Wow, @Fistro Criticon! That's exactly the same time and same age as I got mine! 😃 In 1983 at 15 years old, I was appointed as one of the new Patrol Leaders in my Scout Troop. My uncle, who has always encouraged me in my pursuit of the outdoors, bought this for me as a memento & support for my progress. I've been involved in the outdoors, wilderness, followed by positive social and environmental impact expeditions ever since. This knife has been with me ever since. It's well used, dependable, versatile, and already has many things that Green Beret Trainer & Writer, Don Paul, has in his knife improvements. This vintage still going strong and serving me with every trip out to the field! Thank you alvmahn for putting this together!
I still have one. I bought it when I was 15 years old, in 1983, in Andorra, I made my parents buy it for me even though they didn't want to. I remember the funny anecdote that my family had the trunk of the car full of hidden things so as not to declare at the border, the police stopped us and forced us to open the trunk of the car, and the first thing they saw was the knife... " and what is this?", asked the civil guard, to which my sister replied... "The Rambo knife that the idiot of my brother has bought"... and, then, the civil guard, shaking his head said. .. "okay, ok... close and continue..."... If they dig any deeper they make us pay an awful lot of taxes... but the "Rambo knife" saved the day.... I'm currently thinking of selling it... I don't know... it all depends on the offer... Yo todavía tengo uno. Lo compré cuando tenia 15 años, en 1983, en Andorra, hice que mis padres me lo comprasen pese a que no querían. Recuerdo la divertida anécdota de que mi familia llevaba el maletero del coche lleno de cosas escondidas para no declarar en la frontera, la policía nos paró y nos obligo a abrir el maletero del coche, y lo primero que vieron fue el cuchillo... "y esto que es?", pregunto el guardia civil, a lo que mi hermana contesto... "El cuchillo de Rambo que se ha comprado el tonto mi hermano"... y, entonces, el guardia civil, sacudiendo la cabeza dijo... "vale, vale... cierre y continúen..."... Si llega a escarbar mas nos hacen pagar una barbaridad de impuestos... pero el "cuchillo de Rambo" nos salvó.... Actualmente me estoy pensando en venderlo.... no se ... todo depende de la oferta...
This is a military version. The marks on the right side is the republic seal of Venezuela. It comes from the ministry of defense. In the 80's every component has a version of the knife. Aviation. Navy.army and national guard of Venezuela has a knife whit the logo of the component. They have the serial number because the owner was registered in the company and the armament service of armed forces of Venezuela. The black ones are for special units. The hard to find is the bayonet version and the pilots version whit 9mm signal flares launcher device.
Just purchased this from my contact in South America.....Marto Brewer Survival Knife stamped Comandos DISP with their republic seal of Venezuela crest on left side of the 6.5" mirror blade. Its now heading here to SMI from a classified location in an around Argentina. Authorized for release details here on this knife. (Marto combat knife for commando of the secret service of Venezuela in the 80s (DISIP) this is the most hard to find variant of the Marto Brewer knives because was only for commando of the secret service of Venezuela. The number of knives made by Marto for DISIP is unknow. DISIP mean "Direccion de Servicios de inteligencia y Prevencion" (Directorate of Intelligence and prevention Services) was the agency of intelligence and counter intelligence of Venezuela in the years 1969-2006. DISIP was one of the most important secret service of Latin America because his Officers they were trained by Israel and USA. this Knife is the jewel in the crown of Marto Brewer Knives for Military use Marto only made this model for the Venezuelan Government in 1982) ~SMI~ 9-1-2022
I'm still having problems getting my cap off my EXPLORA. It's counter clock wise right? I'm starting to wonder if I'm turning wrong way. I got rubber seal out in 1 piece and have liquid wrench soaking threads
left (counter clockwise to loosen), right to tighten. the cap on mine has holes, if yours does, try using a tool in the holes to gain leverage, and please be careful, keep the blade sheathed while trying.
Which of the marto knives are older? The ones marked Marto brewer with EE in serial number or the ones marked Marto Spain with one E in serial number? Thanks
Good Question! I do not have an answer for that, so perhaps someone on the inter-webs does! Perhaps, and only a guess, is that the E versus EE could be due to production series, location, timing, or all the above. Again, I do NOT know for sure. Thanks for asking!
