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I have uncovered a Puma knife in a large tool box I inherited that only says PUMA Germany at the base of the blade by the lockback mechanism. The knife does not locked when opened as it looks like it wasn't meant to do so though the mechanism does rise when the blade is opened but I can push it closed without pushing in on the mechanism itself. I don't see any identifying numbers so I am assuming this is pre-64. Any thoughts on dating this knife? I am assuming it was made in the US though it's possible it was made in Germany but without identifying numbers I can't be definite. I am attaching a photo of the knife.

Defiantly an older model Puma made in Germany. Looks like there is a model # right below the stainless on the reverse tang, but I can't make it out. Handles look to be cocobolo wood.

Eye Brand Man wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:04 pm Defiantly an older model Puma made in Germany. Looks like there is a model # right below the stainless on the reverse tang, but I can't make it out. Handles look to be cocobolo wood.

I looked at it and it appears to say "SGB". Isn't that the line they use for knives with German-made blades, but the rest of the knife comes from China?

It may be this model.

https://pumaknifecompanyusa.com/Puma-SG ... -P692.aspx

A more recent knife. As for the meaning of SGB https://pumaknifecompanyusa.com/SGB-C30.aspx

Might be an earlier SGB knife, but as far as I know all SGB knives (which by the way were introduced in 2010) have always had the etching on the blade and not a stamp on a tang. Puma hasn't stamped tangs since sometime in the late 1990s. That knife is an anomaly to me.

I’m not sure. I thought that was a number having to do with steel quality but it could be SGB. No stamp anywhere else just PUMA Germany.