Challenge: EDC Something New !GAW FROM TSARBOMBA PG. 5!

[Buzzbait]

Okay. I've gotten into a rut, so I'm up for this challenge. It's not a huge change from my normal EDC, but here we go. Enter a nice refurbished Camillus manufactured Kabar 1152 camp knife, in carbon steel. I'll pocket it for the next week.

 

[Dr-Mabuse]

I'm in. The knives I carry most often are my GEC 48, 71 and my 42. They are full-sized, robust knives with plenty of handle. On the occasions I want a smaller carry I have my smallest and lightest knife a CSC pinch lockback which is still a good sized knife.

For my challenge knife I'm going to try something completely different. Small, made with soft stainless steel, inexpensive and brightly colored. A Case Peanut, the most hyped knife on the forum. If a knife is good enough to attract a cult, it has to be worth a try. Here's my Peanut:

I call it Greenut. My first impressions are that this thing is hilarious. It feels even smaller in hand than it looks and it looks tiny. I love the bright green bone handles, but the jigging is strange to me. It is very random and highly polished, like a flint arrowhead that's been tumbled by a river. Lovely. F&F isn't perfect but better than I expected. The blades aren't even close to being centered and if you hold it up to the light you see the backsprings have tiny gaps but whatever it's better than any Queen I've tried.

The blades aren't perfectly ground either but it came reasonably sharp. The edge was easily improved by my Sharpmaker. This steel has been reported as being 54-55 Rockwell and I believe it. A few quick swipes on the stones and this thing was razor sharp. It will probably dull more quickly than I'm used to but at least sharpening won't take more than a minute or two. The clip is very fine and thin, a perfect scalpel and the pen is surprisingly stubby and feels tough enough for awl duty.

I aim to carry this knife exclusively for awhile and see what it's limitations are. When I showed my new knife off to my father he asked me what could I possibly do with a knife so small. We'll see.

 

[Buzzbait]

I call it Greenut.

lol!!!

 

[HST]

The last few weeks. Haven't had a chance to be out here for a while.

I decided to tote this Viper for two weeks, instead of one, because its spring is very strong. This knife is the sharpest I've gotten from GEC.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I'm in. The knives I carry most often are my GEC 48, 71 and my 42. They are full-sized, robust knives with plenty of handle. On the occasions I want a smaller carry I have my smallest and lightest knife a CSC pinch lockback which is still a good sized knife.

For my challenge knife I'm going to try something completely different. Small, made with soft stainless steel, inexpensive and brightly colored. A Case Peanut, the most hyped knife on the forum. If a knife is good enough to attract a cult, it has to be worth a try. Here's my Peanut:

I call it Greenut. My first impressions are that this thing is hilarious. It feels even smaller in hand than it looks and it looks tiny. I love the bright green bone handles, but the jigging is strange to me. It is very random and highly polished, like a flint arrowhead that's been tumbled by a river. Lovely. F&F isn't perfect but better than I expected. The blades aren't even close to being centered and if you hold it up to the light you see the backsprings have tiny gaps but whatever it's better than any Queen I've tried.

The blades aren't perfectly ground either but it came reasonably sharp. The edge was easily improved by my Sharpmaker. This steel has been reported as being 54-55 Rockwell and I believe it. A few quick swipes on the stones and this thing was razor sharp. It will probably dull more quickly than I'm used to but at least sharpening won't take more than a minute or two. The clip is very fine and thin, a perfect scalpel and the pen is surprisingly stubby and feels tough enough for awl duty.

I aim to carry this knife exclusively for awhile and see what it's limitations are. When I showed my new knife off to my father he asked me what could I possibly do with a knife so small. We'll see.

I love that color !!! You'll be surprised at how many edc tasks it should be able to accomplish, especially since many tasks can be performed with a 1" blade.

 

[Dr-Mabuse]

Thanks Hickory! It really makes me smile. Today I've managed to cut some zip ties, sharpen a pencil and use the pen to pop some sticky keys off my keyboard as well as open a few packages. That shiny bone is some of best worry stone material I've tried. So, I'd say it's earning it's keep.

