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KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION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Notes: Vintage 1970s knife - Withdrawn from private collection - Overall in very good condition

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION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
* Condition: Overall in fair condition, marks on the blade due to use and years since its production
* Commercially available: no longer in production, difficult to find, probably dating back to the 1980s or 1990s
* Sharpening: not original, the knife has been used and resharpened
* Marks on the blade: scratches, logo a little discoloured, dots due to cleaned oxidation
* Marks on the handle: yes, due to use and insertion in the sheath
* Box: unboxed
* Scabbard: original, leather and fur (presumably reindeer)
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: absent
* Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory

Intended use: hunting/collecting

Type of production: handcrafted
Blade: Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel
Blade treatment: polishing
Country of manufacture: Finland
Handle: bone (presumably reindeer)
Blade length: 100mm
Blade thickness: 3mm
Length closed: -
Total length: 200mm
Balance: set back approx. 10mm
Weight: 82g (121g including scabbard)
Scabbard: leather with engravings
Notes: in view of the time that has elapsed and the difficulty of finding reliable production information, the above data are to be considered indicative

Knife from a private collection - First series, first generation, the first and original "Made in USA" Trailmaster from 1988 - Overall in good condition, shows small signs of oxidation on the blade and some minor signs of time on the leather sheath - Product does not appear to have the original factory sharpening, but still has no signs of wear - Supplied with its own original leather sheath, but lacking box and manuals - Checked and certified by our in-house lab.

Intended use: collection

Type of manufacture: Industrial
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: Carbon V steel
Blade treatment: satin finish
Handle: kraton and brass
Blade length: 240mm.
Blade thickness: 8mm.
Total length: 370mm.
Balance: advanced
Weight: 515g.
Sheath: black leather
Packaging: without original box
Notes: knife from private collection, first series, produced in 1988, overall in good condition.

Vintage knife produced in Portland in 1972 characterized by an extremely penetrating full flat type of sharpening, designed specifically for hunting use - Knife withdrawn from private collection - Overall in very good condition - Never used, a few small marks on the leather sheath, due to the passage of time - Free of packaging - Checked and certified by our internal laboratory Coltelleria Collini

Intended use: Collection / Vintage / Hunting

Type of production: industrial
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: 440C stainless steel
Blade finish: mirror polish
Handle: stainless steel guard and pommel, brass spacers, macassar ebony handle
Blade length: 115mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Total length: 225mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 191g.
Sheath: leather
Packaging: -
Notes: Vintage knife from 1972 - Withdrawn from private collection globally in very good condition - Unpacked

Intended Use: Collection

Type of production: made entirely by hand
Production Country: Germany
Blade: integral, stainless steel RWL-34 to 62 / 64HRC
Blade treatment: -
Handle: Full, in RWL-34 stainless steel inserts with blond horn
Blade length: 70mm.
Blade thickness: 3mm.
Handle thickness: 7.5mm.
Overall length: 165mm.
Weight: 76g.
Sheath: leather, hand-stitched
Notes: Made entirely by hand by Dietmar F. Kressler