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Tool Talk => Collector's Forum => Topic started by: AHB on February 24, 2012, 07:44:43 PM
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While the girls and me were outside doing a bit of spring gardening earlier, the nice postlady handed this package to my four year old.. :) When she gave it to me and I saw it was from the US we couldn't get inside the house fast enough... :ahhh
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1QHvurvP6Ls/T0fYqCAc8gI/AAAAAAAAHf8/_XPQjRghzQc/s640/DSC08984.JPG)
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Get it opened Alan im off to work in 20mins :ahhh :ahhh
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Get it opened Alan im off to work in 20mins :ahhh :ahhh
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C'mon man :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok:
This is killing me!! :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
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Get it opened Alan im off to work in 20mins :ahhh :ahhh
LOL
C'mon man :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok:
This is killing me!! :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
6mins :ahhh :ahhh
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Because I ran so fast to get in and get it opened, my glasses fogged up on me... :P ::)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-efawDTdonac/T0fcsQRQrOI/AAAAAAAAHgI/F0eL3UGKkZc/s640/DSC08985.JPG)
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Because I ran so fast to get in and get it opened, my glasses fogged up on me... :P ::)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-efawDTdonac/T0fcsQRQrOI/AAAAAAAAHgI/F0eL3UGKkZc/s640/DSC08985.JPG)
:think: 1min left :ahhh :ahhh
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Rushed to the kitchen, got a piece of paper and problem solved... :)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lsQXG-ZtnAI/T0ffBaJyKTI/AAAAAAAAHgQ/Ez9Ku1y94Ew/s640/DSC08985a.JPG)
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:pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :ahhh
:D
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:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :twak: :twak: :twak: :twak: :twak: :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok: :pok:
:D :D
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Dang Macro button stuck... :twak: :twak: :P
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PBHZ2IBEksM/T0fsdk0BsdI/AAAAAAAAHgc/ve5T5naVYS4/s640/DSC08987.JPG)
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:think:
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I know that mark, :think: can't remember :bnghd: what is it :ahhh
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Ahhh, camera fixed.. :D
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vjmvxqBSY0Q/T0fttrpWxkI/AAAAAAAAHgk/ytlBekGzGeA/s640/DSC08986.JPG)
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Al Mar :cheers:
Brain started working again. :D
4x4?
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Al Mar
Exactly.. :ahhh :ahhh
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MaRc6qOE2l0/T0fz5HyIj_I/AAAAAAAAHg4/Ksq0QFuysGo/s640/DSC08992.JPG)
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:pok: Any leather? :drool:
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:D
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o2h3H9Auj5Y/T0f022Kq0wI/AAAAAAAAHhA/aNqkoMMEbB4/s640/DSC09007.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ixR5AEoTZxs/T0f0_SOCX3I/AAAAAAAAHhI/i50v_1Bq6n8/s640/DSC08993.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zVDaeI8v5C0/T0f1B-j5GgI/AAAAAAAAHhQ/-1jh31r4xTM/s640/DSC08994.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i_MxM2YTSwY/T0f1FpThzzI/AAAAAAAAHhY/4ng2j45j2_U/s640/DSC08996.JPG)
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:o Shiny with added leather :drool:
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Well, thanks to FrankFish for selling this and Bob for being middleman I finally got a 4X4.. :salute: :ahhh
The fit and finish is perfect and even the sheath still smells new.. ;) :drool:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--q6EqsT6Cc0/T0f1Owt__-I/AAAAAAAAHh4/NA-StZqAuVY/s640/DSC09013.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rktbO9z9Sm0/T0f1IYYnngI/AAAAAAAAHhg/LG2IvT1cMxQ/s640/DSC08999.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eSsxM4pKP_o/T0f1N_R1cyI/AAAAAAAAHhw/5vQGEZ2FA78/s640/DSC09012.JPG)
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That is a thing of beauty AHB :drool:
:cheers:
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Whatcha doing 2L's? :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
You'll get yourself in serious bother mate!!!
