Puma White Hunter knife

[Klenchblaize]

I dug out my 1970’s model last night which reminded me how impressionable and stubborn a 17-year old can be.

Impressionable in the sense of what the name suggested I would immediate become when parting with my role of Ten Shilling notes, and stubborn in my refusal to heed the caution in the knife’s extremely limited application within the woods of South East London!

K

 

[Klenchblaize]

Another one:
K

 

[biffo]

Another one:
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Is that the original handle material ??

 

[Klenchblaize]

No.

K

 

[NOTSHARP]

After seeing this thread, I had to find my Puma WH.










Ser. No. 63171 First Qtr. of 1971

A present from my brother, for my 21st., in 1972



Steve.

 

[Stalker62]

A present from my brother, for my 21st., in 1972

I trust you gave him a silver coin in return?

 

[willie_gunn]

After seeing this thread, I had to find my Puma WH.










Ser. No. 63171 First Qtr. of 1971

A present from my brother, for my 21st., in 1972



Steve.

Steve

That is lovely - and what a wonderful present to receive.

 

[NOTSHARP]

I trust you gave him a silver coin in return?

Sadly, no. At 21 years old, I knew nothing of the custom.

However, I have given him a knife, or two, over the years. He had a knife that belonged to our elder brother (now 83) when he was in the scouts. "It is a bit rough. Any chance you could tidy it up for me?", was his question.

Little did I know!

As received.




After a little work.




Steve

 

[willie_gunn]

That is super work - I am guessing both brothers were rightly delighted with the result?

 

[NOTSHARP]

That is super work - I am guessing both brothers were rightly delighted with the result?

Older brother (original owner) did not comment.

Current owner brother, initially, did not believe that it was the knife that he sent to me. He did, eventually, but now refuses to use the knife!

I dread to think how many paint tins that knife had opened.




Steve.

 

[willie_gunn]

Older brother (original owner) did not comment.

Current owner brother, initially, did not believe that it was the knife that he sent to me. He did, eventually, but now refuses to use the knife!

I dread to think how many paint tins that knife had opened.




Steve.

Looks like the thumb guard was responsible for quite a few of those!

 

[NOTSHARP]

Looks like the thumb guard was responsible for quite a few of those!

For sure!

I did manage to salvage it OK. No idea where the pommel disappeared to. Had to make a new one. Other than a spacer at each end of the handle, the leather is all original, and came up really well.

I guess it must be seventy years old, and not an easy seventy either.


Steve.

 

[biffo]

No.

K

Burr walnut, nice job!

 

[stevec]

I am very ignorant of knives but am interested in the thought process that went in to designing the puma white hunter. I understand that it was designed by the East African Professional Hunters Association and the bottom part is a skinning blade, the top is for cutting kindling to make camp fires and there is also a serrated part.

Can anyone enlighten me further?

 

[Klenchblaize]

As per my post # 21, they are lovely knives evocative of an age that is now sadly consigned to the garbage bin of history but as much as I'm a self-confessed reactionary, they are as much use to a UK deerstalker as a bino harness in 30c!

K

 

[bullet chucker]

Spotted new in a sports shop window in the early 60s way out of my Price, at £9.19.6d I lusted after it for a long time, some years later my mates girlfriend bought one for him, probably the one I saw in that shop. I asked him about it recently as he still has it, a sorry state of condition now though.

BC.

 

[willie_gunn]

Spotted new in a sports shop window in the early 60s way out of my Price, at £9.19.6d I lusted after it for a long time, some years later my mates girlfriend bought one for him, probably the one I saw in that shop. I asked him about it recently as he still has it, a sorry state of condition now though.

BC.

If you still feel the urge to scratch that itch.....

 

[willie_gunn]

I am very ignorant of knives but am interested in the thought process that went in to designing the puma white hunter. I understand that it was designed by the East African Professional Hunters Association and the bottom part is a skinning blade, the top is for cutting kindling to make camp fires and there is also a serrated part.

Can anyone enlighten me further?

There's an interesting article on the history of the Puma White Hunter here:

And Now You Know: Puma White Hunter, best knife ever made? - Orange Leader

The first time I saw the Puma White Hunter fixed blade knife in an ad in Field and Stream Magazine. I became entranced, I wanted one, I could think of […]

orangeleader.com

Another from Puma themselves:

White Hunter | Classic Puma Knives

classicpumaknives.com

And another:

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