Buzz, I'm glad someone appreciates my humor.

 

[AusLoX]

Awesome thread. I'm late to the party but I'll start with this door prize from the annual Plaza Cutlery knife show in SoCal that I won last year. Never carry this knife, but I should.

Size comparison

 

[ConBon]

A beautiful green peanut! I love that style of shield by Case, and their green bone is great enough. Coupled together with a random jigging makes a winner in my book! Glad you're appreciating the handiness.

Good work folks, and good results so far! I've been busy working on a birthday gift for my dad lately, and worrying about a collection of personal issues (nothing big just stressful) so I haven't been doing the challenge much. I don't want to lose my Queen so it's been at home. Opinel/Mora, SAK, and Northfield cattleman are about all I have on me lately. Although I am interested replacing SAK Camper and opinel with my first knife and the SAK Executive on my keys to lighten my pockets while still using my cattleman.

Keep up the good work folks and remember, if you don't like it, trade it or gift it! This is about increasing appreciation for your collection by either eliminating what you don't like, or learning to like what you haven't used.

Connor

 

[TsarBomba]

For my challenge knife I'm going to try something completely different. Small, made with soft stainless steel, inexpensive and brightly colored. A Case Peanut, the most hyped knife on the forum. If a knife is good enough to attract a cult, it has to be worth a try. Here's my Peanut:
I call it Greenut.

That's actually a really nice looking 'nut, green being my color and all. It might be just off matching my Kentucky bluegrass knives with the same shields, but you may not be able to tell unless they're next to each other. As a recent initiate into the Cult I think you'll find that such a small knife can still find a host of uses. And I can definitely attest to the superior quality of that Case jigged bone as worry stone material.

Good luck with the challenge, I look forward to your impressions. I'm certainly getting some good ideas for next week when I try to go whole-hog and pick a single neglected traditional to ride with me. That means no Mac, no spare in the watch pocket, no other traditionals at all -- I always have a modern folder with me but for the everyday tasks my slippies are just better and far less likely to scare the "straights".

 

[Dr-Mabuse]

Thanks Tsar & ConBon, I'm smitten with it. As it happens my favorite color is this particular shade of emerald green and I love the (arrowhead? hounds tooth?) shield. Good luck with next weeks challenge, I can't wait to see what you have in store for us.

It's been a busy day for the Greenut. I was trapped in the office again so I first needed to secure some coffee and provisions. I don't remember ordering Girl Scout cookies but they were sitting on my desk. Apparently, I paid for these.

Next, I needed something to scare people away from my precious Samoas. I found a fossilized orange in the kitchen and repurposed it into a sentinel.

Fueled by Girl Scout cookies and undistracted by hungry co-workers, I was able to actually accomplish some work. When I got home, another box was waiting for me. My peanut sprang into action. Revealing a glorious new addition to the knife pile.

Really enjoying this little guy, this hasn't been as challenging as I hoped honestly.

 

[SadSappySucker]

Today was something like day 14 for the 71. I think I'm going to switch it out for something else tomorrow or just carry the 77.
I really have bonded with this knife. I've enjoyed watching the micarta build character. I'm actually planning on getting someone to make a leather back pocket sheath that will hold the 71, my leatherman, and flashlight making it a permanent member of my daily carry "stuff". But until then I think I'll go back to switching my rotation up. (Plus my presidential keeps giving me those puppy eyes. He's been feeling pretty neglected lately.)

 

[TsarBomba]

Really enjoying this little guy, this hasn't been as challenging as I hoped honestly.

That's the first thing I noticed when I got my EDC 'nut. My poor Barlows are in danger of being forgotten now.

 

[Buzzbait]

Yesterday was a big day for the Kabar 1152. I got home from work, after high winds had caused power lines to go down across the road near my house, and everything was messed up. The total result was one blown out GFCI breaker, 5 toasted surge strips, and one dead wall switch. The Kabar opened up the breaker box, removed the old breaker, unpackaged all of the new stuff, installed the new breaker, closed the breaker box, unmounted various surge strips from underneath furniture, mounted new surge strips, removed the old wall switch, and installed the new switch and plate. I got to use the spear blade, awl, screwdriver and even the bottle opener when I was done.

