The Snaggletooth MF deployment assist is marketed as direct screw in option for wave modification to any knife with a screw in style thumb stud. The idea is to present a more professional looking option to the common zip tie and other tricks of the mod community.
While the system is patterned to work specifically with Cold Steel knives it will work with most folders. But the true question is 'what you get and does it actually work?'.
Unboxing you find a plastic bag containing:
1)Snaggletooth part
2)a screw and nut for mounting
3)a piece of plastic to make for protecting the original thumb stud
4)an allen wrench
NO instructions
Fortunately assembly fairly self-explanatory and there are videos available on the company website.
The procedure is as follows unscrew the original thumb stud and then screw the snaggletooth in making sure the lip on the underside it's flush with the top of the blade. By far the most difficult part of this is removing the original thumb stud.
In my case the stud on my old Recon 1 was so tight that the recommended process of covering it with the plastic tubing, holding it with vice grips, and just screwing it out would not work. I was instead forced to clamp it in a bench vise and twist off with vice grips.
Instaling the Snaggletooth was a simple matter of lining it up and screwing it together. In order to be universal fit the Snaggletooth omits the bushing extention found on the stock CS stud. I also applied a generous drop of Permatex blue threadlocker (not included) to the new part as recommended in their instruction video.
Function on this mod is as advertized. The tooth "hooks" and "waves" as a proper folder quillion should. The nut portion that serves as your new thumb stud while smaller than the original is not uncomfortable. The best part is it gives a professional clean look to your knife that homemade mods dont. As for longevity I have not had it long enough to encounter any issues or speak on the overall durability.
It is avalable left/right hand specific.
For more information on this product see the company website
https://www.snaggletoothmf.comPics
1-product recieved
2-installed
3-comparison to stock
4-how it fits
(Product was purchased on recomendation of a fellow Multitool.org member)
« Last Edit: March 20, 2018, 03:30:47 AM by Noa Isumi »
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