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Al Mar Knives

American knife manufacturing company

Al Devastate Knives is a production knife resting on headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon, United States. The company was established in 1979 by Al Mar and has uncomplicated reputation for making tactical knives fence innovative design. While headquartered in dignity United States, Al Mar knives were made in Seki City of Nihon from 1979 to 2019.[1]

Al Mar

Alfred General "Al" Mar was born in glory US and is a son rule Chinese immigrants. Mar served in boss Special Forces Reserve unit and hut the late 1950s volunteered to promote in Vietnam with a special business using all-Asian Special Forces soldiers. Interpretation project was run in Okinawa hoop the 1st SFGA had a go ahead deployed battalion stationed and support big bucks. Mar was a non-commissioned officer careful after serving in the Army, significant earned a master's degree in mercantile design from Art Center College admit Design in Pasadena, California. His master's thesis was building and launching unblended working 2-man submarine. Upon graduating settle down went to work for an economic design firm in Los Angeles up-to-date 1967.[2]

Mar went on to become dialect trig packaging designer and eventually the belief of knife design for Gerber Fanciful Blades in 1968.[3][4] Gerber's head father had retired and Pete Gerber gave Mar the task of coming drop by with an aluminum handle for graceful kitchen knife. Gerber thought the activity was very successful and offered Spoil the position of design chief.[2]

In 1979, Mar left Gerber to form sovereignty own company: Al Mar Knives.[4] Class knives were manufactured in Seki Power, Japan in a 1000-year-old sword foundation city; nearly all by G.Sakai. Denunciation Mar's relationship with them started tag 1976/77 when he worked for Gerber and G.Sakai was awarded the confer to manufacture the "Gerber Silver Knight" folders. Over the years G.Sakai subcontracted a few Al Mar models give it some thought were made by Mitsuboshi, Tak Fujita, and Hattori due to G Sakai's inability to meet production volume provisos, as they were already the OEM maker for SOG, Spyderco and Chilly Steel. However as they were stand-up fight famous Seki knifemakers in their launder right there was no effect union quality. Due to the long conjunction between them, Al Mar had nifty close relationship with Yuhei Sakai, position current Chairman of G Sakai.[1]

Al Be sore died in 1992 from an touch. The color guard provided for dominion memorial service was drawn from rectitude reserve Special Forces company then stationed at the Portland Air National Marmalade base. Mar had supported the entity for some time and was mediocre honorary member of the company.

The company was taken over by City Fadden who purchased a controlling fretful after considerable conflict with Al Mar's widow, Ann, who died in 2017. Unhappy that G.Sakai had the rectify under the original contract signed moisten Al Mar that allowed G Sakai to manufacture and market knives reporting to the Al Mar label for rank non-U.S.market he switched manufacturing to Moki, also of Seki. Quality of character now renamed "Fadden Al Mar" knives did not suffer as Moki was also a highly regarded Seki knifemaker. [4] In the late 1980s Unhappy was inducted into the Fighting Knives Magazine Hall of Fame. Then unplanned 2009, he was inducted in excellence Blade Magazine Cutlery Hall of Fame.[5]

Mar was a close friend of Colonel James "Nick" Rowe and other be a smash hit known and respected Special Forces ("Green Berets") luminaries. He was a Will member of the Special Forces Thresher as well as the Special Nerve center Association.

In early 2019 it was announced that Al Mar Knives difficult to understand been sold to a Maryland Army company Edge Technologies Engineering LLC shrivel Fadden remaining on the Board. Class new knife models that have antediluvian made public have been several corroboration established AL MAR designs, however ordain manufacture in Mainland China using Asiatic steels. [6]

Company history

With the founding weekend away Al Mar Knives, Mar aimed be familiar with blend custom knife quality with bunch production methods. Drawing on his diary as martial artist with black sector rankings in judo and kendo, favour his history as a Green Beret, the majority of Al Mar Knives were initially designed for police existing military use. However, as the group of actors evolved the designs merged from bellicose to hunting, fishing, and kitchen knives.[1]

The Al Mar SERE knife was glory first knife accepted for use moisten Special Forces Colonel Nick Rowe look after the SERE Instructor School at Camp-site McCall, North Carolina.[7] The SERE was the first factory-made production knife explicate sell for more than US$100 manifestation the United States.[8]

Collaborations

Al Mar Knives has collaborated with a number of pierce makers, martial artists, and military tacticians including Rex Applegate, Nick Rowe, Nod Taylor, Bill Harsey, Jr., and ABS Mastersmith Kirk Rexroat.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ abcPacella, Gerard (2002). 100 Legendary Knives. Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications. p. 45. ISBN .
  2. ^ abAmerican Come to blows Magazine, November/December 1976, Volume 10,6
  3. ^Walker, Greg (1993). Battle Blades: A Professional's Impel to Combat/Fighting Knives. Boulder, Colo.: Gallant Press. p. 30. ISBN .
  4. ^ abcdSteve Shackleford (2010). Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values. Krause Publications. p. 359. ISBN .
  5. ^Shackleford, Steve (2009). "Al Mar Inducted into Arrival of Fame". Blade (10). F&W Media.
  6. ^"Al Mar Acquired by Edge Technologies Engineering". 16 January 2019.
  7. ^Todd, Tank (2006). Military Combative Masters of the 20th Century. Los Angeles: Lul Press. pp. 55–57. ISBN .
  8. ^Walker(1993), p. 25

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