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KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously Purchased
* Condition: Overall in good condition.
* Commercially available Discontinued
* Sharpening: Factory sharpened, improvable
* Marks on blade: No
* Marks on handle: Slight, on nickel silver heads.
* Box: Absent
* Scabbard: Original, leather, with a few small marks due to age.
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: Absent
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory


Particular knife developed with the help of experienced falconers and especially Horst Niesters in the early 1970s.
The blade was designed to chop up food for raptors and to intercept game brought back by raptors during hunting trips. In the center of the blade is a small semicircular notch that serves to signal to the falconer that the edge is sharp from the tip of the blade to that exact point; the rest of the blade is kept blunt to protect the raptors.
PUMA's falconer's knife is designed to be very handy and absolutely practical, making it a reliable companion for hunting prey.


Intended Use: Collection / Vintage / Hunting

Type of production: semi-crafted
Country of manufacture: Germany
Blade: 440C stainless steel
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: wooden, with nickel silver guard and pommel
Blade length: 125mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Total length: 242mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 130g.
Sheath: leather
Packaging: -
Notes: Vintage 1970s knife - Withdrawn from private collection - Overall in very good condition

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously purchased, presumably from the late 1970s/early 1980s.
* Condition: In very good condition
* Commercially available On order, with waiting list.
* Sharpening: Factory original, can be improved.
* Marks on blade: Small horizontal marks due to insertion and removal from scabbard.
* Marks on handle: A few small marks on aluminum tang.
* Packaging: -
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original.
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: - -
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory



Intended use: hunting / fishing / light hiking

Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: USA
Blade: O1 steel
Blade finish: satin finish
Handle: leather rings, brass guard, duralumin pommel
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 3.8mm.
Total length: 230mm.
Weight: 130g.
Scabbard: handmade, leather, for vertical carrying on belt
Packaging: -
Notes: Specimen presumably late 1970s/early 1980s in excellent condition - previously purchased knife from a private collection

History of the Model
The Model 7 was designed as a scaled-down version of the Model 3 Hunter.

Almost immediately, the idea of a scaled-down version of the new Hunter dawned on Bo Randall as an ideal knife for his fellow anglers. An avid fisherman since his youth, Bo regarded this new knife as a labor of love and immediately set to work on the project. At first he tried 4- and 4.5-inch blades, but then opted for the 4 1/2-inch one. Bo wanted the right handle for cleaning brook trout and similar sized fish, so he reduced the size of the handle of the new Hunter and changed its shape. Naturally, he called this model the "Fisherman," and some early prototypes with 4-inch blades were delivered to some dealers during the latter part of September 1945.