Puma knives??? any good.

I have a IP Eiche Wolf with the Oak handle, in 440a, A very good slicer, and a Warden with saw in the 440a stainless, it really does hold a good edge and can be sharpened very sharp, no complaints on their 440a, I use it for making traps and when ever I need to use a saw for my delicate work, I would recommend the Puma Warden with the saw, mine also has the bone handle, a nice looking piece.
 
I have a IP Eiche Wolf with the Oak handle, in 440c, A very good slicer, and a Warden with saw in the 440a stainless, it really does hold a good edge and can be sharpened very sharp, no complaints on their 440a, I use it for making traps and when ever I need to use a saw for my delicate work, I would recommend the Puma Warden with the saw, mine also has the bone handle, a nice looking piece.
 
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I only have new Puma knives..I mostly order them from Germany because puma usa wont ship to Canada. I like the German made knives best. I have a couple of the puma ip knives and they seem pretty good too. it would be nice if they were easier to get up here.not many places with good selection up here
 
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I had a Backpacker folder that I got years ago (70s or 80s production). The checkered plastic handle. But it was green and not black and was from a bit pricier line than the black ones. It was stolen out of a desk drawer at work some years back.

I am thinking of replacing it with a new one. How disappointed will I be?
 
yoopernauts™;6056774 said:
How does it perform? Is it razor sharp? I saw a similar model for about fifty dollars. For fifty bucks you'd expect some pretty good quality. Those models are from Japan, aren't they? Seki?

...Worth it or not?
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The PUMA TEC series are made in China. If they wre made in Seki Japan they wouldn't be $50....
 
I know this is an old thread but I have been researching Puma knives and their gold class made and assembled in Germany uses 440c and their Skb series uses 440a. I bought a gold class Bowie and am awaiting its arrival.
 
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Mick R. said:
Puma made the some of the finest production knives in the world before they were sold in the mid-eighties but their current stuff doesn't come close to the quality of what they used to produce.

I'd heard Puma quality had tanked but Nostalgia got the better of me (I still have a couple of old Puma folders from the 70's in mint condition) and I purchased a couple of Puma 4-Star folders over the internet 7 or 8 years ago - that's not a mistake I'll make again. F&F was lousy, the blade was dull as a butter knife, the edge was ground uneven, and the dye job on the bone scales was lousy. (oh yeah, and their steel doesn't come close to the quality of the the 440C they used back in the day)
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Exactly my experience as well. I hadn't purchased a new Puma for quite some time and when I did, I was greatly disappointed. The f & f was atrocious and no matter what I tried, it just wouldn't take a decent edge. Old Puma knives rock though. Nice. Try to find an older model in decent shape is my recommendation.
 
The SGB line is 440A and said to be assembled in China. Interpret that however you like. They claim it is "german steel", but 440A is 440A.
 
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Puma. Great old brand. Excellent older knives. Not sure about current production.
 
Exactly my experience. I bought a Bowie. Lousy steel, very mediocre F&F. Every time I hit bone field dressing deer, you could see it on the edge.I phoned Puma about it, and they admitted it was 440a equivalent. Great for boneless meat cuts, apples, pears, cantaloupe and vegetables. He mentioned that in 2015 they would bring out that line in 440C and in 2016 Bohler 690.
Those would sell at a premium. For that money I can get easily a fine custom knife properly heat treated on bladeforums or from knives shipfree.
The old Pumas from the sixties and seventies, may be eighties had a fabulous carbon steel, but they now too are sky high priced, equivalent to a fine custom blade.
 
How much did you pay, have a similar one lined up for purchase and would like to know the estimated value ?
Thanks
 
paul'ie said:
I have a IP Eiche Wolf with the Oak handle, in 440a, A very good slicer, and a Warden with saw in the 440a stainless, it really does hold a good edge and can be sharpened very sharp, no complaints on their 440a, I use it for making traps and when ever I need to use a saw for my delicate work, I would recommend the Puma Warden with the saw, mine also has the bone handle, a nice looking piece.
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Correction, My Eiche Wolf is 440c.

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Shriket33 said:
Exactly my experience. I bought a Bowie. Lousy steel, very mediocre F&F. Every time I hit bone field dressing deer, you could see it on the edge.I phoned Puma about it, and they admitted it was 440a equivalent. Great for boneless meat cuts, apples, pears, cantaloupe and vegetables. He mentioned that in 2015 they would bring out that line in 440C and in 2016 Bohler 690.
Those would sell at a premium. For that money I can get easily a fine custom knife properly heat treated on bladeforums or from knives shipfree.
The old Pumas from the sixties and seventies, may be eighties had a fabulous carbon steel, but they now too are sky high priced, equivalent to a fine custom blade.
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Say Heah, If the knife was made in Solingen, Germany and handmade chances are its the 440c. I just bought a brand new Puma that's been disconnected awhile ago, It's the Bowie 2, I also knew it was made in 440c. and it's a very good knife, Infact I just got in from a little Bushcraft in trip, I took along the Puma Bowie 2, and my Weishielmann Eliptical Boat Knife as my neck knife, I also brought my 17" Hultafors Bruks Agdor Hatchet and my Wooden Handle Fiskar Saw. Although my Eliptical knife is in carbon, I like taking a stainless steel knife in the rain or even in snow weather. But the Puma 440c. is a pretty good knife blade especially they way Puma Tempers theirs, Infact I grew up on the 440c. at one time it was a high end steel, Now of course there's better.

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440c like other steel is good only if properly heat treated. I no longer use Puma, due to disappointment in steel, price and fit/finish, switched to some Bark River models in A2, 3V and CPM type steels. I am now fully satisfied. I purchased from knivesshipfree.com, excellent and fast service within and outside the US. ( I live in Canada)
 
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