hhmm....don't know, Hard to tell if its actually blued or the BBQ black paint ( I would lean toward blue but take that with a grain of salt). The wood ( what lil you can see) doesn't remind me of Russian. That 1st gas tube looks almost like a 2 piece as well. Would love a close up, that gas block looks like it "could" be 1 of the Chinese round 1's ( never saw 1 of those with a blade bayo) but know way to really tell.
A lot of "ifs and maybes" in that paragraph
Neat though. Has any 1 seen this pic before?