Cult of the peanut , members

Case has made the Peanut pattern for more than 100 years, Colt has made the 1911 for over 100 years. You see a pattern developing here?:rolleyes:
 
Peregrin said:
Here's a Pinched Peanut.
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Peregrin said:
Here's a Pinched Peanut.
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I sure like the looks of a Wharncliffe blade on a Peanut. I don't understand why Case won't do some of these on their Peanuts. They've done spey blades and scissors, and probably others I'm not thinking of right now as well. Why not add a Wharncliffe here and there?
 
I've had two "wants" lately, a peanut and something with stag covers. Well, today I got both: 1988 Case 5220 SS. I blame everyone here on the Porch for this madness. :D Really, I've read so many glowing reports about the peanut that I just had to try one. Then I read Steve Pfeiffer's book on Case collecting and got turned on about different handle materials. So...

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66sprint6 said:
Still carrying Luke's Peanut since the day he was born...exclusively actually, till today. I brought the Stag 72 along because it felt right on such a snowy day...tho only the little 'Nut saw any use! This knife has more than won me over, its been unstoppable and is becoming irreplaceable for day to day carry.

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Can anyone else relate...Being completely virgin to the Peanut, when I FINALLY got one to see what all the hub-bub was about, it was SO small in my hand and completely off-putting, almost disappointing to hold and thought I had maybe missed the boat and would never quite understand what you all see in it. When Luke was born, I tossed it in my pocket and kinda forgot about it. Christmas came along, and with it NUMEROUS opportunities to cut, slice and open things and I used it every time, to give it a fighting chance I guess. With time and use, and as it proved itself worthy...it seemed to...GROW. Not only on me, but in my hand it seems. When I look at it now, a little over a month later, its a wonderfully perfect size, proportion and feels really good in my hand. Am I alone in that? I have to hold it next to my 62087 just to make sure the arent the same size all of a sudden...nd the 62087 now seems like its a little too big LOL. Love this silly little knife, I get the raving reviews it gets for sure.

Matt
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I agree with you 100%. Mine has been in my pocket for a year now. It is funny after awhile it does seem bigger. It is good for most cutting tasks I come across in a days time. I work as a heavy equipment mechanic and it cuts everything at work I need a knife for.
 
66sprint6 said:
I have both, swear by both and carry both every day?

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LOL Also have a 1944 1911A1 in shooting condition that I love even more, but the compact is easier for day to day.

Matt
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veitsi_poika said:
Keen Kutter peanut... we know Case is the "Kool-Aid" of peanuts but every now and then a sip of "Wyler's" won't hurt ya :D I love the sabre style swedge on the clip blade on this knife... pretty ornate for a little guy.

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As the kids say (I'm only 38), Awesome sauce! I go weak for pocket worn grooved bone covers.
 
Took Luke down to the beach for the first time ever and his Peanut tagged along. NORMALLY I wouldnt be carryin a knife down to the beach unless fishing but it was 50* and windy so I was in jeans. No sandy shots, but heres one with the dunes in the background.

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When this Peanut came in, the scales were kinda...ugly, one is thicker than the other and one of the bolsters is quite drastically shaped to match up to how skinny the bone is and the color isnt a nice red like one would think, but rather a dingy brown kinda. With use and time, its grown on me. It turns bright red in indirect sun, more of a maroon or brown in direct sun and certain bright lights and a washed out brown thats lighter on the edges in other lights. I really like it, tho I wish it looked like the picture above all the time. May end up dying it, I dunno. Either way, itll continue to dominate pocket time for the foreseeable future.

Matt
 
66sprint6 said:
Took Luke down to the beach for the first time ever and his Peanut tagged along. NORMALLY I wouldnt be carryin a knife down to the beach unless fishing but it was 50* and windy so I was in jeans. No sandy shots, but heres one with the dunes in the background.

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When this Peanut came in, the scales were kinda...ugly, one is thicker than the other and one of the bolsters is quite drastically shaped to match up to how skinny the bone is and the color isnt a nice red like one would think, but rather a dingy brown kinda. With use and time, its grown on me. It turns bright red in indirect sun, more of a maroon or brown in direct sun and certain bright lights and a washed out brown thats lighter on the edges in other lights. I really like it, tho I wish it looked like the picture above all the time. May end up dying it, I dunno. Either way, itll continue to dominate pocket time for the foreseeable future.

Matt
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I have a fondness for traditionals with flaws (character). Yours sounds and looks awesome.
 
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