i get the 8R clone from my best friend , this stove is truely made in China , not the USSR clone . if the optimus 8R is father of the Russian's clone ,the Chinese stove is grandson of the optimus 8R. maybe in 1960~1989, the shenyang radio factory copy this stove by the USSR's one. although the tank is not brass but stainless steel instead and the component can't replace the 8R or USSR clone. but it can make huge fire than his father and grandpa . by the way this stove named seagull the pic is
I like the stainless steel , no rust and good for more than a lilftime. Nice to see a Chinese one that is better than the original. Great. Cheers Rob