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Headwinds said:
I'd never realized just how swoopy the peanut profile really is until I saw that one. Really elegant! :)
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Thanks :) A lack of bolsters really highlights the shape of a pattern :thumbsup:

chuck4570 said:
That is one awesome looking Nut you there, that must be a cherished knife.
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Thanks :) It is now! I think I must have went through 4-5 Peanuts trying to get one modified the way I wanted...so this one was a costly learning project. I didn't get the lanyard hole I was trying for but still pleased.
 
chuck4570 said:
I don’t know if I would use the trinut much but that’s a nice idea.
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I doubt I'll use it much, if at all, but the 3 blades don't come along that often. Think I'll keep an eye for a reasonably priced one of these :eek::rolleyes::p
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Time to bump this thread! Last summer, I lost my favorite chestnut bone cv peanut - a sad day! Been looking for a replacement for some time, since new ones don't seem to be available. I just received this in the mail - an unsharpened (factory edge) like new 1965 - 1969 bone peanut. It's in fabulous shape! The action is great - smooth and snappy just like I like 'em. There's only one problem - is it too nice to use? Over 50 years old and still like new! Should it remain a safe queen or should I sharpen it up and drop it in my pocket?! I'm thinking that it's too nice NOT to carry and they look even better with patina. Am I crazy? And, by the way, I probably paid less for it than most new ones go for!IMG_2011.JPG IMG_2010.JPG Here it is with my much carried yeller cv which is getting some "pepper spot" patina. IMG_2007.JPG
 
I love the older peanuts stiffer pull and the old carbon steel just seems to get wicked sharp. If it was mine I'd carry it
 
jackknife said:
You now move to the second level, Grasshopper.:D

It goes like that, the questioning, the hesitation if it's enough knife, then the breakthrough and enlightenment. It took me a while to learn what my father had found out 50 years before.

The peanut is a mostly knife. Good for mostly what you have to cut. Once in a while, like out in the woods, it's not enough, so that's why they make sheath knives. Being a normal suburbanite, my peanut is good for shopping malls, backyard gardening, home projects, opening packages, mail, whatever. Out in the boonies or canoe camping, I have a sheath knife on my belt with a real 4 inch blade. If that's not enough, I have my 12 in Ontario machete or my dad's old homemade 10 inch bushwhacker as he called it, in my pack or boat bag. Right tool for the job. I think the way my old man saw it was, if a small pocket knife was not enough, then a medium size pocketknife was not much better. So he'd grab another tool. I don't think the old man worried about senerios like some people worry about today. He was the most practical man I ever knew. But then he wasn't a knife knut like us. He was just a regular person who knew he needed a cutting tool to make life a little easier, and this was what he carried because it had been a gift from his mother when he went off to school in a suit. He got used to it, and it became a sentimental item. Then it became part of him as he was a one knife man. I think I've finally figured out what he knew. Took me a lot longer though.

In the past year now, my amber bone damascus peanut has not been out of my pocket. It's become my sole single edc. Once in a while if I know the day's got something coming up, I'll augment it with another knife like an Opinel, or my sheath knife. But 99% of the time now, I'm only carrying my amber bone 'nut. So far, it's worked on every cutting job.

Welcome to the cult.

Carl.
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Carl, your stories have also made me drink the kool-aid and I now have 2 peanuts
 
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