A Quick Stag Brag- some Pumas from the Bushdocta Downunda...

[BUSHDOCTA]

G'day from Australia. Just a few shots of the some of the Puma Stags I've collected over the last few months, mainly from fleabay (Way down here your options for collecting knives are very limited, and with new knife laws collecting knives is becoming quite an antisocial pastime- drat!). As a youngster I always admired Puma knives (usually from the other side of the glass countertop) and a recent wave of nostalgia has led me down a path of no return. It's such a big world of knives out there so I decided to fixate...errr I mean focus....on stag handles, and early Pumas have some of the best examples of these (in my opinion). I have a couple of post 2000's in the collection, but am no where near as impressed with them as I am with the earlier ones - they just have that something extra in detail and weight. Hope you like 'em.......

[Froggyedge]

Some really nice looking Pumas you've got there!
I agree, there's something special about those old Pumas...

I still remember one special old Puma I was shown a couple of years ago:
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... d+man+puma

[BUSHDOCTA]

Oh go on, one last photo of all the gang together...... This is all the previous knives plus at the end of the line a pre 2000 mini 4 star, defiinitely NONE of these knives come out of CHINA !!!!!

[BUSHDOCTA]

Thanks Froggy for the link back to that great story, and some great stag in those photos, hey?? I've got an early White Hunter in my sights at the moment - left handed?....But you can't count your chickens till they're hatched....Thanks again, cheers from the Bushdocta Downunda

[Miller Bro's]

Bushdocta,

Nice collection of Stag handle Puma`s!

I have a few fixed blade knives from the 1960`s and you can`t beat the stag handles they used on these knives

[philco]

Nice group you have gathered up Bushdocta.

Puma was a brand that captured my fancy as well back when I was younger and had no way of doing more than looking. By the time I could afford to buy myself one, the quality had declined to the point that when I did purchase my first Puma, I ended up sending it back for a refund. What a disappointment.
The older ones are a totally different story. They were very well made showing true craftsmanship and the stag was top notch on most I have seen from that era. Thanks for sharing your collection with us.

Phil

[Owd Wullie]

Fine lookin bunch of cats!

Damn shame Oz is goin the same way as the UK about the EVIL knife.

I had WAY too much fun gettin "pissed" with the Aussie's and the Kiwi's in Singapore back in '72. Those lads knew how to party!

[doormann]

that is a fine collection of german cutlery, i always liked them but they were very expensive. i now know that they are worth every penny, you have great taste in knives!!!
andy r.

[theblindog]

Gnarly stag on 4star!
nice line-up bushdoc!

[Cope]

Bushdocta very nice group of knives!!

OR.....

Aye Matie....gehrate lookin' blades ya hauve there!! Help's whehn throwin' anotha shrimp awn the baubie!!! Holla, Holla!!!

?? anyone?? anyone??? no??? ah I'm too old I guess!