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Puma Knife: Puma CAPRI Model 6368 White Hunter Dive Knife with sheath in box
Rare and almost Mint condition PUMA Capri White Hunter with solid Plastic handle and original Black Deck (Boat) sheath in Black Puma Box Box.
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Model 13 6368. We believe it is Circa around mid 1970's-early 80's as there is no date stamp on the knife.
This item is in almost Mint Condition. A very fine Capri which is typically a Diver model with a leg sheath. For a very brief period, the Capri was made into a Boat version with the plastic sheath. The sheath would attach to a bulkhead or console in the boat. Later, it became a boat accessory and a divers knife. This is an exceptionally nice model and one for the collector.
Overall length is 28.5cm, with 15.5cm special D1.4116 steel blade
Rockwell Hardness Test: 55-57 HRC. Half tang. Built-in finger guard. Lanyard hole.
Comes with Black Puma Deck/Car Sheath. Knife is Handmade in Solingen, Germany
Please see description and images for full details:
This is an almost mint Condition knife unsharpened and unused, a couple of very fine marks on the blade.
Model 13 6368 White Hunter and now quite rare and collectable.
One side of the blade is stamped with the Puma Logo and written; 13 6368 HANDMADE PUMA CAPRI Germany STAINLESS .
It has a Hard Black Plastic anti slip handle.
We also have one rarer 1978 Model 6369 'SKIPPER' #45874 which can be seen at this link:
New Model White Hunters with Stag Handles directly from Puma Germany are available from SOS and can be seen at this link below:
https://www.sportingoutbacksupplies.com.au/16318.html?category_id=260
All Puma knives on our website are hand made and as the stag Antler and wood used to make these handles comes from a natural source, these knives are all individual, therefore the knife handle may vary slightly from the images we have posted here.
Description:
The Famous PUMA® Proofmark - Lots of companies talk about the quality of their steel. PUMA® proves it. We proof every single PUMA® knife blade made in Germany for hardness. If you examine the right hand side of your knife, you will see a small indented dot on the blade.This small dot is the “proof mark” from a Rockwell hardness tester. Using a diamond-pointed needle, every blade is tested for hardness. This needle causes the proof mark that is a symbol of a PUMA and is your personal assurance that your knife will deliver the PUMA® quality promise. Before we package our knives, we know for sure that they deliver the right degree of hardness. If it does not pass, it does not ship.
Features:
Steel – The steel used to make PUMA German knives is the best knife steel in the world. The proper amount of carbon makes a knife easy to sharpen and hold a cutting edge, but it also allows a knife to rust more easily unless other trace elements are added to protect oxidation. In our 440A steel, we add about 1% carbon for a great edge and about 17% chromium to maintain the temper but inhibit rust. About 0.35% Silicon is also added to the base alloy to deoxidize the steel and further stabilize the blade. Additionally, other trace elements such as manganese, phosphorus, sulfur, and molybdenum are added to increase the ability of the steel to form an edge and hold it once formed. These trace elements cause the molecules to align more evenly when cooling to give better structural strength and consistency. This is a more expensive way to make knives, but we know that every knife that bears the PUMA proof mark really does deliver the promise of the best knife blade in the world