A hand-made knife of the criminal class in Russia is called " finka" ( "Finnish one"). RobT, nothing in common with Puukko or Leuku
Stacked colored plexiglass/ metal discs ("nabor") or solid slabs of plexiglass was the high-end method of making the handle. Absolutely "dreamy" were the ones with small pictures inserted under the plexiglass; often candy wrappers were used for this purpose.
This is exactly the way this one is made. A Russian-taste souvenir? Idea imported from Uzbekistan?
Would be interesting to know the date of the paper, but I am afraid the Afghanis were not into maintaining provenance
