Vintage Al Mar multitool

[kwackster]

Vintage Al Mar 4x4 Tool Mate from the '80's.
Very hard to find nowadays, especially in unused condition and with original box.

 

[A.L.]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing

 

[Ourorboros]

Interesting.
Didn't expect the machine marks on the edge.

 

[redsparrow]

Quite an interesting find. The leather sleeve makes it a real "gentleman's" multi-tool, perfect for the glove box in the Porsche. Thanks for showing it!

 

[GIRLYmann]

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing

I guess a 4x4 is the way to carry this edc comfortably.

Fyi, btw...

Multi-Tools Related to Japan

Multi-Tools Related to Japan

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Chapter 10) Before there was Leatherman.

In the late 1980s, Al Mar Knives introduced a multi tool called the 4x4 Tool Mate. It was a beautiful piece of work, elegant in design, which had a distinctly different look about it than the standard Leatherman or Gerber multi tools of the day. Ex-Green Beret Al Mar himself was still alive at...

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[StuntDouble]

I'm still trying to figure out how you're supposed to use that screwdriver on the back of the handle.

 

[allenC]

I love it!

 

[A.L.]

I'm still trying to figure out how you're supposed to use that screwdriver on the back of the handle.

It opens aside the plier handle. See the link above by GIRLYmann for pics.

 

[StuntDouble]

It opens aside the plier handle. See the link above by GIRLYmann for pics.

Aha! I see it now.