Welcome to iKC!

John, Welcome to IKC - this is a great place to be. Nice people and great knives.

Welcome indeed to iKC! Great folks, wonderfully informative, and very friendly! Enjoy your stay!

Welcome to iKnife

John,

I am sorry to be late to the welcome party, I am at a show LOL.  Thank you so much for being here with us.  Please let me know if there is anything I can do as you become more familiar with our communit

Yep, that Puma White Hunter was a really great knife. Mine saw a lot of use, both during my military service and for many years afterward, as well. Sadly, that knife just "disappeared" one day. I still get queasy thinking about its loss. I keep imagining that it's still here and that I just haven't found it yet. *sigh* But I know, deep down inside, that it's gone for good.

The only negative issue I observed with that knife, in the nearly 40 years of ownership, was the difficulty in sharpening it. That old Pumaster steel was an out n' out bear to sharpen! For me, at least. But once you got an edge it kept it for a good long time!

Borrowed from J. Mutz's webpage...hope he doesn't mind, since he's a member here and is making this year's iKC knife.

"Cotton Samplers were used by cotton buyers for cutting samples out of bales. These knives were advertised in the late 1800's as folding skinning knives and were usually handled in wood with curved jack handles. They have been discontinued by most knife manufacturers and are becoming very rare."

Thanks for joining our  Knife Repair, Modification, Restoration & Improvement group. Some good hands on discussions there. Enjoy !!

Hello John,

Welcome to iKnife Collectors!

Thank for the kind compliment. I am new here also & just love it. The members are so pleasant,hospitable & humorous. I miss them when I cannot get back for a few days. Its difficult to research the site as I seem to want to get on chat, as someone always has information that you are looking for & lead you to links where you can find more information.

I came here looking for information for my Moose Skinning Knife & have learned so much about it, that I just couldn't find any where else. I have got so hooked here I now would like to participate in working with knives in my engraving business.

Its a pleasure to meet you and I do hope you enjoy yourself as much as myself & many others. Peace & God Bless you & your family.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, John! Enjoy your day!

John, thanks for joining the Arsenal group.  I appreciate your participation.

John, thanks for joining the Stockman Pattern Group.

Thanks, John! 'tis the Season, ya know.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Hi John,

You are right!

I've been surprised by the number of welcomes, and I'm sure that they will all know a lot more about knives than I do!

I think that the guys here will be familiar with the Viper, even though I'm not.

Still waiting for my Northwoods Burnside Jack

Thanks for the welcome John.

Thank you for you gift of Friendship!

I remember some of your pics from before, the willows and the art!!

Have a good day my friend!

John,

Thanks for the nice comment on my knife!

Tom

Thanks John

Thanks for the welcome, John.  Nice to meet you.

John, thanks for the like on my skinner/sheath combo. Since retirement, I enjoy tinkering in the garage & have found doing a knife occasionally is a lot of fun. I do not have the necessary equipment for making blades from scratch. I purchase a blade thru heat treat and grind & go from there. Have collected knives for several years, several pictures of my collection are posted on iKnife.

Have a great day, John! Hope you enjoy it to the fullest!

Thank you

Thanks John. I'm glad to be here.

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