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method_burger

563

Mar 30, 2020

huh.... interesting.... so a quick background on al mar knives. (please note, i dont own any and this is why) until recently, i think 2019, all al mar knives were made in japan, and cost quite a bit. if memory serves the original sere was around $200 in VG-10. it looks like 2019 the company started doing collabs, shifted manufcturing over to china, started using framelocks, and apparently uses D2 now. they also shrunk their catalog down quite a bit. not sure if this was a good thing, but lowering the price definitely opens them to a new market. they did have a reputation of very high level of fit an finish, let's hope that still remains now that they are manufactured in china

Mar 30, 2020

glennac

1363

Mar 30, 2020

method_burger“In early 2019 it was announced that Al Mar Knives had been sold to a Maryland USA company Edge Technologies LLC with Fadden remaining on the Board. The new knife models that have been made public have been several old established AL MAR designs, however with manufacture in Mainland China using Chinese steels.” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Mar_Knives) Long Discussion here: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/anyone-knows-whats-happening-with-al-mar-knives.1642172/

Mar 30, 2020

method_burger

563

Mar 30, 2020

glennacoh wow.... thats such a sad end.... well another company to never buy from because i dont agree with certain legal cases that happened: al mar, cold steel's crkt thing and sanmai thing, microtech for suing their own family because of the business (i'm so confused by this, anyone want to enlighten me?)

Mar 30, 2020

Avangal007

May 29, 2020

method_burgerI can tell after buying this that the Japanese steel and technique that was on my old SERE is nowhere on the new one. This looks and feels like a knife you pick up at a gas station.

May 29, 2020