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#171582 - 06/06/18 12:35 AM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Eric]
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Al Mar put out some of the most handsome production knives of all time. You have a right to like them.

My only regret is not seeing this thread before Tony asked if anyone else had a Pack Rat, and stopping him before he said it. Bloody lucky nobody was killed by the avalanche I knew was coming, considering who all was posting here. Not gonna mention names, but their initials are E-R-I-C.
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#171588 - 06/06/18 07:59 AM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Lofty]
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Lofty, What can I say.....I have always been drawn to an edged weapon. I simply love Knives. If it ain't knives it's Martial Arms. I am just glad I get to live in a country that still allows old goats like me to collect these pieces of history. We are all just caretakers.


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#171593 - 06/06/18 10:34 AM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Eric]
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Nice looking Krag carbine.
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#171597 - 06/06/18 10:57 AM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Windsor]
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Thank you Rob, Model 1899 Carbine - 1900 receiver with a 1901 stock.

I believe they used Italian Walnut on these stocks.


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#171611 - 06/06/18 03:31 PM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Eric]
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That's all nice and everything, but still nothing compared to your toilet paper collection.

And glad, most of all, that you actually post photos of the stuff. Many just buy it, hoard and sit on it, nobody sees it, they die, family breaks it up and sells it, and we start all over. You are entirely correct as to caretaker (or destroyer),....as I told my old gun dealer, "Charlie, I don't buy guns, I just lease them."
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#171613 - 06/06/18 03:59 PM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Lofty]
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Lofty, Toilet paper is a luxury, that's why it's not polite to extend your left hand for a handshake in some countries.

I like rarely found items best. Like this 1904 Johnson and Johnson linen wound bandage with its Rock Island Arsenal first aid pouch.


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#171619 - 06/06/18 05:43 PM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Eric]
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So is bathing a luxury in many countries, and often seen as unhealthy even in "advanced" countries, as it was even here until relatively recently, as far as history goes. Many countries, extending a hand at all is the height of rudeness or aggression.

I like the illustrated bandage, and in that condition is amazing. Like a detailed E&E map for bacteria, or cheat sheet for a Red Cross cert test, or French battle flag (sorry, could not resist). I wonder where that entire "first help" pouch had been hiding all these years to stay so new.


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#171620 - 06/06/18 05:58 PM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Lofty]
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Guys

I find this very interesting but this is getting a bit off topic of fixed blade knives photos
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#171622 - 06/06/18 06:25 PM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Peter_Kaufman]
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More what I think are cool Al Mar Fixed blades.


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#171623 - 06/06/18 06:47 PM Re: Al Mar 4008-B 8" Fighter [Re: Eric]
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Lofty, Some pics are deceiving. The linen has staining and brown aging stains along the folded areas.

Al Mar Leather SOG with Black leather Sheath instead of Brown.


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