marking I've seen before (or have been able to find in a browse through a couple good sites.

Just for the sake of it, here's a link to the 925-1000 Library listing of "world standards." I see that they mention Russia with the other countries that have .916 as an acceptable silver standard, although they specify that it is the equivalent of 88 zlotnicki.

http://www.925-1000.com/a_Standards.html

 

Thanks for the response Bakersgma, it's a bit hard to see in the photos, but there is a very clear hammer and sickle so I immediately thought USSR/Russia (perhaps in error).

 

Soviet, 1958 on, should be a tiny Cyrillic letter to the left of the star indicating the assay office...

~Cheryl

 

@MrNate...nice finds! There is SOMETHING to the left of that star, but nothing WE on the site can see.....maybe YOU can with a good loup though!!!!

 

Glad to learn something today!

 

Thank you Cheryl! The number to the left of the star appears to be a 3. Here is my best "loupe work" to show it a bit clearer:

 

that's good loupe work !!!!!

 

The 3 is a Russian Z, the mark of the Talinn assay office.
Talinn is the capital of Estonia, which is now an independent state.

 

A spoon to the set. https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-RU...932154?hash=item4b4946ecfa:g:vaQAAOSw8wFbI7uu

 

Looks like the Tallin Jewelry factory, 1971: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=16681&p=37617

~Cheryl

 

You are all awesome, thank you so much for the research.