That plier handle lock looks positively one hand openable. You'd better send it over to me before someone notices! I reckon if I give it a few months hard use and get it scratched up a bit it'll be less obvious, and I might be able to get it back to you. If not I could always Dremel the end off for you :tu:
:pok: :pok: :P
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Ooooh, you big fat tease!
Nice :tu:
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Beauty! Welcome to the 4x4 club Allan!
Def
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Whatcha doing 2L's? :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
You'll get yourself in serious bother mate!!!
That plier handle lock looks positively one hand openable. You'd better send it over to me before someone notices! I reckon if I give it a few months hard use and get it scratched up a bit it'll be less obvious, and I might be able to get it back to you. If not I could always Dremel the end off for you :tu:
:pok: :pok: :P
Luckily it's twohandopening (the Al Mar QuickClip is OH) or I would of course send it strainght to you.. :angel: :angel:
Closeup.. ;)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-H2GLqsGzO3A/T0gB6czsIRI/AAAAAAAAHiI/pHXLtZgDVkM/s640/DSC08997.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mx-wNoPJqEo/T0gCdhFNJdI/AAAAAAAAHiY/wV9apsk6Tew/s640/DSC09001.JPG)
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Very very nice mate :tu:
Good score!
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Great addition Allan. :salute:
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VERY cool Allan 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8).
I love that leather sheath too :drool: :drool: :drool: , guess who does not have a leather sheath :( :( :D :D
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You don't have a sheath for yours Mat? That sucks....
Def
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Great addition Allan. :salute:
Thanks Dan.. :)
VERY cool Allan 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8).
I love that leather sheath too :drool: :drool: :drool: , guess who does not have a leather sheath :( :( :D :D
I know.. :ahhh 8) :D
Guess who doesn't have a Green Micro Toolclip mate.. :( :( ;)
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You don't have a sheath for yours Mat? That sucks....
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It is not that bad mate :D
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/multimat426/Al%20Mar/S6302683.jpg)
I think the leather ones look MUCH better though
VERY cool Allan 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8).
I love that leather sheath too :drool: :drool: :drool: , guess who does not have a leather sheath :( :( :D :D
I know.. :ahhh 8) :D
Guess who doesn't have a Green Micro Toolclip mate.. :( :( ;)
You do have a Swiss red one though :twak: :D :D :D :D
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I like that one Mat- you don't see those too often. Leather is far more common for these.
Def
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Great thread Allan! :D Good to see the package made it to you safely. :) Sorry for all those greasy fingerprints and drool stains all over it, but I couldn't help myself. :-[ :D Seriously, I couldn't resist snapping a few pics as it passed through. Here's a shot of mine (left) alongside yours (right)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/jooliesews/Bobbys/4x4s.jpg)
Looking closely one can see the differences between the early series (Allan's) and the later one (mine). The blades and plier heads are the same, but the plier pivots, beveled handle edges, and AL MAR stampings are clearly different. :salute:
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I have an early one too as the markings on mine are the same as Allan's! :D
(http://gallery.multitool.org/pbmirror/Misc%20Tools/Al%20Mar%204x4/Pliers.jpg)
:woohoo:
Def
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I have an early one too as the markings on mine are the same as Allan's! :D
:woohoo:
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Time for "The Early Al Mar 4X4 Owners Club"..? :think: :D
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Sure looks that way!
Def
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As Mat pointed out in his Shared DNA ? SOG Toolclip & Al Mar 4x4 (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,11579.msg214237.html#msg214237) thread, there's lot's of similarities between the two of them.. 8)
Btw Mat, it looks like your 4X4 doesn't have the beveled handle edges like mine, but it still have the handle stamp.. Transition/"in between version" from early to later maybe.. :think: :)
A few more pics..
