Mystery knife for comment and id

[Araña_del_Sol]

Originally Posted by Ian

The deeply struck characters on the blade look vaguely Chinese to me. I favor Detlef's interpretation that this is East/Central Asian. The leather covering a wood core for the scabbard might be horse leather. It reminds me of ass and onager leather on some NW Indian knives (not that I think that is the origin for this piece).

Thanks for your comment, I will look at other examples from those regions for comparison.

- ADS