Quote from: sak60 on October 08, 2018, 08:42:01 AMFirst half of ‘80 Puma. Bought new at a gun store here probably ‘81.Nice Puma.I,at one time,owned a Trail Guide with Stag handles.
First half of ‘80 Puma. Bought new at a gun store here probably ‘81.
Lots of good storys guys.This is the earliest knife I bought new and still have. I saw the Buck 110 in the display at the Sporting section of a store in Oswego, Ks. I was there with my grandpa. When I saw this knife I thought it was the most beautiful knife I'd ever seen. About a year later in 1974 I was 18 I was over at my grandpas again and couldnt wait to get down to the store and buy one of those Buck 110's. It cost 25.00 if I remember correctly which was a lot of money in those days for a knife. I carried and used it for years. The locking lug finally broke off the locking bar many years later and it got put away. I thought it was long gone in all my moving around over the years but found it a year or so ago. Even tho its broke I'm glad I didint lose it. I still think the the 110 is one of the best looking folders out there. A true "Classic" in every sense of the word.
That would be my 1983 ranger I bought when I was 13 on holiday in France (Image removed from quote.)
I have a Puma Game Warden that I bought new in 1971.I have always said that every knife purchase has a story and this one is no different.When I was a kid my dad used to take me to a gun shop that was two towns over from where we lived.While he and the owner,Mr. Bowman,talked guns,politics and current events,I walked around and marveled at all of the handguns in the glass display case.I also would check out his knife displays.He had two display cases that always caught my attention the Buck and Puma cases.During that time the Buck 110 Hunter had become popular among my older brother and his friends.At that time it was a huge folder.During one of our many trips to Mr. Bowman's gun store,I couldn't help but to take notice of a Buck-like knife named the Puma Game Warden.I set my sights on buying that knife because it looked like the Buck 110 but it was much sleeker,weighed noticeably less and fit a skinny 125LB kid like myself much better than the Buck.During that summer I worked cutting lawns and at odd jobs and saved my money.Well,I actually horded my money.I never spent a dime until I had the money needed to buy that wonderful Puma.I wasn't sure my dad would allow me to own it,since I was still in grade school.I didn't want to take that chance so I hopped aboard my banana seat,ape hanger bike and rode that eight miles to Mr.Bowman's shop.When I arrived I told Mr.Bowman that I wanted to buy a Puma knife,while pointing at it.He was always accommodating, so he took it from the display case and handed it to me.He left for a few minutes while I fondled this beautiful work of art while opening and closing the blade a dozens times or more.When he came back he asked if my dad would allow me to buy this ? I told him yes and I gave him the money I had saved.He rang it up on his old cash register,bagged it and away I rode.Upon arriving home dad caught me walking my bike into the garage and asked where I had ridden.Before I could make up a story he said that Mr. Bowman had called and told him I was at his store buying a knife.Busted! My dad was very cool,as he grew up on a farm and he had a knife before he was in first grade.He asked to see it and he immediately set down the rules as to when I could carry that beautiful Puma.I wasn't real happy with his rules but as he always said his house,his rules.It wasn't until many,many years later that I learned my Puma had been manufactured at least seven years before I bought it.So,if Mr. Bowman had received it new from Puma,he had it in stock for seven years before I eyed it for purchase.Pumas have a date code engraved onto the back of the locking bar but that didn't start until 1964.Mine has no date code.So it is a Pre-'64 folder.So members,what is your oldest knife that you bought new? Puma Game Warden.
I guess the oldest one I still have that I bought is this G-96 JET-AER that I mail ordered in the early 1980's from the back of a magazine.
The oldest knife I still own that I bought new is my Victorinox Super Tinker I bought after graduating high school back in '88. No special story, just that I had a Caughlan knockoff for many years prior and wanted the real deal. The Super Tinker went with me everywhere and had very little good care taken of it, yet never failed me.It was essentially ruined about 5 or 6 years ago, and I breathed new life into it last year, so I can carry it and it is both useful and presentable again.I had previously bought a Pakistani knockoff of a Buck 110 back in the early 1980's, without my parent's knowledge.
This one is from the late eighties. A rosewood Laguiole Rossignol.The brass used to be high gloss, but developed a natural matte patina over the past 30 years.
The oldest knife I have that I bought new is also the first knife I ever bought. By the way I bought that knife in 1954.
The first knife I got was one of my grandfather's old knives, but that is long since lost.The second, was the lambsfoot slippie in the attached pictureThe other in the picture is the first knife I bought for myself. It's an off-brand liner locker, which I probably got a year or two after the other one, and it too has done a fair bit of cutting work over the years. It's now one of my "dirty work" knives, for when I don't want to risk ruining something nicer, and it still works fine.
Lots of good storys guys.This is the earliest knife I bought new and still have. I saw the Buck 110 in the display at the Sporting section of a store in Oswego, Ks. I was there with my grandpa. When I saw this knife I thought it was the most beautiful knife I'd ever seen. About a year later in 1974 I was 18 I was over at my grandpas again and couldnt wait to get down to the store and buy one of those Buck 110's. It cost 25.00 if I remember correctly which was a lot of money in those days for a knife.
