UBB.threads Forums Edged Weapons Hunting, Forestry, and Shooting Forum Puma Nicker, vor 1964

Thank you, Mikee,

the Waidmannsheil Puma has some excellent stag with very little trimming at the bottom only.

The only minus is the fact that the Nickle-Silver rivet is missing from the lower metal chape.

What I want to know is when did the 1930's Puma mark ("Puma, Solingen") used on the blade of the Bayern-Messer (Nicker) change. The last example I found was used on a dolch blade in 1935.

In 1936 the Nazi's started to really take over and I believe 1936 was the year of change to the ("Puma head, Puma, Solingen") mark used on the Bayern-Messer (Nicker). The pumahunter site shows this mark used on the blade in Ca. 1940.

See: www.pumahunter.de (under "Blankwaffen 1936-1945", scroll down just past the HJ knives).