 

[ConBon]

I got to use the spear blade, awl, screwdriver and even the bottle opener when I was done.

Nice! Exactly what a good scout knife is for. No power tools needed, just some muscle and elbow grease. Plus, it's not easy to get under furniture with a drill or screwdriver (assuming you screwed surge strips.)

My Vic has cut cardboard for jigs, reamed some holes on my liners I'm making, shaved off enough derlin to free the Old Timer shield I will reuse, stripped some wire, trimmed some leather, allowed me to silently open up a case of pepsi at midnight so there were some in the fridge cold, trimmed my nails, and after all that is still very sharp. I missed this knife!

Connor

 

[TsarBomba]

Yesterday was a big day for the Kabar 1152. I got home from work, after high winds had caused power lines to go down across the road near my house, and everything was messed up. The total result was one blown out GFCI breaker, 5 toasted surge strips, and one dead wall switch. The Kabar opened up the breaker box, removed the old breaker, unpackaged all of the new stuff, installed the new breaker, closed the breaker box, unmounted various surge strips from underneath furniture, mounted new surge strips, removed the old wall switch, and installed the new switch and plate. I got to use the spear blade, awl, screwdriver and even the bottle opener when I was done.

Mother nature's really had it out for the northeast lately, huh? Good thing you had that Ka-bar! :thumbup:

I'll have to check the weather forecast before I pick my next challenge knife.

 

[Buzzbait]

I brought a can of peaches into work today for lunch. I purposefully grabbed something that required a can opener, just to test out the Kabar. After a couple of minutes of getting almost nowhere, I grabbed my Victorinox Cybertool and used its can opener to finish the majority of the can in 15 seconds flat.

Camillus/Kabar claw style can opener - Worst can opener ever made. The Swiss beat it with a pair of mini pliers and a package hook tied behind their back.

 

[puukkoman]

Cool idea. I'll play, too.
This one just immigrated to Philadelphia from its native land of Tuscany. It's right about the same size as a GEC 15. Very slim, with the handle covers being made of thin slices of horn. The narrow, pointy blade is quite handy, although I don't know what kind of stainless steel was used -- time will tell how it's going to perform.
I'm on day two with it, so may as well keep it going. A fortuitous coincidence that a new blade has come aboard just as this challenge was raised. :thumbup:

 

[TsarBomba]

Camillus/Kabar claw style can opener - Worst can opener ever made. The Swiss beat it with a pair of mini pliers and a package hook tied behind their back.

I think it's immensely helpful if the inside is finely sharpened. I know that my Vic has the crab claw opener and it can do some real damage to a can top with a little elbow grease applied. It's pretty well-beveled on the inner edge, and the tip is as sharp as the day I got it. Most of my Camillus "printed" can openers have rounded tips which absolutely cannot help with speed or efficiency, though I imagine you will eventually work your way through the lid (and put immense pressure on the pivots) with enough muscle. I think a few aftermarket "mods" might make it significantly more effective as a rudimentary opener. I should maybe sit down with my files and one of my demo knives as a proof of concept.

I will say this: Be glad you didn't choose a Kamp King with the older-style opener for a challenge knife. You'd have all sorts of cracked fingernails, most likely, and those were truly the most brutally slow and draining to use.

 

[Buzzbait]

I think a few aftermarket "mods" might make it significantly more effective as a rudimentary opener. I should maybe sit down with my files and one of my demo knives as a proof of concept.

I agree. I think I'll work on that tomorrow night, and test over the weekend. It may turn the can opener into a pretty good box opener at the same time.

 

[ConBon]

Leatherman's can openers have a fine tip on them that's almost all bevel from the edge, looks like 30 degrees at least. a good second cut mill file and some 400 grit sandpaper should work well for forming a nice edge.

Connor