My vintage Puma collection

This is from the 1990s, I don't know if the Pumaster steel was different from what they list for normal steel hunting knives (Böhler NWN80):
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Puma 6390 Auto Knife made in 1972.
The designation "Auto" meant that the knife could also be installed in your car with a special sheath that was available as an accessory.
The knife came from a retired hunter who used it quite a lot back in the day, but the knife spent the last 25 years in storage.
I gave it a new edge at about 30 degrees inclusive, put a thorough coat of warm Granger's wax on the leather sheath and made a new thong.











Specs:

Overall length: 27,0 cm
Blade length: 15,0 cm
Blade thickness: 5,5 mm
Steel: Hot drop-forged carbon steel with hard chrome top layer
Handle material: Jacaranda wood
Guard: aluminium
Sheath: Leather
 
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Vintage Puma 6303 Scout knife (Fahrtenmesser) from the early 1950's
Gave it some TLC and hand reground the blade to full convex, apex @ ~25 degrees inclusive.
Complete with original sheath.
















Specs:

Overall length: 10.43 inches (26,5 cm)
Blade length: 6.14 inches (15,6 cm)
Maximum blade thickness (ricasso): 4.88 mm
Steel: Hot drop-forged carbon steel
Handle materials: Brass guard, leather/fiber/brass washers, stag midsection, aluminium bolster
Sheath: Leather with metal tip protector
 
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Vintage Puma 8101-"lang" Texas Bill throwing scout knife from the early 1950's.
This is the slightly longer version of the original Texas Bill knife.
Definitely one of the more elusive Puma scout models, especially in this condition.
Complete with original sheath.


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Specs:

Overall length: 9.33 inch (23,7 cm)
Blade length: 5.63 inch (14,3 cm)
Blade thickness (max): 4,91 mm
Steel: drop-forged carbon steel
Handle materials: brass guard, leather & fiber washers, aluminium pommel with brass nut.
Weight: 136.9 grams
Sheath: leather

Texas Bill was the main character in a series of German Wild-West novels from that era:





Specs:

Overall length: 9.33 inch (23,7 cm)
Blade length: 5.63 inch (14,3 cm)
Blade thickness (max): 4,91 mm
Steel: drop-forged carbon steel
Handle materials: brass guard, leather & fiber washers, aluminium pommel with brass nut.
Weight: 136.9 grams
Sheath: leather
 
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Don't know why I hadn't fully noticed some of this great content before, such as the identification of PUMA's 'PUMASTER' steel (as Bohler NWN80). I have a 6396 'Original Puma - Bowie' from 1981 or so, in their PUMASTER steel, and I'd been wondering about that detail for many, many years.

Impressive thread with a lot of great pics and info on PUMA's blades. Many Thanks! to kwackster for getting it all rolling. :thumbsup:
 
Vintage Puma 7105 Rehfuss from the 1940's or '50's.
Rehfuss is German for deerfoot, which is what is used as a handle on this smaller scout knife.
It is secured over the hidden tang with a steel pin through the hoof.

















Specs:

Overall length: 9.33 inch (23,7 cm)
Blade length: 4.17 inch (10,6 cm)
Maximum blade thickness (ricasso): 4,0 mm
Steel: hot drop-forged carbon steel
Handle material: real deer foot with brass guard & nickel silver ferrule
Sheath: Leather (restitched)
 
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Vintage Puma Scout knife, probably from the '60's or '70's, and apart from a few details comparable to the well known Hitler Youth knife.
Hitler's home (scale model): https://www.berghof-obersalzberg.de/index.htm













Specs:

Overall length: 24,4 cm (9.6 inches)
Blade length: 13,9 cm (5.47 inches)
Blade thickness: max. 5.97 mm (ricasso)
Steel: hot drop-forged stainless steel
Handle material: Chromed metal with riveted plastic grips & Fleur de Lis emblem
Sheath: metal with 1 steel clamp spring inside & leather belt loop
Weight of the knife without sheath: 199 grams
Weight of the knife with sheath: 280 grams
 
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