That would be my 1983 ranger I bought when I was 13 on holiday in France
A large and a small stockman was my carry for many years.These are the two oldest that I still have an 80T and a Buck 303. I gave my older knives to my nephews a long time ago.(Image removed from quote.)
Quote from: sak60 on October 08, 2018, 08:42:01 AMFirst half of ‘80 Puma. Bought new at a gun store here probably ‘81.Nice Puma sak60!
A large and a small stockman was my carry for many years.These are the two oldest that I still have an 80T and a Buck 303. I gave my older knives to my nephews a long time ago.
Quote from: Dean51 on October 10, 2018, 12:27:52 AMA large and a small stockman was my carry for many years.These are the two oldest that I still have an 80T and a Buck 303. I gave my older knives to my nephews a long time ago.(Image removed from quote.)Thanks for participating Dean.What year did you buy your stockmans?
Quote from: toolguy on October 10, 2018, 07:46:16 PMQuote from: Dean51 on October 10, 2018, 12:27:52 AMA large and a small stockman was my carry for many years.These are the two oldest that I still have an 80T and a Buck 303. I gave my older knives to my nephews a long time ago.Thanks for participating Dean.What year did you buy your stockmans?You made me look and I found a few more stored in a treasure box I forgot about. On a couple early jobs I used a knife a lot and a couple of my older knives got used up and just dropped in with the scrap steel at work or given away. The Buck 303 is 1993, I don't remember exactly the Old Timer's age but probably early 80's. Plus or minus my depending on my memories margin of error. It varies. A gray 2 spring Buck is 1987 and the black 1993 flat ground 3 spring. The 2 spring is a better knife only because its noticeably thinner behind the edge.They're both in real good shape because they were watch pocket clean knives aka back ups. The 503 Prince is a 1994 it's the only one with a story, it's a replacement for a 503 I bought a years earlier. I tried to re grind the tip on it. I had to try grinding the tip because I used it as a screw driver and broke the tip. The regrind didn't work by the way. Once upon a time late 70's or so. Me and a friend put his dads boat on the Missouri river at Parkville, Mo. and headed east. It was a 16” runabout with a vintage 1964/65, 40 horse Evinrude. Did I mention in those days boats were not required to have flotation, we didn't have ant either. Well half way to K.C we broke down. At that time of year and that close to K.C.MO. the Missouri has a lot of barge traffic. Not to mention eddy's that could grab a drifting aluminum boat and spin it in circles. At least until a barge knocked you free of it or it sucked you under. After a mile or so we got the carburetor adjusted, got it running and turned around. Fun day.
Quote from: Dean51 on October 10, 2018, 12:27:52 AMA large and a small stockman was my carry for many years.These are the two oldest that I still have an 80T and a Buck 303. I gave my older knives to my nephews a long time ago.Thanks for participating Dean.What year did you buy your stockmans?
Quote from: Dean51 on October 27, 2018, 04:26:09 PMQuote from: toolguy on October 10, 2018, 07:46:16 PMQuote from: Dean51 on October 10, 2018, 12:27:52 AMA large and a small stockman was my carry for many years.These are the two oldest that I still have an 80T and a Buck 303. I gave my older knives to my nephews a long time ago.Thanks for participating Dean.What year did you buy your stockmans?You made me look and I found a few more stored in a treasure box I forgot about. On a couple early jobs I used a knife a lot and a couple of my older knives got used up and just dropped in with the scrap steel at work or given away. The Buck 303 is 1993, I don't remember exactly the Old Timer's age but probably early 80's. Plus or minus my depending on my memories margin of error. It varies. A gray 2 spring Buck is 1987 and the black 1993 flat ground 3 spring. The 2 spring is a better knife only because its noticeably thinner behind the edge.They're both in real good shape because they were watch pocket clean knives aka back ups. The 503 Prince is a 1994 it's the only one with a story, it's a replacement for a 503 I bought a years earlier. I tried to re grind the tip on it. I had to try grinding the tip because I used it as a screw driver and broke the tip. The regrind didn't work by the way. Once upon a time late 70's or so. Me and a friend put his dads boat on the Missouri river at Parkville, Mo. and headed east. It was a 16” runabout with a vintage 1964/65, 40 horse Evinrude. Did I mention in those days boats were not required to have flotation, we didn't have ant either. Well half way to K.C we broke down. At that time of year and that close to K.C.MO. the Missouri has a lot of barge traffic. Not to mention eddy's that could grab a drifting aluminum boat and spin it in circles. At least until a barge knocked you free of it or it sucked you under. After a mile or so we got the carburetor adjusted, got it running and turned around. Fun day. Very cool Dean. I really like that gray Buck,I've never seen one like that before.Congrats.Your story on the river rivals the one we had on a canal in Florida,when we were kids.That's for another time though.
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