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arizonaranchman said:
Andy that's a beauty! I must say I'm thoroughly impressed with the F&F and quality of this yellow Peanut. Both blades perfectly centered, nice snap, etc. The Delrin has a very nice feel in hand and the metal finish is excellent on blades, springs, bolsters, liners, etc. For under $30??!! :)

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It's a hit or miss with Case these days. Sometimes the blades aren't close to being centered and stain is off badly and there's a greater chance of getting a lemon than a good one. You got a good one.:thumbup:
 
So I'm looking at all the peanuts on that auction site and I see the corelon models - some with fancy bolsters. Anyone have one of these corelon 'nuts? Any photos? I see one posted several hours ago in this thread. For those who have one - do you like the handle material?
 
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Just picked up a new 'nut today! I added a brown jigged delrin as ground ss. Can't wait to put it in my watch pocket tomorrow for work! Pictures to follow soon! I've been away for too long!

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I bought another peanut. The bug has bit me as far as these little knives go. That yella and cv combo are great.
 
wondering if this still allows me access or if i have to come and go through the back door?? :D



I never got into knives with my father or grandfathers, but when i saw this, it brought back memories of my maternal grandfather, who carried a pen knife like this in his pocket. As has been said over and over, it wasnt talked about, no big deal was made of it, he just had it in his pocket and put it back when he was done, no muss no fuss. Eh, maybe thats why the pen knife style is speaking to me more than the jack knife style of the peanut
 
Rsmith_77 said:
wondering if this still allows me access or if i have to come and go through the back door?? :D



I never got into knives with my father or grandfathers, but when i saw this, it brought back memories of my maternal grandfather, who carried a pen knife like this in his pocket. As has been said over and over, it wasnt talked about, no big deal was made of it, he just had it in his pocket and put it back when he was done, no muss no fuss. Eh, maybe thats why the pen knife style is speaking to me more than the jack knife style of the peanut
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Cool story, that sounds typical of older generations. No fuss about things, just do it. One watch. One gun. One pocket knife. They managed to get the job done with what they had. :)
 
Back in the fold with a more typical Peanut, Case Cutlery 7404 Case Pocket Worn Peanut Pocket Knife with Stainless Steel Blades Harvest Orange Bone

I know some really like the CV bladed ones but I am just not partial to patina's I guess and the stainless I've had from Case seems to take a pretty good edge too.

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I did do the filing thing on the back springs to get the 'angle' of the blades back to more true...well to me at least :) I know some don't or won't mess with how they are made, but I do dislike things not being aligned as I "THINK" they should, doesn't mean it's right of course, but the Type A guy in me just has ta do it. I'll make a thread in the tinkerin' area of the forums showing the before and after shots of this one.

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she's a beauty sir thanks and the ankle is still terrible, seems like it can't take much being down from swelling, have to keep it elevated even after a couple weeks of surgery, hopefully next Thursday I'll get the Doc's permission to put weight on it and then back to work, Netflix has been a blessing ;) going through the series House, M.D. which sometimes makes me even more nervous! lol
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edited to add, that's one of the reasons for the poor photo, you can see the reflection of the camera on the blade pretty easily, hard to do stuff off the cuff on a table when you aren't too mobile!
 
Nope, as you are not touching any area that contacts the bottom of the tang of the blade or the bottom of the spring, meaning the inside the frame portion of the spring, just the peak of the very ends of the spring, so only the portion of the blade that strikes the spring just goes further backwards toward the spine.

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EDITED to say, hmmm maybe it does drop slightly, checking it again and they both show below the liners a little, not a lot, which is probably why I hadn't noticed, so I retract the above as it does seem to affect that, unfortunately I didn't see if it was below when it started out though, so I can't verify it for certain now :) only can report as it currently is after the filing was done. The drop right now can be caught with your finger nail, those that still have them ;) So, I'm sorry for the previous assumption, have to see if someone would like to experiment with theirs and let us know a before and after effects on the back spring height.
 
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Here's a shot taken with the clip blade open, you can see the back spring is down slightly, it's also up slightly when at the half stop, but both are not too bothersome for me, custom knives would be even in all three positions but then, they are customs and you'd expect nothing less;

Again, didn't think to check what the level was before filing though, so dunno if it was brought on or made worse by the filing, but for myself, it's a non issue as I prefer that straighter looking set of blades.

And...I just had to sharpen the pen blade, that burr made it so I couldn't leave it alone and now she's razor sharp, while not as toothy but still bites well and shaves where it wouldn't consider doing it before.

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I have a couple of Remingtons with spine wear that led to overblading and sunken spring when open, due to the peening effect of repeated opening. I believe underblading, which the Peanut overemphasizes, is a strategy to prevent overblading over time.

imo, the blade spine at the tang is softer than the spring, due to the annealing of the tang that is part of knife production, so the blade spine gets peened more than the spring end.
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now back to our regularly scheduled Low Hanging Nuts :-)
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Good explanation there Jon, something to be aware of, with the Peanut possibly the smaller blade won't be hitting as hard, time will tell how much it continues to lower.

In the mean time, that Damascus is a beauty! always nice to see her on the forums ;)
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Well, some good news, with the ankle being mucked up pretty much, my wife had me clear our kitchen table off, as I keep it fairly crowded ;) and I tossed a lot of the items in a computer bag for safe keeping, since it was handiest to do so. I remembered, luckily, saved me time hobbling around looking for it, that I put the Big Nut in with a few other knives in a pocket of the bag. I just checked the back spring drops on those 4 blades that I filed the springs down for, didn't bother with doing the scissors, and those don't show that the spring is lowered from doing the file work, but, since I don't have the before images, they could have been high to begin with and the filing did cause a drop but made them look better. In any Case, no pun intended :), I most likely do it again, even if it did cause a minor drop I think, as the OCD in me would just bug the snot out of me every time I pulled the blade out to use, but not to worry, I'm seeing a whole team of physiatrists for the problem :)

Glad I found the knife, I couldn't hobble too much today, ok back to watching Netflix and House, M.D. not a bad series, but probably bad for someone just out of surgery :(

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