I posted this knife here some time ago. Trail Guide, 3582, 1980, Wood Scales, and commented at the time that it was unusual to see one with wood scales. Well that's proved to be the under statement of the year........
Before I go any further consider that one can loosely categorise Puma knives into two groups.
1 Knives intended as user knives, ie general production knives
2 Knives made specifically as collectables, ie gold enhancements, special limited editions, blades with scenes on them etc
Of the first group, general production, this knife is considered "One of the rarest of the rare". There are plenty of Trail Guides out there with Stag Scales, but research and comments from major collectors world wide shows that there are only a very few with wood scales.
And yes it is genuine, and yes the scales are definitely factory.
(not shown , but I do have sheath, box, guarantee tag etc)
Vinnie
Back to the Jagdnicker 3589, here are the correct two images
Jul 16, 2023
Vinnie
I posted this knife here some time ago. Trail Guide, 3582, 1980, Wood Scales, and commented at the time that it was unusual to see one with wood scales. Well that's proved to be the under statement of the year........
Before I go any further consider that one can loosely categorise Puma knives into two groups.
1 Knives intended as user knives, ie general production knives
2 Knives made specifically as collectables, ie gold enhancements, special limited editions, blades with scenes on them etc
Of the first group, general production, this knife is considered "One of the rarest of the rare". There are plenty of Trail Guides out there with Stag Scales, but research and comments from major collectors world wide shows that there are only a very few with wood scales.
And yes it is genuine, and yes the scales are definitely factory.
(not shown , but I do have sheath, box, guarantee tag etc)
Jul 16, 2023
Vinnie
Emperor Model 915,1980
Jul 22, 2023