Case Peanut Worth Rescuing?

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My twin found this knife when we were ten years old or so. Knife could not have been very old at the time (tang stamp ='65-'69), but it was in pretty much this condition when he found it. Missing scale, broken tip on pen blade, some rust, but not as much as it has now. I didn't even realize I had it until I found it rusted (sadly) unpacking during one of the last of my several moves after which I "lost" it again. Refound not long ago.

I really needs a better life. If worth it, I'll send it off to Case this week for repair and replacement of what needs replacing. If it turns out acceptably, I'll give it away here.

Is the knife worth it?

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Is it worth it?
Yes.
Will it cost too much to get fixed compared to a new one ?
Probably.
I'd ask glennbad for an opinion.
 
Yes it worth it, but this is my personal opinion. I'd be a happy man if I found one like this in this condition.

Mike
 
that does not look like a peanut but it does look like a pen knife. cant you just send it in and have them fix it for you??
 
Honestly other than the missing scale it looks to be in pretty decent shape, you are looking at less than a hours work of cleaning, shaping the blade and sharpening. You could clean it up send it to Case for a scale, if you didn't want to fabricate some sort of replacement scale. Looks like a diamond in the rough.
Here is a 1970's 10 dot Case 6347 HP I bought for $5 bucks and about a hour later it was in my pocket

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Before cleaning and reshaping clip blades tip
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After

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Good luck
Pete
 
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Stich2442 said:
Honestly other than the missing scale it looks to be in pretty decent shape, you are looking at less than a hours work of cleaning, shaping the blade and sharpening. You could clean it up send it to Case for a scale, if you didn't want to fabricate some sort of replacement scale. Looks like a diamond in the rough.
Here is a 1970's 10 dot Case 6347 HP I bought for $5 bucks and about a hour later it was in my pocket

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Before cleaning and reshaping clip blades tip
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After

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Good luck
Pete
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Looks great! Can I ask how you went about cleaning it and removing the rust?
 
Stich2442 said:
Honestly other than the missing scale it looks to be in pretty decent shape, you are looking at less than a hours work of cleaning, shaping the blade and sharpening. You could clean it up send it to Case for a scale, if you didn't want to fabricate some sort of replacement scale. Looks like a diamond in the rough.

Pete
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I gotta second Pete on this. That 'nut is not really in that bad a shape. Some rubbing with 0000 steel wool and some oil, and a replacement scale, and it's ready for many years of good service to come. I too wold just clean it up a bit, and have Case do a scale replacement, and leave it at that. Definitely don't polish the blades to restoration level, you'll loose a ton of character with that.

Carl.
 
leghog said:
My twin found this knife when we were ten years old
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That story alone is reason enough to not GAW that nut. My vote is for you to return it to your twin brother, after you get someone to replace the missing scale with one from the same era. I nominate sitflyer. I would avoid having it completely, nor partially rehandled with new material, which is why sending it to Case would not be my first choice.

Thanks for the photo and the story.
 
Wow cool story! And YES I would get it back to user condition. Soak it in WD-40 to loosen it up a bit, get the blades moving smoothly again. Clean them up a bit to get the heavy rust off, then replace the scale. jon_slider's idea is good but even if Case just replaces them that's still fine. The main point it this Peanut deserves to be saved! Will it cost you more than a new one would cost? Of course, but this is just one of those situations where you save it because that's a cool story that your brother found it as a kid, etc.
 
The provenance is what makes it a keeper. Other than the missing scale, that Peanut could be easily cleaned up and put into use. Is that red bone or brown delrin? Hard to see from the pics.
 
leghog said:
Who can I get to scale the one side and reshape/regrind the pen blade's tip?
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As far as reshaping the blade, you are looking at a 1/16 strong - 2/16th worth of material and about 15-20 min on a corse stone, focusing on where the blade sweeps up towards the tip, hold knife tip edge to stone at a steep angle and do small circular motions keeping in contact with stone, check to make sure it is going the way you want, when you reestablish the tip, do a few swipes on the corse stone of the entire blade to marry up the edge then finish to your desired likening. Like others have said Glenn does nice work, but you can also contact Case. If it were me I would clean it up, fix the tip call and talk to someone at Case and go from there, you'll be surprised how willing to correct a problem most manufacturers are.

Pete
 
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