[blue lander]

I picked this knife up super cheap off e-bay. I know it's just a western hunting knife knockoff and there's nothing "authentic" about it, but I was intrigued and it cost about as much as a decent lunch so I bought it. The previous owner said he thought it was Mongolian, probably because of the horse head and red and blue motif, and that his mother had traveled there and through Asia "A long time ago", so it could be from anywhere. There's some brass markings on one side of the blade that definitely aren't Mongolian, any idea what language they are? Chinese perhaps?

The blade took an etch so it's carbon steel. It looks like somebody either aggressively sharpened it at some point or maybe it was reprofiled from a longer knife. It's got one very crooked fuller ground on one side and two on the other which adds to the weirdness, as well as a false edge on the drop point. The handle's too short to be usable at least in western hands, full tang.