How To Conversion of Al Mar SERE knife to a 'wave' knife

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Univ of Saigon 68

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As I'm sure your forum members know, several Emerson models has a 'wave' on the top of the blade which allows it to be opened as it is removed from the pocket.

I was web surfing yesterday and came across a company that makes a device which converts a thumb stud into a wave -

https://www.snaggletoothmf.com/

I have an Al Mar SERE 2000. To convert remove the thumb stud and insert the device into the hole and tighten. Now here's my problem. This is a very expensive knife. I guess - but don't know - that the stud simply unscrews just like a nut and bolt however I've seen examples of knives that have the stud expanded into the hole under pressure. I don't want to ruin it and irritatingly, Al Mar doesn't have any telephone number for tech questions.

Any advice? P.S. - This is my first post.
 
They screw into each other from what I can find out doing a search here. Heat them up little if you can, grab them both with pliers and loosen.--KV
 
The studs on a Sere 2K definitely screw into each other. Mine fell off and I had to replace it with one from Al Mar. the screw part of the stud and the hole in the blade it goes through are very small in diameter.
 
AntDog said:
The studs on a Sere 2K definitely screw into each other. Mine fell off and I had to replace it with one from Al Mar. the screw part of the stud and the hole in the blade it goes through are very small in diameter.
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Thanks for your reply, AntDog. The diameter of the hole is one of the things that could be a deal breaker.
 
Univ of Saigon 68 said:
irritatingly, Al Mar doesn't have any telephone number for tech questions.
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Not surprising. He died in 1992.....
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However, Al Mar Knives does have an email address, is on Facebook and Twitter. Just ask somebody there....
 
AntDog said:
The studs on a Sere 2K definitely screw into each other. Mine fell off and I had to replace it with one from Al Mar. the screw part of the stud and the hole in the blade it goes through are very small in diameter.
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Hey man, took my recently acquired SERE 2000 out for a couple of nights in the woods at the weekend. I really do not regret buying that knife! Beautiful thing, it is. It’ll take a good few years before it looks like yours... ;)
 
"Not surprising. He died in 1992.....
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However, Al Mar Knives does have an email address, is on Facebook and Twitter. Just ask somebody there...."

Yeah, I emailed this morning. No answer yet.

A guy named Al Mar called me this morning and said he could get me a zero rate on all my credit cards, so I gave him all my credit card numbers. I haven't heard back yet.
 
Pilsner said:
Hey man, took my recently acquired SERE 2000 out for a couple of nights in the woods at the weekend. I really do not regret buying that knife! Beautiful thing, it is. It’ll take a good few years before it looks like yours... ;)
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I’m glad you like it! I love mine. It’ll look great with some dings and scratches. :D
 
UPDATE - I got an email from the company saying that the OD of the insert is 0.112 inch. The diameter of the hole in the SERE is 0.089. So I have to decide if I want to take it to a machine shop and permanently alter the knife or keep it the way it is. I looked on eBay and they are in the $200 range.

I do have a drill press, but I have no experience with VG-10 stainless.
 
Got a nice pilot hole already...

I wouldn’t do it to mine. I love the solid “thwack” it makes from opening with the stud.
 
I think the owner of Snaggletooth was working on smaller diameter studs to work with the early cold steel voyagers. May want to check with him and see if theyre available, and what diameter they are.
 
AntDog said:
Got a nice pilot hole already...

I wouldn’t do it to mine. I love the solid “thwack” it makes from opening with the stud.
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Me too, man. It flies out, doesn’t it? I mean, whatever floats your boat, but if I’m relying on drawing a folding knife from my pocket so quickly that a wave feature is needed to save my life, then I have massively screwed up and probably lost already.
 
I was able to open up the hole a bit on an old Cold Steel Voyager(VG-1 steel, I think) and put a larger diameter stud using a drill press with a carbide drill bit. You already have the pilot hole to work with. On mine at least, the carbide bit went through no problem.
 
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