Professor
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I posted this over in the collector's forum as well, but thought it would attract more attention here.
I recently picked up two NIB Puma Bowies 116396 with stag handles for a song; they both have "high carbon steel" on the blade. They are not the newer, stainless-bladed models with laser cut blades; these are the handmades. Here's my questions to you:
1. Are they more valuable in that they are carbon steel and even the handmade versions up until this year are stainless (making them at least five or six years old)?
2. Doesn't the fact that I picked up two mean that I can actually use one, regardless of value (it's screaming at me from the box in my safe; when it's really quiet I can hear it)?
3. Are there handmade stainless versions that have been made for the last five years (for confirmation purposes) that make these carbon models rare?
Thanks in advance.
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Professor.
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I recently picked up two NIB Puma Bowies 116396 with stag handles for a song; they both have "high carbon steel" on the blade. They are not the newer, stainless-bladed models with laser cut blades; these are the handmades. Here's my questions to you:
1. Are they more valuable in that they are carbon steel and even the handmade versions up until this year are stainless (making them at least five or six years old)?
2. Doesn't the fact that I picked up two mean that I can actually use one, regardless of value (it's screaming at me from the box in my safe; when it's really quiet I can hear it)?
3. Are there handmade stainless versions that have been made for the last five years (for confirmation purposes) that make these carbon models rare?
Thanks in advance.
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Professor.
AKTI Mebership No.: A000222
If you're into knives and you're not a member, you should be!