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Al Mar was a knife designer who passed away in 1992. Having started out as a knifedesigner at Gerber, he left there in 1979 to start making knives on his own<ref>[http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/07/09/story4.html?pg=1 Found here]</ref>. He made the Al Mar line of knives which is still beeing produced today, although by people with no connection to Al.<ref>[http://www.almarknives.com/ The current page can be seen here]</ref>

He is amongst other things known as the Mar in the Mar/McBurnette frontlock. He was also known for quite a hot temper and is reported to have physically chased another knife industry person around, at the 1992 Blade show, after a dispute.  
Al Mar is credited for having helped [[Sal]] In the beginning of Spyderco. 

This quote is an Al Mar quote and this author believes it sums up nicely a lot of the things he stood for:

 “Combat Knife is actually 10% weapon and 90% tool.”

==Links==

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Mar_Knives Al Mar Knives on Wikipedia]

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