Folding Puma lore

horseclover

horseclover

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Hi folks,

I am looking for a Puma frame I can neither post a picture of or remember exacting Specifications. I have spent some time on Puma fan boards and blogs with no success and where better to ask than what is probably the deepest well of old fart lore (or even from youngsters). I fall into the old fart category and if anything, I may just be trying to re-capture some of that youth.

The frame is quite rectangular with single straight spear blade. One might think of it as a folding boot knife, as the shape is quite regular and not the ubiquitous clip blade folder of the later seventies on. The timeline is the only key I have, in that the knife was likely new in the late 1960s or early 1970s. The frame was less than four inches long closed, again the blade quite straight and plain, a flat grind (iirc). It may have had a short swedge of the point but I can't be certain. Stag grips of thinness suggesting comfort and handling but still with good crisp rectangular lines. If there was any profile taper of this frame, it was very slight. One odd thought I seem to remember but can't recall exactly was the locking mechanism and it may have been a tail-lock of some variety. I do remember it a bit more tricky to close than open. I don't think it was a bolster release lock but again, forty odd years has robbed me of all rememeberance and this particular knife came to mind as one I admired back in my late teens.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this one. I find a good number from the late seventies on but now this particular frame. Possibly four pins, possibly
an arrow mark but a small round disc in the handle, nontheless.

Cordially

GC

Also looking for late German made Jowika fixed blades but that is an entirely different quest
 
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sounds like a mdl. 941 good knives in 70s & 80s collectoprs have some interest in stag models.their time has g come &gone .shame since they started in `1700,
 
Thanks very much for the replies. I must have simply been dismissing the multi-tools as not quite similar to the single blade. They have been as close to what I had remembered, so that must be the key. Yes, sticker shock across many types of hobbies. Slimmer would go in hand with fewer blades and tools.

With a model line and a number now in hand, I'll be prepared and on the look out.

Thanks again

GC
 
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I have the single blade version of the one shown in the link above. The blade on mine does not have as much belly - more straight to the point. It is model 210941.
 
Thanks again for the added information and prompts. The 941 variants seem scarce on the scene these days but do see a new line as the 210111, with 440a steel. While I continue to hunt down an old 941, these new ones seem like a viable compromise if it leads to that.

I am wondering if anyone has handled and remembers the hidden lock routine on some of these, as that must have been the one I remembered in hand from the '70s

As an aside. Are the Puma Tek line pretty much priced accordingly and not worth the effort? There is one more or less traditional single blade with pakkawood.

Cheers

GC
 
Raising this from the dead ;)

I recently adopted a 941 but failed to ask for a crucial picture before grabbing what seemed a deal.

I can think of only two reasons someone would grind off the serial number. One, to pose as something it is not. Or 2, obliterate the number to protect a theif. Considering how roughly they ground it off, leaving scratches on the back spring, I am somewhat perturbed the answer would be 2. A stolen item? I messaged the seller and never got a reply back. I have a hunch he had the same feeling when reselling.

As I wanted one for real use and not a collector grade, I don't mind horribly but the thought of someone's actions regarding grinding off the number will always irk me a bit.


A great knife! Finally just about out of the bucket list.

Cheers

GC
 
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