Puma Skinner, circa 1976
This knife sat in the display case of a small Mom & Pop-run Army/Navy store for a long time (like maybe 2 years or more). One day, I was in there, and asked the woman owner "So, what`s the deal on that Puma, it`s been here for a LONG time now ?" "Well," she replied, "Somebody misplaced the sheath a long time ago, and nobody wants to buy it without the sheath".
"Well," I said "Why don`t you make me an offer....cash deal ?"
"How`s thirty bucks sound ?" she asked
"Wrap it up, I`ll take it !" I said (This knife sold for around $100 at the time)
So, she gave me a crappy Chinese leather sheath that looked it cost 50 cents, and away I went.
Fast Forward 20 years.... In the late `90s, there was a wonderful website called Bladeauction....it was like the Wild West, anything and everything got sold there. One day I happened to see a listing for a NOS, still-in-the-factory plastic wrapping, perfect leather sheath for a Puma Skinner. I won the auction, and finally had a matching sheath for my knife !
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