Al Mar Significance of Different Marks on these 4 AL MAR Seki Folding Knives?

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Paulburt

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Greetings! I'm new here, so still trying to find my way around - I hope this is appropriate...
I recently acquired 4 AL MAR Knives and am trying to learn more about them. I am impressed with their build, and razor-sharpness. (Don't bother asking me how I know about that!)
What puzzles me is the placing of the marks on the top 2 knives in the pictures. Nearly all the examples I have seen around the 'net have marks in the main body of the blade, like the bottom two knives here.
Are they from a different period, factory, or...? ALL are marked "SEKI-JAPAN" on the other side.
I couldn't find how to upload pictures from my computer, so here are LINKS to pics in my DropBox:
4 AL MAR KNIVES - A side
4 AL MAR KNIVES - B side
I appreciate any help and comments I can get - THANX!
 
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Sorry, I didn't realize the DropBox links would require sign-in.
I've tried various options with DropBox and Pinterest, but every time I try to post an image, I get, "Image cannot be loaded from the pasted link."
As I said, I'm new here, so might it be because of: 1) Free membership; 2) Image size restrictions [I can't find any info about that]; 3) or...?
If all else fails, can I post a Pinterest link, which SHOULD be publicly viewable?
 
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Use Imgur. It's very easy. Upload the image and then copy the line "BBCode" and past it straight into the message.

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Thanx- good to know the dates!
I'm still wondering why the AL MAR marks on the top 2 are in a different location from ALL the other examples I have seen elsewhere on what appear to be those same models.
 
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Danke42 said:
Looks like you have a bit of everything. You can check out here but older catalogs are just line drawings so you can't see where the blades are marked exactly.

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Thanx, I noticed that when looking at one of those catalogs last night. (Very grateful for people who share information like that site!)
One other thing I noticed when briefly looking at that catalog, it seems like the names were only tied to knife sizes (I think my 3 measured as "Eagles"?), but they could have various style blades and other features within the "Eagle" range- is that correct?
 
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Paulburt said:
Thanx, I noticed that when looking at one of those catalogs last night. (Very grateful for people who share information like that site!)
One other thing I noticed when briefly looking at that catalog, it seems like the names were only tied to knife sizes (I think my 3 measured as "Eagles"?), but they could have various style blades and other features within the "Eagle" range- is that correct?
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That is correct.

All Eagles have 4" blades and can have the following features:

Spear point, Talon blade
Micarta, Steel, Stag, Titanwood/Pakkawood, Honey Jigged Bone, Cocobolo
Thumbstud, Y/N
Classic, Ultralight and Heavy Duty
Plain edge, 40% serrated, Full serrated
AUS-8, VG10, ZDP-189

Collecting all the different permutations is definitely a challenge, ask me how I know this 😅😅😅
 
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