Puma knives?

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Have any of you guys had any experience with a Puma you wanna share. I held one the other day and it felt really good in hand. I dunno what knid of steel their made of, anybody? I went to a web site that sold them a i couldnt believe the prices! Who do they think they are. Are they really that good? I just cant justify their prices. Thoughts anyone?
Andrew
 
I bought a Puma Deer Hunter (965) back in the early 80's in Scotland. It cost me GBP50 and it was a lot of money for a student. My blade is made of "New Stainless Super Keen Cutting Steel". Not sure what it means, but it never rust, easy to sharpen and hold an edge quite well.

The blade has some play after almost twenty years of use, but still lock up solid. The tip bent the last time I was trying to open an oyster with it, and it is now 1/8" shorter. Other than that it never complain on the type of work that I throw at it, including opening can food and cutting wire. So far I'm happy with its build quality.
 
Well,Puma maybe the best choice of German knifes you can make.It was founded in Solingen/Germ. in 1769 .Each blade leaving the produktion has to pass a diamond quality-test.you can see the mark on the blade.
Generally it is to say that knifes are not so cheep in Germany,we have to pay lots of money for some good blades.Not only for imported knifes also for the ones who are "made in Germany".Puma knifes are very expensive ,but high quality has it`s price.
 
Ill cast another vote yes for puma. I had the large pocket knife with black scales. Used it every day as an electrical mechanic for years. It did everything I asked it to. Took a FANTASTIC edge and on top of all that I think It was good looking as hell.

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Hello!
The other forumites are right. Puma makes very high quality knives and they used different, but always high quality, steels to make the blades.
At least the older blades were drop forged and all of them were and still are rockwell tested using the HRc-method with a diamond. Workmanship on the knives is very good and, as i could see looking at some really old ones, they usually will last more than one lifetime.
If the retail prices in the regular knife shops are too high for you, try getting one on the second market or on ebay internet auction. There are lots of them usually.

Achim
 
I've had a Puma White Hunter for almost thirty years. For years it was my primary camping and hunting knife. It's still in good shape. The steel is something similar to 440A. I have no complaints.

Recently, I asked my son to pick out a knife in a friends shop. He chose one of the Puma Military folders with a coated blade. He's able to keep a nice edge on it and seems quite happy with his choice. I was not overly impressed with the quality but I guess it's an OK knife. It cost $45.
 
I guess i forgot to mention which one i was talking about. It was a fixed blade about 10" long, and it had a stag handle. It was $225. I thought to myself: What! I could get a basic #9. I really liked that puma, though. Thats when i went to the web site and found that almost all their fixed bladed knives were 200+ bucks. Oh well, maby someday....
Andrew
 
I agree 100% refield, for the money i would get a busse basics #9 and save $20 or better yet; save a little more money and get a Randall #14 or #10
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I just want something i can rely on like 440V or INFI...you know...just in case the "REDS" come
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In what was destined to be a short-lived spectacle, a chicken, suspended by a baloon, floated through the Samurai bar's doorway
 
Just a couple words about my experience with Puma....the White Hunter that is:

I bought mine in 1970. I probably paid $40 to $50 for it....alot of money then. It was an extravagance, but I spent most of my time outdoors in those days and thoroughly abused this knife. I chopped wood, opened cans, used it as small prybar, cut wire, pounded stakes, took it swimming...I put it through the wringer, so to speak. I retired it in 1975 after those several years of hard treatment. About a year ago, I got it out and cleaned it up. I repolished the flats and reworked the edge. It looks used but took a great edge. I guess after first looking at this post, my good memories of how well this knife performed for me back in the old days finally caught up with me. I have real appreciation for that knife. Even with its "inferior" 30 year old steel, it's still ready to go. I'd take it with me into the field again in a heartbeat. Even though I am enamored of the latest blade steels, I have to admit that this old Puma blade has taken everything I dished out and sits in the gunsafe,sharp and waiting for more...no worse for the wear.

Anybody else got a Whitehunter they'd like to comment on?

 
My whitehunter has the first knife i ever had that i could field dress an elk with and no have to stop and resharpen.
it was a great knife that i foolishly traded.
 
I just gave my dad a White Hunter, we engraved it with his name and all of us signed the sheath, in part to try to keep it from walking away at the home that he is staying at. An uncle had given him one before he went to SE Asia in 1965, but it got away from the family a few years later. When I ran across one for a good price I thought that he would appreciate having one again. He said that it cuts frozen fish very well :^)
 
While we are on Puma knives. How do you read the number on the knives to see what year they were made in? I have a White Hunter II stag with the #54892. It is still NIB. If any one can tell me anything about this I would be more than pleased. -CL

[This message has been edited by Layton Knives (edited 01-25-2000).]
 
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