markings on "mongolian" knife

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by David

I am not sure exactly what you mean by this since Buck is a brand name and not a specific type of knife. If you go to there website you will find at least 10 pages of Buck knives for sale, many with greatly differing profiles. You will find the same varying blade profiles, including ones that are similar to your knife if you look through the catalog of a comparable commercial knife maker such as Schrade.

The instance of 'Buck' being used colloquially for hunting knife in a general or broad sense is quite common, much as with 'Bowie' knives. It seems that utility or hunting type knives often have general terms or call names that have become broadly used for various forms. Even the term 'Uigher' knife may essentially be a misnomer in many cases as clearly the form has diffused widely and accepted numerous influences irrespective of geographic or ethnic boundaries.

Interesting input from everyone though! Even a modern knife can clearly generate good discussion on comparative sources for influence.