Moki, Mcusta, Al Mar and other Seki Made Knives

[WillyCamaro]

Regarding Mcusta (and other wood handle knives) is there any need to use anything on the wood itself to prevent drying out ? I don't know much about some of these exotic woods, but I do know I have to rub down my guitar fretboard when I change strings, so ... ? (lemon oil, orange oil, linseed ?)

Yup mate, I had the exact same quandary. Solved by just basic unscented baby (mineral) oil. Either dunk the whole knife into a container of the stuff, or rub it on with a soaked rag, work's exactly for what you need mate.
Hope that helps.

[Quick Steel]

I've been using pure mineral oil for years on wood, stag, and bone. As Willy said don't use the mineral oils with added chemicals primarily for making a scent.

[Toejammer]

Thanks all !

I've got a bottle of orange oil based guitar fretboard conditioner I'll try out. It works great on rosewood fretboards that tend to dry out frequently, depending on geographical location. I have one knife I rehandled with desert ironwood, and even as dense as that stuff is, it sucked up three coats of linseed oil !

[WillyCamaro]

Thanks all !

I've got a bottle of orange oil based guitar fretboard conditioner I'll try out. It works great on rosewood fretboards that tend to dry out frequently, depending on geographical location. I have one knife I rehandled with desert ironwood, and even as dense as that stuff is, it sucked up three coats of linseed oil !

Yesir mate, my fret boards dry out every other string change, use Dunlop Lemon Oil here, works great!

Yup, meet yours truly, TinLizzard, the learning guitarist/musician.

Nice to meet another nerd, such as yourself .
It's like gravity, we all eventually end up here...

[Toejammer]

Thanks all !

I've got a bottle of orange oil based guitar fretboard conditioner I'll try out. It works great on rosewood fretboards that tend to dry out frequently, depending on geographical location. I have one knife I rehandled with desert ironwood, and even as dense as that stuff is, it sucked up three coats of linseed oil !

Yesir mate, my fret boards dry out every other string change, use Dunlop Lemon Oil here, works great!

Yup, meet yours truly, TinLizzard, the learning guitarist/musician.

Nice to meet another nerd, such as yourself .
It's like gravity, we all eventually end up here...

<-- Drummer here actually, but when you grow up playing in bands, you wind up picking up guitar sooner or later And besides, when you can't sleep, it's much quieter to play guitar at 3am. I'm kinda a Dave Grohl wannabe lol !

[vchief]

New member looking for historical information about Al Mar. Particularly interested in his days at Gerber Knives. Anyone interested please reply as I have what I suspect is a rare concept knife created by him or others at Gerber in the early 1970s.

Thank you, and looking forward to conversing with you.

[Madmarco]

New member looking for historical information about Al Mar. Particularly interested in his days at Gerber Knives. Anyone interested please reply as I have what I suspect is a rare concept knife created by him or others at Gerber in the early 1970s.

Thank you, and looking forward to conversing with you.

Hey Chief! If you don't get any response to your inquiry on this thread, try contacting Gary Kennedy from Kennedy Knives, a member on this forum who also has a store, because he is a authority on Al Mar knives and I'm sure he also has plenty of info regarding history. BTW, to AAPK!

[vchief]

New member looking for historical information about Al Mar. Particularly interested in his days at Gerber Knives. Anyone interested please reply as I have what I suspect is a rare concept knife created by him or others at Gerber in the early 1970s.

Thank you, and looking forward to conversing with you.

Hey Chief! If you don't get any response to your inquiry on this thread, try contacting Gary Kennedy from Kennedy Knives, a member on this forum who also has a store, because he is a authority on Al Mar knives and I'm sure he also has plenty of info regarding history. BTW, to AAPK!

Thanks! I'll do that.

[vchief]

Well, I contacted Gary Kennedy through his website the day I was made aware of his history and email (Dec. 9, 2021), but so far no replies. If anyone's a friend of his maybe they can stimulate a contact? Pics attached may trigger some interest.

