Al Mar sere

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So I have always wanted one but never for whatever reason picked one up. Would like to here who carries one regularly. Pics would be greatly appreciated if ya can. I always liked the design of them.
 
cut it out said:
So I have always wanted one but never for whatever reason picked one up. Would like to here who carries one regularly. Pics would be greatly appreciated if ya can. I always liked the design of them.
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The original Al Mar SERE was a lockback built in Seki.
The current one is a liner lock built in China.
Different lock, different blade steel, different manufacturer.

So make sure that you get feedback from someone who carries the version you are going to buy.
 
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I’m not gonna buy one as i see the new ones are made in china. But I still dig the older ones made in japan. I guess I should have clarified. But thank you.
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I don't have one, but I know that the Seki version was well liked and was considered to be pretty bomb-proof. If you do a search of the General Forum for SERE and checking the box for "search titles only", you will get a few hits and find some opinions.
 
The SERE 2000 is a fantastic knife! I've been a big fan of them ever since I first was really getting into knives and I'd see one on display in the high end knife shop in the mall. Just an awesome knife. Japanese made, by Moki, who makes great knives with great old fashioned style style fit n finish. It's really something, the edges of the liners and backspacer are all hand sanded flush making it look really nice. This flushing of the edges of the handles is something that you very rarely see now days in production knives. The only other current era knives I've got my mitts on that have this feature are Japanese made backlock Spydercos. The handle is very beefy, having 4 standoffs in between the scales plus the pommel backspacer, and they're pretty much evenly placed throughout. The blade is a good thickness and comes down to a respectable thickness behind the edge to where it will slice pretty good, yet still have enough meat on the bone to do some hard work. It has a tip up deep pocket clip, back before I think anyone was doing the deep carry pocket clips. The thumb studs have nice traction and stick out far enough to get a positive flick on them every time.

I've had three throughout the years, and currently still have a large and a small. I just pulled them out to try them and they're both exceptionally smooth. They run on Teflon washers (so you don't even really have to lube them from my understanding) and both of mine drop shut. Looks like the blade thickness is a little thicker on the large. They came in black, olive drab green, and a digicam. Of course these are the Japanese version and are no longer produced. Al Mar sold to another company and they're just a completely different thing now days, although I admit I've never tried one of the new ones.

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Great pics!! I’ve read the history of Al mar and this knife and I wish I had gotten one years ago before the “change”. The design is very cool imo. Thanks for pics.
 
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