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dMUn5n5Z8N8/T0kp16MfKNI/AAAAAAAAHi8/bF1pH3g6KFc/s640/DSC09034.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A1sKJpp7FTA/T0kpqgK-eVI/AAAAAAAAHis/iTl-y2WHzdY/s640/DSC09027.JPG)
I just love the shape of the Al Mar blade soooo much.. :dd:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nLVoBrswnpQ/T0kpvtbt21I/AAAAAAAAHi0/ehmJWukXktk/s640/DSC09030.JPG)
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:drool: that is so sweet alan, i also like the fact it has a phillips, i can see where this idea came from on my sogtool clip clone i have, :tu:
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No question those two are close relatives Allan. :salute: They are definitely two of the most classic fixed-plier-head tools ever made, and both from Seki City, which is no coincidence I think. :) But of course there are a couple of other Seki fixed-heads which share more than just the same point of origin:
A.G. Russell Pocket Tool Box (top) SOG Micro ToolClip (left) along with a standard SOG ToolClip (right)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/jooliesews/Bobbys/AG4-1.jpg)
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Interesting- mine doesn't have beveled edges either. I hadn't even noticed that.
Def
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Interesting- mine doesn't have beveled edges either. I hadn't even noticed that.
Def
Let's see..
Spoonrobot: Non beveled. Al Mar 4X4 Photos. (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,6941.msg125280.html#msg125280) (2008)
serpenttg: Non Beveled. Need Help : Al Mar 4x4 (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,7711.msg141208.html#msg141208) (2008)
Mat: Non beveled. Projected value of multitools (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,11492.msg213047.html#msg213047)(2009)
Chako:Non beveled. 4x4 Al Mar. (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,31643.msg524439.html#msg524439) (2011)
Bob: Non beveled. This thread. (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,35723.msg576202.html#msg576202)
Grant: Non beveled. This thread (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,35723.msg576209.html#msg576209)
:think: :think:
I guess that's why Bob offered me his goldplated PST for it.. ;) :D
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Nobody will believe that Allan, because you would have accepted the offer :pok: :D
Seriously though, great detective work :salute: Yours was the first "other" 4x4 I'd handled besides my own, and I just assumed the beveled edge was something they did on all the early-built ones, but apparently not :think:
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Bob these photo ops are becoming a habit :think: :D :D
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/multimat426/Al%20Mar/QuickClips-1.jpg)
Allan I need to have a closer look at my Al Mar's :think: :think:
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Bob these photo ops are becoming a habit :think: :D :D
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/multimat426/Al%20Mar/QuickClips-1.jpg)
Allan I need to have a closer look at my Al Mar's :think: :think:
Mat, I was thinking the same thing as I snapped that shot of mine and Allan's :D :D
It does help to have such photogenic subject matter. :multi:
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Ok.
I'm going to be honest here. I've never much liked multitools. There, I said it. I've just always been more a swiss army knife kind of guy. Leathermans just don't do anything for me.
But this.... this is beautiful. :tu:
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Well here is my 4x4 example. I considered myself very lucky to get one.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Album%202/IMG_0726small.jpg)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Album%202/IMG_0728small.jpg)
And here is my copy of a Quickclip 2004 model IV as the box states. No serial number like Mat's though.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Leather%20Projects/IMG_0372small.jpg)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Album%202/IMG_0003small.jpg)
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Here are two more similar tools...
Marbles Fishing Pliers.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Leather%20Projects/IMG_1825small.jpg)
and this Seaboard.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Leather%20Projects/IMG_0445small.jpg)
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Just decided to catch up on the Collectors forum today, and man o man. The pics my work pc will allow through are breathtaking. Allan, nice score my friend!! It's threads like this that make me wish I had the money to collect tools instead of BST them all the time. If I collected I would never be able to get anything new.
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This was a fun thread. :) Thanks for bringing it up again Merc :tu:
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:tu:
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Lovely... not exactly a chore to look at these pics again :dd:
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All these pages contain MT porn :drool: i must stop looking or ill go blind :ahhh