AH! now that ties it together and would explain he graffiti in what looks to be a western character set, it's FrenchVietnamese. I'm going to send the pictures of the writing it to one of my Vietnamese friends to see if it makes any sense. Would you know if they went back to China first or come from Vietnam? Thank you for the info.
Do you have stocks for these? my buddy is looking for one, he has one of the broken in half ones.