Identifying knife from sheath. Vintage Puma

[seanlombard]

Hi, I’m new to the forum and am hoping someone can help me find which knife might have went with this sheath. I know that it’s not possible to know the exact knife because I don’t have the serial number but I hope someone can narrow it down for me. The knife belonged to a dear friend and he lost it on a trip a few years ago. It was given to him by his dad and was first owned by his grandpa.

The sheath is about 8 & 3/8s long and is stamped with DBGM 1865840. It’s black with a puma head also stamped on it. The plaid is obviously added and not to do with identifying it.

I was thinking it could be a scout model? It seems like a smaller width blade would fit in it. I am not versed with knives and do not own a puma myself.

Thank you for any info you guys might have!

[TCassidy]

Try www.pumaknifeman.com, that is a good website on Puma info.

[seanlombard]

Thanks, I have visited the site and it is helpful but with the vintage models there is much to go off of.

[Killgar]

Looks like a sheath for a "Hunters Friend".

The sheath for the "Hunters Friend" is marked DBGM 1865840. I also suspect that a previous owner spray painted the sheath black, or attempted some other type of black coating.

Example of a "Hunters Friend"-

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[seanlombard]

Wow thank you! Yes the black I couldn’t find pictures of but it looked like they did a decent job of it cause it was still good in some areas. I appreciate the help! I’m going to try and look into finding a good one online and do some more research.

[Killgar]

Wow thank you! Yes the black I couldn’t find pictures of but it looked like they did a decent job of it cause it was still good in some areas. I appreciate the help! I’m going to try and look into finding a good one online and do some more research.

You're welcome .

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