MSN via Boing Boing:

‘Kalashnikov’ has long set the standard for powerful rifles, but if elderly Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov gets his way the famous name will soon be linked to umbrellas, watches and even aftershave.

The inventor has formed an unlikely alliance with a small German company that wants to attach the Kalashnikov brand to a range of ordinary consumer goods that could also include snowboards, halogen lamps, pocket-knives and energy drinks.

I can already see the headlines in the US: “Suspected terrorists arrested after talking about buying Kalashnikovs and ‘doing town’”