Case Chestnut Bone CV Peanut

coyote711

coyote711

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I got this knife today and I'm a happy camper! This one's a keeper! :D I had a thread a while ago expressing concern over the size of the nail nicks on peanuts which, combined with fairly snappy springs and the small size of the knife, had made previous peanuts feel unsafe in my hands.

The nicks aren't exactly huge on this one, but the backsprings are softer with just the right amount of pull, from the knife itself, to open, half-stop, and closed positions. F&F is excellent, and I really, really like the chestnut bone - beautiful color and well matched. This one just may take up permanent residence in the watch pocket of my jeans! ;)
 

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Nice nut! :D I'm glad to hear you scored a winner. That chestnut CV series is A-OK, I've yet to see one that wasn't firing on all cylinders. :thumbup: Your example certainly seems to fall into the "lovely" category as well. That's some pretty bone for such a small knife! Welcome to the Peanut club! :p
 
What a nice piece of work that one is! I really like those scales. They look really classy on that knife.

Robert
 
Thats one good looking peanut.
I tell ya, I swapped out my peanut this past weekend for a stockman. Boy do I miss that peanut in my pocket. I try not to be to partial to any particular knife, but I think I am getting with-drawl symptoms. I really think it is an under-rated knife for every day use.
You have been warned.


andy
 
Welcome to the brotherhood, Keith. :thumbup::thumbup:

You'll be seduced by the cult yet. Don't fight it.

Carl.
 
I've got to tell you guys - I think that chestnut bone is the best currently available on a production knife. That's a GREAT looking peanut.

I never thought I'd be one to take to a peanut, but Vince's give away has changed me forever. I was looking at a stag peanut on the money pit today, but got tied up doing something else and it got away from me. Lucky me actually!!

Edit:

I just remembered years ago I had an opportunity to buy a peanut with gold lip pearl scales. My attitude then was 'What good would that be?' Needless to say I am a changed man. (But, I am still a fool for stag and pearl.)

Ed
 
Thanks for the comments, guys! This is a beautiful little knife. It's the first chestnut bone handled knife I've had from Case, and it just looks right ..... know what I mean?

As I said in an earlier post, it was never the size of the peanut that bothered me, it was the unsafe feeling opening & closing that I didn't like. Well, not only does this particular knife look right, it feels right, too! :D

So, as I also said earlier, as a way to honor jackknife and his father, I'll be carrying and using this little peanut. :thumbup:
 
I have been buying and carrying peanuts for several years now,my wife's grandfather got me started and for my needs around the house and yard the peanut is just fine.I did buy one of the new case xx hawkbill knives for work and it is the sharpest knife around,everyone that has used it has commented on how well it cuts.I am a peanut convert though,great pattern to collect and use.
 
ON THE OTHER HAND......I for one cannot understand folks liking a pocketknife as dinky as a Peanut !!! They're cute as a button and I do have a couple of really small stockman knives as small as any peanut. BUT, a large stockman is ever so much handier, ever so much less tiring to use, and feel so much better in the hand when the frame of the knife crosses your entire palm.
And so it goes...
 
Very nice Peanut Keith. The bone looks great. Of course the fact that it's CV makes it first rate.
 
CASE Chestnut Bone is a wonderful looking handle, rich beautiful colour that asks to be held:thumbup: Was using my Medium Stockman in it last week-end to sharpen staves for a temporary trellis I was putting up for a climber. While not a big knife it was able to tackle this quite demanding task with ease. Put it down for a moment on a stone wall and the autumn sunshine set off the depth of colour&texture in this fine bone. This allied to cv makes an excellent pocket companion.
 
i must agree on the peanut it seems to be a good knife. i got my first peanut which was a rough rider with fluted bolsters about a month ago and liked the size and pattern so well that i went ahead and bought a case yellow cv peanut on auction and just got it in the mail today. i have to say i like the f&f on the case model quite well.
 
This is another one that has been on my list for some time. I just need to get one. Nice one.....
 
I picked up a chestnut bone cv peanut on that auction site for <$30. It's not here yet but I can't wait!
 
I have a case peanut in blue jigged bone. I love that knife... But it doesn't help, I still want one of these.
 
Coyote711 - That is a grweat looking knife. I got one a while ago and LOVE it. The scales on mine aren't very well matched, and as someone mentioned when I posted a pic, doesn't really look like chestnut on the front side..... but I still love it.

Wil - I guess it depends on what you're using a knife for. For me, anything larger than a peanut is overkill for what I need. Opening mail and boxes, cutting string, slicing food, stripping wire, picking out splinters, ect are all easily handled by the peanut. And while I agree that during extended use a larger knife would be more comfortable, most of these task take just seconds, so it's kind of a moot point. I purchased several larger knives recentyl (Northwoods indian river and Vic soldier), and while I love them, and planned on carrying them on a daily basis, after about a week, I realize that all I need is the peanut. To each his own I guess.
 
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