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Puma Knife: Puma Vintage 98% Mint 1969 White Hunter with Stag Handle & Custom Sheath
An almost 98% Mint condition Vintage PUMA 1969 White Hunter with really Fat genuine Stag Antler handle and custom made leather Sheath.
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Model 116375. Date Code: 96583 which means it was produced in the 3rd Qtr of 1969 and is currently 56 years old and a real beauty.
Overall blade length is 10 5/8", with 'New genuine Pumaster Steel 6" Blade.
Rockwell Hardness Test: 55-57 HRC. Full tang. Built-in finger guard. Lanyard hole.
Comes with custom leather sheath. Knife was Handmade in Solingen, Germany
This knife is over 56 years old and is in almost mint condition for age and would be best described as an original knife in fantastic collectable condition, with just a few age marks.
The knife has never been used or sharpened and is almost like new with a good edge and no chips etc in the blade. It has just a few age marks on the blade which would probably polish out but we have left it as is for the Puma collector.
The Sheath has been custom made from leather with a basket weave pattern on the front and HANDMADE BY VIKING MEXICO 7260 06 on the reverse, (we also do original Puma Leather sheathes to fit the White Hunter which you will find at this link: https://www.sportingoutbacksupplies.com.au/puma-knife-sheath-puma-white-hunter-knife-leather-sheath#product-details-tab-specification
The beautiful Sambar Antler handle is unique in that it is around twice the thickness of the usual White Hunters and I guess it is indicative of those knives made in the 1960's and its in perfect shape
The leather custom sheath is in excellent condition
A fine and almost mint example of a +56 year old Original Pumaster White Hunter and one of the best we have seen.
The PUMA White Hunter model was developed in 1956 in conjunction with the East African Professional Hunter’s Association to be the leading knife for big game hunting.
The Puma White Hunter, introduced in 1956, was in production for Eight years before the introduction of the Puma control number system. This number, a.k.a. Production Code or Date Code was introduced in the 4th Quarter of 1964 to assist PUMA with quality control and product improvement processes.
The White Hunter is the knife that made PUMA famous in the hunting knife market. It also earned them international recognition as a premier maker of quality production knives. This recognition promoted rapid growth in exports. One of there largest markets was the United States.
New Model White Hunters directly from Puma Germany are available from SOS and can be seen at this link below:
SOS# 00785
www.sportingoutbacksupplies.com.au is an authorised Australian distributor for the PUMA knife range (See the Puma.de website) so you can be sure that the Puma knife you buy from us is a legitimate product direct from the Puma factory in Germany.
We do not sell fakes, or grey imports
These knives all come from the Puma factory in Germany and will last years if looked after properly.
Only buy from SOS a reputable and authorised distributor.
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: Current Model White Hunter.
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