@@alvmahn I've noticed many different markings. Mine is marked MARTO BREWER PAT PEND in that order on one side and EE- 9515 on other. I've seen these MARTO SPAIN, MARTO BREWER SPAIN,PAT PEND. probably 5 different markings and 2 serial number styles. Also on my blade it says EXPLORA while all the other ones say EXPLORER. and I have Google the heck out of this knife and can not find anything that I'm looking for. Very confusing because these are supposed to be " Rare" knives but with that many different markings/ patterns I'm sure only one true MARTO knife is collectable. Thanks for responding, sorry I just saw. I'll keep you in loop
Also, yours has that coat of arms design on blade , mine doesn't. Yours may be military version. I think the military ones had scabbard with matching serial numbers
The first and original ones are venezuelan, made by Charles Brewer Carias himself, the real designer of the knife 🇻🇪🤠👍 Marto stole it from him. The knife does not belong to Marto, Fk 'em 🧐👎
The venezuelan Charles Brewer Carias is the original designer and maker 🇻🇪🤠👍He then subcontracted Marto for a bigger output in Spain but that company stole the production from him. Big mistake 🧐👎
It is unfortunate that designers cannot keep design rights in perpetuity, but once a copyright/trademark expires, if it is not renewed, anyone can copy a design. Even worse, if a different country of manufacture is involved, trying to seek litigation can be difficult to impossible.
@@alvmahn I think his biggest mistake was outsourcing to a company overseas right from the start, trusting too much on a big fish. He should have stablished his own brand first within the country, then as he grew up open up his own factory overseas but only once his personal brand was better known. Its a real pitty, his knive nowadays I think is even copied with a much lower quality in Asia. Fantastic knive, it was made for real local jungle conditions, Charles Brewer Carias is an explorer with plenty of experience, like a character from a movie, he has written some books and have led scientific expeditions; I think even a little frog and a plant new to science have his name, also a big cave recently discovered but he is an old guy know too, so it would be difficult for him to resume any project as things are in the country at the moment. I think only a very few retired military in both Venezuela and in the US may have the original ones by him as a collection item. I hope any of his family could carry on with the original knives in the future.
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Wow, @Fistro Criticon! That's exactly the same time and same age as I got mine! 😃
In 1983 at 15 years old, I was appointed as one of the new Patrol Leaders in my Scout Troop. My uncle, who has always encouraged me in my pursuit of the outdoors, bought this for me as a memento & support for my progress.
I've been involved in the outdoors, wilderness, followed by positive social and environmental impact expeditions ever since. This knife has been with me ever since. It's well used, dependable, versatile, and already has many things that Green Beret Trainer & Writer, Don Paul, has in his knife improvements. This vintage still going strong and serving me with every trip out to the field!
Thank you alvmahn for putting this together!
I still have one. I bought it when I was 15 years old, in 1983, in Andorra, I made my parents buy it for me even though they didn't want to. I remember the funny anecdote that my family had the trunk of the car full of hidden things so as not to declare at the border, the police stopped us and forced us to open the trunk of the car, and the first thing they saw was the knife... " and what is this?", asked the civil guard, to which my sister replied... "The Rambo knife that the idiot of my brother has bought"... and, then, the civil guard, shaking his head said. .. "okay, ok... close and continue..."... If they dig any deeper they make us pay an awful lot of taxes... but the "Rambo knife" saved the day....
I'm currently thinking of selling it... I don't know... it all depends on the offer...
Yo todavía tengo uno. Lo compré cuando tenia 15 años, en 1983, en Andorra, hice que mis padres me lo comprasen pese a que no querían. Recuerdo la divertida anécdota de que mi familia llevaba el maletero del coche lleno de cosas escondidas para no declarar en la frontera, la policía nos paró y nos obligo a abrir el maletero del coche, y lo primero que vieron fue el cuchillo... "y esto que es?", pregunto el guardia civil, a lo que mi hermana contesto... "El cuchillo de Rambo que se ha comprado el tonto mi hermano"... y, entonces, el guardia civil, sacudiendo la cabeza dijo... "vale, vale... cierre y continúen..."... Si llega a escarbar mas nos hacen pagar una barbaridad de impuestos... pero el "cuchillo de Rambo" nos salvó....
Actualmente me estoy pensando en venderlo.... no se ... todo depende de la oferta...
This is indeed a Venezuelan military version. Which serial number does this knife have?
"E 0101 ", I also uploaded a pic to the Community Tab th-cam.com/channels/7enXVpIgPGCxpmCcU0qzmg.htmlcommunity?lb=UgkxnV99GTskNk5Vp4TMBVFRuGIMCo9eb88-
I have that knife.. bought it in 1985 E-0003
This is a military version. The marks on the right side is the republic seal of Venezuela.
