Puma White Hunter as survival knife

I keep it tucked away in it's sheath next to my computer. The leather is cured to the point where it won't be a problem on the knife, but i take it out once a month and polish it up. If i were to give you guys the numbers on it, would you date it for me and tell me if it's a goodun or a newer one? I dunno when he got it! He doesn't remember lol
 
It is stainless so it is relatively new and not as collectible as carbon.

Dating it is not a problem just google the Puma site and enter the number and let us know what you find out if you want.
 
ramm9 knows his pumas.
that series of numbers tells the yr. & which quarter or yr. knife was produced.
in 60s & 70s these were about the best you could buy.
as members said, you really should get another blade as a user.
 
Eh, I strongly disagree with most people who will tell you to keep a knife as a safe queen. A knife was made to be used, it would do your grandfather proud if he could see you using it how it was intended.

As long as you're not an idiot who decides to use it for prying, or misuse it in any other way, and you're not doing some extreme hiking/climbing where it can easily be lost, I'd use the hell out of it.

Or, if it was a SERIOUS collectible that you hope to get a few thousand dollars from as an investment. Other than that, it's a freaking knife, use it smartly, if you can use it at all. Of course, if I had something better to use in its place, I'd probably do that.
 
Ramm9 said:
The White Hunter would make a very good survival knife.

Look at the blade side of the guard/bolster and see if it has any numbers stamped in it. If so it will tell you when the knife was made. The older ones with Pumaster steel are far better than more recent White Hunter's. They take a very sharp edge and in their day the edge would outlast anything in a hunting camp.

That's a great knife, post a couple of pictures with the sheath if you can.
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What was their reason for ending the use of the original steel?
 
I agree to use it like Gramps did, he will be smiling somewhere. It is already used so some knife use (not abuse as mentioned) should not harm it's value greatly.

I have my dads two 40+ yr old solingen buffalo skinners and bring one camping for nostalgia and the fact it's a really good knife.
 
I recently examined a stag-handled White Hunter at SHOT and, sadly, they don't look nearly as nice as that one.

DancesWithKnives
 
Sigh. When I was a kid back in the 50's and 60's, that was one of the knives that made me drool: still does, come to think about it.

I never actually handled one; I only saw them in ads and at the hardware store, but I really, really wanted one. There was something just so right about the way it looked. I could never muster up enough cash to actually buy one — but I sure wanted to.

If I were you, I'd tuck it away somewhere, rather than use it. It's an heirloom, given to you by your Grandfather. Maybe you can pass it along to your kid, too, someday.

I'd just buy one of the great modern knives on the market to use, and keep the Puma for sentimental value.
 
If I were you I would put that blade in the safe and buy your self a Bark River for a user fixed blade.. The Puma would serve well in the brush they are great knives but given its sentimental value behind it I would not want to risk looseing or damaging it, it will be a nice blade to pass down to your children one day... Just my Two Cents...
 
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