[Madmarco]

Well, I contacted Gary Kennedy through his website the day I was made aware of his history and email (Dec. 9, 2021), but so far no replies. If anyone's a friend of his maybe they can stimulate a contact? Pics attached may trigger some interest.

If you haven't be able to contact Gary, Chief, try sending him a Private Message right here on the forum. If you click-on the little quotation avatar at the bottom of his avatar it will open with the options for sending an email or private message, then just click-on PM. You could also try re-sending your email, because Gary is usually around and perhaps it was a PC glitch that didn't send the email the first time. Nice knife, BTW!

[kennedy knives]

Well, I contacted Gary Kennedy through his website the day I was made aware of his history and email (Dec. 9, 2021), but so far no replies. If anyone's a friend of his maybe they can stimulate a contact? Pics attached may trigger some interest.

Hi didn't get your message. send me a email kenn817@bellsouth.net and I will try and answer your questions.
Gary

[kennedy knives]

A few Al-Mar Fixed Blades not sure I haven't Posted these before

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Beauties all Gary. By the way who made the fixed blades for Al Mar in Japan? Was that also Moki?

[Madmarco]

Very nice Gary, and I personally don't recall seeing those before!

[Sasquach]

Maybe one of you guys can tell me, is this Parker IMAI Seki made?

I received it as a gift back in the late 80s and carried it for years.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Charlie yes it is made in Seki Japan.

[Sasquach]

Charlie yes it is made in Seki Japan.

Thanks SSK.

[Madmarco]

Beautiful Parker Charlie! Looks like it's served you well!

[Sasquach]

Beautiful Parker Charlie! Looks like it's served you well!

Thanks Marco. I still carry it on my belt every now and then. It's very easy to open this knife one-handed without thumb stud, flipper or assist, none of which were as common in the 80s as they are now. That's one of the reasons I've always liked it.

[Madmarco]

Yah, 1-handed opening sure wasn't prominent back in the 80's Charlie, you were quite fortunate to find one that does! I have a few Parkers scattered throughout my collection, but the two in the pictures are my all time favorites, I could hold these 2 knives all day long and still not get enough of them! I'd sleep with em' if I could! LOL! Neither knife can possibly be opened 1-handedly, but since I don't actually carry any of my knives I can sacrifice that feature for their good looks!

Parker 11 1/4" oal lockback with NS hardware and stag/bone covers!

Parker 9" oal lockback with NS hardware tanto blade and dyed stag/bone covers!

[Sasquach]

Yah, 1-handed opening sure wasn't prominent back in the 80's Charlie, you were quite fortunate to find one that does! I have a few Parkers scattered throughout my collection, but the two in the pictures are my all time favorites, I could hold these 2 knives all day long and still not get enough of them! I'd sleep with em' if I could! LOL! Neither knife can possibly be opened 1-handedly, but since I don't actually carry any of my knives I can sacrifice that feature for their good looks! 8)WIN_20220407_17_06_08_Pro.jpgWIN_20220407_17_05_40_Pro.jpgParker 11 1/4" oal lockback with NS hardware and stag/bone covers!WIN_20220407_17_06_49_Pro.jpgWIN_20220407_17_07_28_Pro.jpgParker 9" oal lockback with NS hardware tanto blade and dyed stag/bone covers!

Those look like they're a hand full! Beautiful knives! I like the long pull on the tanto.

BTW, I learned to open lock-back knives (some of them) carrying Buck 110s/112s. So when I got the Parker it was second nature. The amount of blade left exposed when closed makes it easy to get a pinch on and the rest is just thumb pressure to bring it up and lock it. Keeping the pivot pin well lubed helps too.

[Madmarco]

Thank you Charlie, and thanks also for the 1-hand opening tip!

[vchief]

Thanks! Doing so now.

[JamieinWV]

This knife was sold before I got it, but I wanted to get pics of it before sending it out to buyer...Moki Glory MOP that is flawless

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Nice Jamie, I was hoping you would post that over here. You can’t ever go wrong with a Moki. It’s a beautiful knife.