Case Snakewood Peanut

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Hi all, I just received a gift of a nice Case Snakewood peanut.

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Fit and finish is pretty good, but there seems to be a problem with the walk and talk. Both blades open with a decent amount of snap, and close to the half stop fine, but then don't snap closed at all. From the half stop they kind of have to be pushed into the final closed position, with NO snap at all, and really only grudgingly.
Are there any at home fixes I can try? I'd rather not have to send the knife back to Case, but if I have to....
Almost forgot to mention, both blades lean heavily to the shield side when closed, really really close to the liner, not sure if this makes a difference in diagnosis.
thanks
 
Have you tried opening and closing them repeatedly under some hot water? Maybe there's just some gunk in there...

As far as the lean goes, most all of the Case peanuts I have/had exhibit that on at least one blade. It doesn't seem to affect how the blade travels.
 
That's a mighty purdy peanut you have there, jwren! Maybe call up the folks down at the Case workshop and see if they can't do something about the closing issue if the problem persists...

Good luck!

-Brett
 
It does seem like there is a lot of black gunk in the pivot area (you can see it on the blades in the photos). Hot water is good for cleaning this out?
 
First nice peanut, I like the bolsters, second, I would wash it with hot soapy water, then dry it well with paper towels, then what I do is a little rubbing ( isopropyl) alcohol, this will do two things one breakup any gunk in the pivot and two displace any water that in still in there after washing. Then after all is clean you may need to repeat, I would do a drop or two of mineral oil.
Hope this helps it is a nice looking peanut congrats.
Pete
 
Yeah, that snakewood is pretty neat looking!

If you have an air compressor, you can also blow any excess water out, too.
 
I have no idea what effect it would have on the snakwood scales, by many of my knives have been de-gunked by spraying the blade pivot end liberally with WD40.
 
Thanks all for the compliments and the advice. :) I think I'll try the soapy hot water first and see how that works. I'll update on how it goes.
 
After that cleaning and drying (don't let the snakewood get overly heated)....oil the joint, sir, oil the joint. :D
Nice knife.

"Snakewood (piratinera guianensis) is an incredibly beautiful wood which originates mostly in Suriname, South America. The specific gravity is around 1.2, making it one of the worlds hardest woods."
 
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It looks grand as far as looks are concerned. I really like snakewood. Has a great deal of character. As others have stated that gunk is sometimes a pain that can be easily remedied with either water or oil, I'd just flush it out the best I could and go from there. I find that the walk tends to smooth out slightly after a bit of use anyhow.
 
im kind of embarrassed to say that i wasnt aware case made a snakewood peanut. That thing is absolutely gorgeous; i knew GEC uses it a lot, but that is one beautiful nut. Im not going to repeat what the others said, but they did provide sound advice as to how to get that snap back.
 
Good news! It worked! Thanks again for the kind words and the advice. Much appreciated. :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
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