Puma: a HJ maker that is appreciated a lot!

Who has one to show?

Here is the double marked 1939 version.

Best greetings,

Herman

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Very nice transitional you got there ! Here is mine, an early one with no ricasso, motto on blade and tagged. Puma made nice blades!

Fritziii

Hello Fritziii,

That is a wonderfull early Puma! Do you own it since a long time?

Best greetings,

Herman

I've had it for about 15 years, found it at the Max show in Monroeville. I like Puma daggers and used to have a few but only have two now, the other is a navy dagger.

Fritziii

Here is the 1937 version of this maker.

Who else has a Puma to show?

Best greetings,

Herman

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Here is the 1938 version by Puma, the only that I know of without the Puma logo, but with the motto.

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Here is an early "cat", notice the "dense" checkering of the grip.

Best greetings,

Herman

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Heres mine,motto looks like it was not etched very deep but its there.

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Very nice early Puma, Erick!

Often the motto is etched lightly on the knifes by this maker.

Best greetings,

Herman

Thanks!Why is the maker mark different on mine than on the others shown,no ges ghesh and slightly different cat.

That makes this part of the hobby so interesting, Erick, plenty of variations!
In the following topic, there is exactly the same context: one early knife with and one without the "ges.gesch�tzt" mark. I guess the used logo was not "patented" yet.

http://daggers.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/427101702/m/9640099835

Best greetings,

Herman

Here is one more: early knife with different checkering in the grip plates.

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