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What's the OB know about Puma Knives?
Posted on 2/5/17 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 2/5/17 at 2:48 pm
My ex wife texted me last night. Told me she came across a knife that I had given her to put in her purse way back when we were dating. Said she wanted to get it back to me.
It was my deceased father's!
It's a 465 Puma Back Packer.
It was my deceased father's!
It's a 465 Puma Back Packer.
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Posted on 2/5/17 at 3:25 pm to cdaniel76
Sounds like you hit the ex wife jackpot. 
Posted on 2/5/17 at 3:59 pm to cdaniel76
They are sharp as shite when I was a kid my friend got one and he warned me not to touch the blade it was super sharp. I touched it. Stitches.
Posted on 2/5/17 at 4:16 pm to cdaniel76
Puma are high quality German knives. Looks like your ex wife wasn't such a bitch after all. 
Posted on 2/5/17 at 4:22 pm to cdaniel76
Mt dad had a Puma, not that particular one, that he loved. Don't know what the Rockwell was on the steel but I remember him cussing it when he had to sharpen it. Once sharp it was "SHARP"...
Posted on 2/5/17 at 4:45 pm to Bionicknee
I have a Puma Sergeant, it's a good knife, blade is about 3 and 3/4".
I had a Puma General which I lost about 20 years ago on a canoe trip on the Chestatee. It was a longer knife and like most things German, it was very good quality.
All my knives have lanyards now.
I had a Puma General which I lost about 20 years ago on a canoe trip on the Chestatee. It was a longer knife and like most things German, it was very good quality.
All my knives have lanyards now.
Posted on 2/5/17 at 4:55 pm to cdaniel76
I have a PUMA Scabbard knife,I found it in the toolbox of a Pick up I bought. Somebody had used a grinder or sander to sharpen it.Had the wheel marks pretty deep.
I worked on it a long time to get it right,but damn,it's a great knife.Fantastic blade.
I worked on it a long time to get it right,but damn,it's a great knife.Fantastic blade.
Posted on 2/5/17 at 5:12 pm to auggie
Carry one everyday.
Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:20 pm to cdaniel76
I have a nice collection of their folders. Pretty inexpensive on eBay about fifteen years ago but the Solingen Germany originals have appreciated greatly.
The back packer and that line of knives with the green handles have the same quality of steel blades as the higher end lines with the wood or sambar stag handles. Look for the small ping on the blade which indicates it was Rockwell tested for a certain hardness. Also the originals and higher end have five number ids stamped on the lock release, blade or other area of the knife - it can tell you the year your knife was made.
The line with black handles were the bottom in so far as quality.
The pumas offered now are assembled in china and the quality difference is apparent.
If I knew how to post photos I would be happy to show some of my collection.
The back packer and that line of knives with the green handles have the same quality of steel blades as the higher end lines with the wood or sambar stag handles. Look for the small ping on the blade which indicates it was Rockwell tested for a certain hardness. Also the originals and higher end have five number ids stamped on the lock release, blade or other area of the knife - it can tell you the year your knife was made.
The line with black handles were the bottom in so far as quality.
The pumas offered now are assembled in china and the quality difference is apparent.
If I knew how to post photos I would be happy to show some of my collection.
This post was edited on 2/5/17 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:37 pm to mallardhank
Thanks for all the info. Now that you mention it, I remember he had a black handled Puma also but I must have lost that in Katrina. Once she ships it to me I'll look for the marks you mention. My dad died in 1991 when I was 15 and he had this knife for as far back as I can remember so it might be an early to mid 80s model or even older.
I did a quick google search and saw new ones going for $109-$159.
I did a quick google search and saw new ones going for $109-$159.
Posted on 2/5/17 at 10:51 pm to cdaniel76
The first I remember them was back in the late '60s. I couldn't afford them then, I believe the most popular model was a Game Warden and back then it was seventy five or higher.
You've got a damn fine knife that will be with you forever.
If someone would instruct me as to how to post pictures I will be happy to show the three different lines and sizes within those lines.
You've got a damn fine knife that will be with you forever.
If someone would instruct me as to how to post pictures I will be happy to show the three different lines and sizes within those lines.
Posted on 2/5/17 at 11:32 pm to mallardhank
It's kinda tricky to post pics.
First, they have to be "hosted" on another website, like Imgur.com or photobucket.com.
Once you upload them there, you need to copy the DIRECT LINK (ends in jpg, gif, bmp, etc...).
Then come here and click the little IMG icon over to the right of the reply box.
Then paste the link you copied.
Then submit it and it'll post it in the reply box.
You have to do the above steps for each picture you want to post.
Then you can submit the post.
First, they have to be "hosted" on another website, like Imgur.com or photobucket.com.
Once you upload them there, you need to copy the DIRECT LINK (ends in jpg, gif, bmp, etc...).
Then come here and click the little IMG icon over to the right of the reply box.
Then paste the link you copied.
Then submit it and it'll post it in the reply box.
You have to do the above steps for each picture you want to post.
Then you can submit the post.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 5:41 am to cdaniel76
Thanks for the help
Going to be by someone a whole lot more computer literate than me
Going to be by someone a whole lot more computer literate than me
Posted on 2/6/17 at 6:43 am to cdaniel76
I don't know much about Puma's. I just remember that they always seemed expensive when I was a kid looking at knives. It's awesome that you're getting your Dad's knife back though.
Posted on 2/6/17 at 9:53 am to Teague
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It's awesome that you're getting your Dad's knife back though.
Definitely the most important aspect about all of this. If you've followed my posts over the years here you might recall I lost all but a couple of his guns in Katrina. This will be the 2nd item of his that I didn't even remember existed that I'll receive back after almost 3 decades of my last memory of them.
This post was edited on 2/6/17 at 9:55 am
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