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A pocket knife should be a PERSONAL object for us males. It looks silly to openly carry it. What Carl refers to used to be called
Common sense. Sadly it left this country in many ways years ago.
 
I agree rick. I hate carrying the 112 on my belt. I had a low profile horizontal sheath made for it, and it works much better. Still, its too big of a knife to have out in the open unless im at work. Construction sites are very different from the grocery store/ mall/ restaurant
 
fishcakes said:
Honestly carl, thats exacly what im hoping for. I watched my dad for years use his sak. The blade was so used it had been sharpened to a shank and he never once was without it.

I want that. I want a knife that is unconditionally MINE. Sure, the 112 is a fantastic work knife. Great for cutting sheetrock and to use for light prying and "dirty" tasks. But what about when i go out on the weekends or after work? Im a small guy. 5' 10" ish 150 lbs. The 112 hanging off my belt is very noticable. And sometimes i get hung up on table corners and the like. In the short time ive had it, i know the 112 is my WORK knife.

But what about just MY knife?

Also sir, it is an honor to s"speak" with you. Your stories are fantastic, and your presence is stronly felt all over bf.
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I grew up with men who did jus that; had a knife that was "THEIR" knife. It was part of their daily carry in the pocket of whatever pants they had on that day. Almost all the time it was a small two bladed jack or pen knife. And this was the 1950's. Cars had tail fins and V8 engines and they weren't worried by gas milage because gas only cost 20 cents a gallon. A pack of cigarettes cost 15 cents, and yoou could buy groceries for a family of four for one week of meals for 25 dollars.

The men I grew up around and learned from by watching them, were my hero's in boyhood. They had all survived a great depression, fought in a horrible world war, came home and set about the business of raising a family and getting on with life. They all were blue collar types, delivery truck drivers, brick layers, welders, dry cleaning plant operators, and one neighbor was a sax playing musician in a band. All took care of things around the hosue like small repairs and maintenance and fix it jobs. A few basic hand tools and their little everyday pocket knife served them for almost everything short of doing a top end job on the car's engine.

This was long before the modern 'tactical' knife craze, and even before the Buck knife craze that started in 1964ish. I guess growing up around those WW2 guys who all used the little two blade jack's, I got brainwashed for life. Even in the army I used a three blade Buck 301 stockman that was built like a tank. I served in the engineers, and we did construction jobs al over the place. The sheep foot and spey blades of that stockman did the duty of the utility knife today. I never saw any job that I did that needed more knife than that old stickman. ONce out of the army, and working as a machinist and being the minivan driving soccer dad, lacrosse dad, cub scouts, girl scouts, PTA dad, and other fatherly duties, I found the peanut to be all the knife I needed. If I needed more knife, it was time for a machete or hatchet.

I saw the Buck knife trend fade, and in the building trades and shop jobs, the so called tactical didn't make it. The replaceable blade folding utility knives like the super knife, the Husky brand and others took over the cutting tool slot on job sites and shop work benches. Makes sense too, who wants to screw up a nice knife cutting sheetrock and stripping cable?

Today, being retired gentleman of leisure with lots of time to go fishing, and spending time with the grandkids, I still find a peanut all the knife I need for 98% of what I do. A peanut is the knife of the real world in the early 21st century we are living in.

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I don't own a Peanut. I carry a small Buck Solo given to me by my sons,and sometimes an old Schrade 18ot Mighty Mite given to me by a kind gent among us. But they are all Peanut size and I do not strut with them. Just sit in with a few coins.
 
Fish..... I might suggest a wonderful thread by Pete (Stitch2442). It's called The unassuming Penknife.

By far my fave. And I'm a guy who has carried a little blade almost everyday for 50 years. Even through school!
 
I had my little red corn cob boned Peanut with me while I was replacing the alternator on a 2001 Jimmy. Little pen blade cut the insulation on the 4 gauge wire as easy as could be, so I could stick a new ring terminal on the B+ as the old was about to fail.

I'm actually thinking about starting some type of Peanut themed collection.
 
Hey guys,

I've posted here a time or two. Tried to get a Peanut to stick in my pocket but was always after bigger modern knives. I've decided to give the Peanut ago again and will only be carrying it. I'm a little concerned it might not be up to every task but we shall see.
 
bluemetalchurch said:
Hey guys,

I've posted here a time or two. Tried to get a Peanut to stick in my pocket but was always after bigger modern knives. I've decided to give the Peanut ago again and will only be carrying it. I'm a little concerned it might not be up to every task but we shall see.
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Depends on what you need to do. You can always carry something else in addition to the Peanut.

Though I am carrying a different combo today, I find that the Vic Alox Cadet (for the additional tools) and a Peanut (for the nicely pointed clip blade) make a very good pairing.

The only reason I *don't* carry this combo every day is a desire to enjoy my other knives too. From a "need" perspective this has me covered for typical daily usage.

 
jc57 said:
Depends on what you need to do. You can always carry something else in addition to the Peanut.

Though I am carrying a different combo today, I find that the Vic Alox Cadet (for the additional tools) and a Peanut (for the nicely pointed clip blade) make a very good pairing.

The only reason I *don't* carry this combo every day is a desire to enjoy my other knives too. From a "need" perspective this has me covered for typical daily usage.

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In all honesty, I believe that I will be fine. There's just something about packing a 3 inch plus blade with you daily. It's generally overkill.

I actually think I'm gonna start carrying a small EDC like this (I don't like to feel a knife in my pocket) and carry a small fixed blade when I need something larger.
 
RickT57 said:
Fish..... I might suggest a wonderful thread by Pete (Stitch2442). It's called The unassuming Penknife.

By far my fave. And I'm a guy who has carried a little blade almost everyday for 50 years. Even through school!
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Very cool thread man. Im already convinced. Ill be ordering a rr peanut probably tonight. I showed my girl a couple size comparison pics and she said something along the lines of "oh its cute! Are you gonna get it?":thumbup:
 
My peanut goes with other knives. You don't have to be a slave to just the peanut. I have a couple other slipjoints in my pockets everyday, but the peanut gets the most use, followed by my Victorinox pioneer.
 
Be ready.... they are cute. And about the size of a lip balm.THATS what makes them handy. The more you use it the more you will.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
My peanut goes with other knives. You don't have to be a slave to just the peanut. I have a couple other slipjoints in my pockets everyday, but the peanut gets the most use, followed by my Victorinox pioneer.
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I agree. If I was only carrying one knife, I could do fine with the nut. I still like to carry other knives too. I just tend to pull out the nut for work.
 
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