Case warranty... Strange thing happened to my peanut!

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Humppa

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Hi guys!

I just read about that in another thread about the broken bone handle. While looking at my todays EDC, which was a Case Peanut with those beautiful blue bone handles, I realized that there were problems on that knife, they weren´t before the Peanut arrived.

The first and worst thing on that one is, that the main blade is not completely in the handle, when closed. So the tip looks out of the handle about a milimetre. I think this could (!) cause any injuries when taking that one out of the pocket. The next thing is, that the main blade is not centered, but that´s not really a problem.

The second thing is, that the backspring of the secondary blade (penblade) looks up, about two milimetres, when the knife is closed and opened.

To explain; thoose things weren´t there, when knife arrived. I bought it about Juni 2011, so it´s about half a year in my rotation. I got some uses at a cutting tool. Nothing about abusing that one, or whatever. I never kept the knife with half opened blades to relax the backspring and getting it opened easier.

Today, while looking at that lil fella, I saw theese three things, that weren´t there, when I looked at it the last time. :(

It cost me about 50,00 €. Should I send it back to Case?

Has anyone already experiences something like that? Is worth being sent back from Germany to the US, imo it is? What could be the reason for such a lot of mistakes on a knife, which weren´t there before?

Kind regards
Andi
 
im just saying, thinking that either the spring is broke, or you might have some debris, lint or something like that in the handle, on the spring or on the blade. Give it a nice wash with warm water and soap, open it and close it for a while under that water, see if it helps.
if it doesn't, that's a weird problem right there.
 
I own 4 peanuts. Of the 4, two of them have clip blades that are not centered. I have noticed that this is due to the grind of the blade and not actual "centering." The blades of the Peanut are so thin, and they are hand finished, so I think that it's common to have enough of a slant to them to make them look not centered.

My Damascus Peanut's pen blade sat outside the handle when closed. It was not enough to be a hazard, but it was enough to bother me. I gently filed the kick until the tip was seated inside the knife. It did not take much.

As to the spring issue, you got me there. If it wasn't that way when you got the knife, I'd agree with Jacktrades. Sounds like a piece of lint could be the culprit.
 
I'd check the knife for some debris in the pivot. If the blade tips weren't proud of the handle before, and if the springs are suddenly riding higher, I'd bet there's something in between spring and tang in there. Maybe give the knife a bath in hot water & dish soap, exercising the pivots while doing so. Flush out whatever's in there, then check it again for fit.

I've seen similar issues in my knives, oftentimes due to a ball of pocket lint or something similar, bound up between the tang and the spring. It either blocks the blade from closing completely, or at least stiffens up the pivot so it won't close all the way without a 'nudge'.
 
Hi guys!

Thank you for your replies. I just washed the knife, added some soap, opened and closed the Peanut. I can´t "feel" something scratching inside the knife. I hope you know, what I mean. The backspring is still above the rest of the handle. Still the same height.

Does a not completelly closed mainblade cause a warranty-case at Case Cuterly? Imo there´s some injury danger on that knife.

Kind regards
Andi
 
Andi,

I guess the only way to know for sure about warranty is to ask them. Having said that, if you're certain there's been a change in how the blades & springs are sitting, I'd still be tenaciously checking & re-checking for something bound up in the pivot, OR maybe even between the spring and the liner, which might restrict the spring's movement. That would bug the heck out of me, seeing the knife all-of-sudden not closing completely like that.

By the way, one reason why pocket lint drives me nuts in these, is you won't usually feel or hear it grinding in there. It's generally kind of 'squishy' in there, so it works it's devious deeds rather quietly. I've often not found it until I started looking with a bright light and a magnifier.
 
Hi David!

Thank you for that. I thought, it would be like some kind of steel dust, which is sometimes inside the pivot after getting a new knife. I´ll take a quiete minute to check out the inside-life of the 'nut. That scratching inside new knives often drives me crazy... and scary ;)

The backspring of the penblade is that one, that is above the knife handle. The blade of clipblade (mainblade) is that one, which looks out about one milimetre of the handle. Maybe something is inside the pivot, which lifts the backspring of the penblade and the tip of the clipblade. I´ll check it out...

Kind regards
Andi
 
I can't picture how it would be anything but lint or debris. If it started sitting lower then I would think wear.

Sitting higher it only makes sense that there is some foreign object causing it. Interested to hear how you make out.

I could be wrong though :)
 
Had a problem with one of my peanuts, the mineral oil i've put in the pivot area seemed to have clogged, or attracted some dust, anyway the walk and talk was seriously affected, it wouldn't close all the way, spring wasn't moving, wasn't 'springy' at all, close or open, till i did the water and soap trick, and some wd 40, then it was back to smooth.
Hope you do get it fixed.
 
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