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A place to post your Al-Mar's
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Love the Al Mar fixed blades ::tu:: That passport is such a sweet folder.
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That's quite a collection!
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Wow!! That's a very nice collection you have there Gary, especially the fixed blades. Nicely done. ::nod::

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Now I know why I never see Al Mar's for sale anymore;you have them all! Seriously that is a great collection of some great knives.I only have four of them but I'm happy with them.All of them came to me for great prices.
The S.E.R.E. was only twenty bucks;the Osprey was four(!);the metal handled one came in a trade and the last one was about sixty dollars.
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knife7knut wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:51 pm Now I know why I never see Al Mar's for sale anymore;you have them all! Seriously that is a great collection of some great knives.I only have four of them but I'm happy with them.All of them came to me for great prices.
The S.E.R.E. was only twenty bucks;the Osprey was four(!);the metal handled one came in a trade and the last one was about sixty dollars.
Some Great Early Al-Mar's you have there . I would Double Your money if you want to sell :lol: :lol: :lol:
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XX Case XX wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:30 pm Wow!! That's a very nice collection you have there Gary, especially the fixed blades. Nicely done. ::nod::

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Gary, just out of curiosity, what's this knife here? Handle material? Approximate overall length?

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Gary, you have the best Al Mar collection I’ve ever seen. I enjoy seeing this all again. So very envious.
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XX Case XX wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:43 am Gary, just out of curiosity, what's this knife here? Handle material? Approximate overall length?

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Sharpnshinyknives wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:02 am Gary, you have the best Al Mar collection I’ve ever seen. I enjoy seeing this all again. So very envious.
Thanks Mark I like the Sere all 3 versions Luck if you can find any with Stag or the Early White Micarta which is yellow to me
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kennedy knives wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:29 am That is Utility Tanken TW Model # 4101
OAL is 9 3/4" Handles are Gold Titanwood
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Thanks Gary. Beautiful knife that one.

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Bump on the AL-Mars show them if you have them
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How long is the Eagle folder KK? Are they for sale? Thx! 8)
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Madmarco wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 5:57 pm How long is the Eagle folder KK? Are they for sale? Thx! 8)
Closed length is 4 7/8"
Blade Length is 4 "
I would not break it up very rare to find a factory display from 1979 with most of the red boxes also
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kennedy knives wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 5:10 pm Bump on the AL-Mars show them if you have them
I would think this is a very rare set.
None of my business, but it would be sad to see it broken up.
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O.K. Gary, thanks! I don't blame you for not wanting to break-up the set, was just asking. Also, in some of your pics I'm seeing 3 Secret Service stilettos side-by-side. I'm calling them that because that's how they were described on ebay, but, when I looked at the one in your store, you called it a Quicksilver. I went to the Al-Mar website and the knife that they are calling Quicksilver is somewhat different. It doesn't have a bail, and also has duel "flippers" instead of a thumb-stud, and is 11 1/4", and yours is 7 7/8". I'm wondering if you would part with 1 of them, or do you consider them a set too? And, are they 7 7/8" as well? Thx! 8)
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edge213 wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 11:48 pm
kennedy knives wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 5:10 pm Bump on the AL-Mars show them if you have them
I would think this is a very rare set.
None of my business, but it would be sad to see it broken up.
you are a 100% right would be a shame to break up history that I could not replace . There staying together ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Madmarco wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 12:03 am O.K. Gary, thanks! I don't blame you for not wanting to break-up the set, was just asking. Also, in some of your pics I'm seeing 3 Secret Service stilettos side-by-side. I'm calling them that because that's how they were described on ebay, but, when I looked at the one in your store, you called it a Quicksilver. I went to the Al-Mar website and the knife that they are calling Quicksilver is somewhat different. It doesn't have a bail, and also has duel "flippers" instead of a thumb-stud, and is 11 1/4", and yours is 7 7/8". I'm wondering if you would part with 1 of them, or do you consider them a set too? And, are they 7 7/8" as well? Thx! 8)
They are referred as Quick Silver in Al-Mars older catalogue before his death so I will go with that . There is 3 variation of the Quick Silver as you can see from the phot I shared . & yes I will sell any in my store . I may have a few more that's not in the store just tell me which one you are looking to get
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Wow, I'm really confused now! ::shrug:: The Q/S in your pics doesn't have flippers, but the one on the Al-Mar website does. I'd like to get one that's a minimum of 9" open, but, I much prefer the 11 1/4", BUT, as I said the one I saw has flippers, and would be seized by Canada Customs, but, the Jumbo in your pics doesn't appear to have flippers, so it's the model I prefer. The ONLY knives that won't be seized are models that are slip-joints, and ones with thumb-studs. If a model has both flippers and studs it will be seized and destroyed. It doesn't make a lick of sense since both models can be opened with 1 hand, other than slip-joints! DUH! ::dang:: Freaking government idiots! So, to answer your question, I'd like a Jumbo like the one in your pic, but, with a plain edge blade, NOT serrated. Good luck finding that huh? 8)
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Madmarco wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 1:26 am Wow, I'm really confused now! ::shrug:: The Q/S in your pics doesn't have flippers, but the one on the Al-Mar website does. I'd like to get one that's a minimum of 9" open, but, I much prefer the 11 1/4", BUT, as I said the one I saw has flippers, and would be seized by Canada Customs, but, the Jumbo in your pics doesn't appear to have flippers, so it's the model I prefer. The ONLY knives that won't be seized are models that are slip-joints, and ones with thumb-studs. If a model has both flippers and studs it will be seized and destroyed. It doesn't make a lick of sense since both models can be opened with 1 hand, other than slip-joints! DUH! ::dang:: Freaking government idiots! So, to answer your question, I'd like a Jumbo like the one in your pic, but, with a plain edge blade, NOT serrated. Good luck finding that huh? 8)
let me look in my Al-Mar Knives tomorrow and see if I have a plain edge that's my preference also
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O.K. thanks Gary, I'll wait to hear from you! 8)
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Got in a couple of Al Mar knives today. I was really excited to finally get these. I have been wanting some of these that were hand engraved by the great silversmith Valade. He is most famous for his hand engraving on guns but he did a great number of these all stainless handled Al Mars. Each one is hand engraved and one of a kind. The small one is an Osprey and the larger one is a Hawk. Made by Moki many years ago.
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Those sure are gorgeous Mark. I've not seen these anywhere I've searched knives so they're brand new to me. Now, if they would only make a 9" "Eagle" I'd have no excuse for not getting one. Definitely my kindda knife! 8)
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Thanks Mark. Here is a link to an article about Robert Valade: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/american-artisan/
Here is a picture of one of the guns he hand engraved.
The article says he worked for Gerber Legendary blades, which is why he was probably hooked up engraving these Al Mars. For anyone not familiar with this great artisan, he is worth getting to know and getting something engraved by him.
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