Case Peanut CV....I just don't see the attraction?

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I find a Peanut with fancy handles (MOP, ect.) to be a nice "gentleman's knife" and I often carry one when I'm dressed up and don't want to flash a pocket clip or have a large Trapper or Stockman weighing down my pants. A peanut is definetly not a "heavy use" knife, but it works just fine for the things I am likely to need a knife for while dressed up.
 
dan oliver said:
When I compare it to any Spyderco 2" blade, the difference in usefulness is quite noticeable.
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Really? What normal pocketknife tasks can you do with a 2" Spyderco blade that you're unable to do with the main blade on a peanut? What model/s Spyderco would that be, by the way. Just curious, as I'm sort of out of the loop on Spyderco's product line these days.

If I had a job where I needed a knife for hard work throughout the day (farming, for instance), I might consider a larger knife. But I'm a computer jockey, so the peanut suits me just fine.

-- Mark
 
mnblade said:
Really? What normal pocketknife tasks can you do with a 2" Spyderco blade that you're unable to do with the main blade on a peanut? What model/s Spyderco would that be, by the way. Just curious, as I'm sort of out of the loop on Spyderco's product line these days.
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Rather than debate the merits of particular models of Spyderco knives here, (or any other brand of modern one hand (locking) folders), let's please try to remain on target for this forum.
If the OP wishes to discuss what tasks he feels he can or can't perform (safely and effectively) with either type of knife, that's fine.

However, at a certain point I think we just have to decide that allowing "to each his own" is fine. I can see no real point in trying to convince someone that a slipjoint (or any particular pattern within that arena) should be their first choice when it comes to a knife for a given task. Some want a locking knife, some a fixed blade and some are comfortable using a slipjoint. All are fine choices if they get the job done in a safe and efficient manner.
 
Definitely to each their own. I have big paws, and I guess what you could call fumble fingers (I turn 32 this Sunday and already having the beginnings of diabetic neuropathy is not something I look forward to at this young age). I am beginning to reluctantly admit that I really like my Peanut. I just got it for length restrictions, but I think it is a great little knife. I mainly carry my Remington Camillus scout knife or a SAK, but the peanut has a little bit more character than the SAK classic on my keychain. Not a ton, but a little more. This knife has grown on me in the short time I've had it, and I think I will grow to like it. Would it ever be my "main" folder? No, but I do enjoy using it.
 
If you think about it when do you ever use all 3 or 4 inches of your blade honestly the only time find i need a knife larger than a 2 1/2 blade that my case barlow has is when i cut up food and thats just for cutting through an apple or somthing. (dont own a peanut) When i carry my delica i find my self choking up on the blade to the point where i have a more manageable 2 inches or so. but thats just me.
 
Length restriction is a good point.
I went to the local mall the other day, and while I was in the foyer, I read for the first time the mall's 'code of conduct'.
Turns out they don't want you bringing a knife into the mall that has a blade over 2" in length.
Until then, I had been carrying my Kershaw Skyline conspicuously clipped to my pocket.
Luckily nothing ever happened, but I could have been in an embarrassing situation if a security guard had noticed it.
Short of air travel and government buildings, you can take a peanut pretty much anywhere. It's even legal to carry one in the UK, which is where I'm originally from.
It's nice to know you can have a knife with genuine cutting power without having to worry about falling foul of the law.
 
I grew up usingmostly stockman's because that's what my dad and uncle usually had and I thought it to be a good design-3 blades= 3 knives, very useful tool.
A few years ago I purchased 2 Case knives from a big retail knife store and one of them was a yello cv peanut. My gal saw it and said, "oh is this little one for me?"
I let it go at that, she carried it a little as she did with my tiny UH stockman and she keeps them in her jewelery box with her dad's 6375 XX and a couple baby butterbeans she bought for herself. Speed forward a couple years and I saw a great deal on a pocket worn red bone true sharp peanut as I really wanted to try one too for myself finally. I find it to be just as other peanut enthusiasts have.... just a very useful and carry friendly companion. Speaking of companion, I hadn't been captivated to carry one particular model as I always have more knives than I can wear out in a few lifetimes, but, I do have a Buck 309 companion that has the same qualities and useable characteristics as the peanut, only without the same thickness or the neat curves of the peanut. For me it's better than a pen knife (love those too)I like how they disappear in my pocket and just pop out when needed. A couple weeks ago I purchased yet another 3-7/8" yello Buck 301 and it is fun getting to know it and use it, but the peanut keeps getting in the way like a small child saying "me, me pick me"... it's just so darn perfect in size and has good handling and I love the small pen blade.
Some other useful jacks I have are an Old Timer 33OT that has almost the same going for it, and my Case 6244 that I dug out of a flea market for $2 is almost there too, but the peanut is still in it's own niche-kind of an enigma for me.... great experience and fun thread.
 
Cutting cable ties is some mean work. That'd be one application where I guess a super steel might be the order of the day. Those things are so tough I don't really like to use a folder for more than one or two. I start looking for a pair of wirecutters.

I carried a 6222 small stockman for years. Not many tasks it wasn't up to. I have just found that I like a bit more handle in my sweaty mitt. I have a black g10 humpback whittler that I've carried for more than a year.
 
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