It comes from the ministry of defense. In the 80's every component has a version of the knife. Aviation. Navy.army and national guard of Venezuela has a knife whit the logo of the component. They have the serial number because the owner was registered in the company and the armament service of armed forces of Venezuela.
The black ones are for special units. The hard to find is the bayonet version and the pilots version whit 9mm signal flares launcher device.
Just purchased this from my contact in South America.....Marto Brewer Survival Knife stamped Comandos DISP with their republic seal of Venezuela crest on left side of the 6.5" mirror blade. Its now heading here to SMI from a classified location in an around Argentina. Authorized for release details here on this knife.
(Marto combat knife for commando of the secret service of Venezuela in the 80s (DISIP) this is the most hard to find variant of the Marto Brewer knives because was only for commando of the secret service of Venezuela. The number of knives made by Marto for DISIP is unknow.
DISIP mean "Direccion de Servicios de inteligencia y Prevencion" (Directorate of Intelligence and prevention Services) was the agency of intelligence and counter intelligence of Venezuela in the years 1969-2006. DISIP was one of the most important secret service of Latin America because his Officers they were trained by Israel and USA.
this Knife is the jewel in the crown of Marto Brewer Knives for Military use Marto only made this model for the Venezuelan Government in 1982) ~SMI~ 9-1-2022
I'm still having problems getting my cap off my EXPLORA. It's counter clock wise right? I'm starting to wonder if I'm turning wrong way. I got rubber seal out in 1 piece and have liquid wrench soaking threads
left (counter clockwise to loosen), right to tighten. the cap on mine has holes, if yours does, try using a tool in the holes to gain leverage, and please be careful, keep the blade sheathed while trying.
Which of the marto knives are older? The ones marked Marto brewer with EE in serial number or the ones marked Marto Spain with one E in serial number? Thanks
Good Question! I do not have an answer for that, so perhaps someone on the inter-webs does! Perhaps, and only a guess, is that the E versus EE could be due to production series, location, timing, or all the above. Again, I do NOT know for sure. Thanks for asking!
@@alvmahn I've noticed many different markings. Mine is marked MARTO BREWER
PAT PEND in that order on one side and EE- 9515 on other. I've seen these MARTO SPAIN, MARTO BREWER SPAIN,PAT PEND. probably 5 different markings and 2 serial number styles. Also on my blade it says EXPLORA while all the other ones say EXPLORER. and I have Google the heck out of this knife and can not find anything that I'm looking for. Very confusing because these are supposed to be " Rare" knives but with that many different markings/ patterns I'm sure only one true MARTO knife is collectable. Thanks for responding, sorry I just saw. I'll keep you in loop
Also, yours has that coat of arms design on blade , mine doesn't. Yours may be military version. I think the military ones had scabbard with matching serial numbers
My item was acquired in the early 1990s from Heritage Collectibles, and was advertised as an Air Force Survival Knife. Good luck on your research!
The first and original ones are venezuelan, made by Charles Brewer Carias himself, the real designer of the knife 🇻🇪🤠👍 Marto stole it from him. The knife does not belong to Marto, Fk 'em 🧐👎
Is it for sale?
it is actually the second knife I bought with my own money ( versus gifts ), and has always been an interesting one.
@@alvmahn I'd love to find an original MARTO BREWER EXPLORA commando. They are very hard to find. Rare WW2 knives are more available than these
The venezuelan Charles Brewer Carias is the original designer and maker 🇻🇪🤠👍He then subcontracted Marto for a bigger output in Spain but that company stole the production from him. Big mistake 🧐👎
It is unfortunate that designers cannot keep design rights in perpetuity, but once a copyright/trademark expires, if it is not renewed, anyone can copy a design. Even worse, if a different country of manufacture is involved, trying to seek litigation can be difficult to impossible.
@@alvmahn I think his biggest mistake was outsourcing to a company overseas right from the start, trusting too much on a big fish. He should have stablished his own brand first within the country, then as he grew up open up his own factory overseas but only once his personal brand was better known. Its a real pitty, his knive nowadays I think is even copied with a much lower quality in Asia. Fantastic knive, it was made for real local jungle conditions, Charles Brewer Carias is an explorer with plenty of experience, like a character from a movie, he has written some books and have led scientific expeditions; I think even a little frog and a plant new to science have his name, also a big cave recently discovered but he is an old guy know too, so it would be difficult for him to resume any project as things are in the country at the moment. I think only a very few retired military in both Venezuela and in the US may have the original ones by him as a collection item. I hope any of his family could carry on with the original knives in the future.
I agree, my item has just a few marks on the handle, but otherwise the blade is shiny as a mirror.