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Is this the way a peanut marks it's territory, or initiates the owner into the cult?

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I have been lurking here long enough to read practically every post, and finally broke down and ordered my first peanut, this humble yet flashy imitation tortoise shell Rough Rider. I didn't want to spend too much on my first, just in case I didn't become a fan of the pattern. I have been a fan of traditional knives since I was a kid. For years I carried SAK slip joints, and have recently become interested in other brands of both traditional folders as well as fixed blades. It started with Opinels, then Moras, a Douk Douk, a Mercator, Case Sodbuster Jr. and 3318 Stockman (both yella CV). Just in the last month I decided to really go crazy and try some patterns I had never considered before, which accounted for this Rough Rider peanut, along with a congress and a 2 blade barlow, both also from RR. I have even gone so far as to make a few fixed blade whittlers from scratch, using a two brick propane forge to heat treat the O1 steel! It seems I have some kind of knife obsession sickness, and I am glad to have found this group of fellow sufferers. Or is it enablers? I guess this constitutes my request to join the cult, both of the peanut, and of the traditional knife in general. Nothing really wrong with them, but I just never have really gotten into the tactical stuff.
 
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mazdamattc said:
Is this the way a peanut marks it's territory, or initiates the owner into the cult?

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Yes, it is.

You really need to read the owners guide for the care and feeding of peanuts. They are feisty by nature, much like a Jack Russell that doesn't know it's a small dog. If the peanut senses a lazy or careless owner who is not taking it seriously, it will give you a nip just to remind you that it is a very sharp cutting tool. They hate being under estimated.

Oh, and make sure they don't taste blood between midnight and dawn. :eek:

Carl, Grand High Muckba, (Retired)
 
Thanks for the tips, Carl. Thank goodness my new peanut took my blood sacrifice during daylight hours! I think I am going to grow to love the little guy. I even have to admit to being very impressed by Rough Riders.The only differences in fit and finish I have seen between RR and the three Case knives I own are small cosmetic issues such as a small gap between spring and liner, or slightly abrupt transitions on the curve of the peanut's bolster. Things you would never notice unless inspecting it very closely. The tortoise shell imitation scales wouldn't be convincing to a tortoise, but they look good to me from a few feet away! Most importantly, the humble 440A stainless can certainly take a razor edge, made an even better slicer by the thinness of the peaunut's blade. That being said, I would prefer a carbon steel blade. I like seeing a knife change over time. Permanently shiny bores me.
 
Captain O said:
Hee-heeee! Another one bites the dust!

Captain O
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Cap'n O, while a P'nut may very well be sharp enough to bite through dust atom by atom, mine will only be used to cut things. Preferably not my finger due to improper attention ;)

jackknife said:
I can see that you were not properly briefed by the Cult on ownership of peanut. Peanuts are a lot like their roasted and salted legume namesakes; you can't eat just one. Peanut ownership is a very habit forming thing that only a very strong person can over come. Part of their habit forming nature is the beguiling appearance of them. They are a cute little thing, and you just want to touch them, and caress them.

The second part of their addictive nature is how effective they are. You will be constantly amazed at how well the little legume slices through stuff. Have to open a UPS/FEDEX box? The peanut will cut right through the tape and cardboard. Open mail? The thin edge will whisper through the envelope flap. Rope? It's toast. SAnd it will cut all with an impeccable style and panache.

Once you go peanut, just give you're credit card number to the knife vendor of choice and have him send uyou a new one at random every month. You will be buying a new one often anyways, may as well make it an automatic sale.
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I see I have met with approval of the Cult o' the Peanut's Grand High Muckba(ret.) and I very much appreciate the advise Carl! They pack dynamite small and from several dozen threads on the Peanut as well as creationist poetry and provoking prose, I've been left with no doubt the lil p'nut is TNT x infinity +1! As of tonight, I have read 95% of them- I say 95% as I'm positive I've missed a few.
Although as far as a credit card auto debit, I have to give forethought to any purchase as it is a prepay version requiring a trip of 20miles to load cash into interweb payment trickery, ie a brief "cooling off period". We all know that that can ruin that all important "gotta have it" thought(less) process. BUT I like the idea of surprise postal notices containing le legume flava o'the month so I may just accidentally overload a few dollars to cover the addicti..erm spendin spr...um it was auto debit we were talking about right?

silenthunterstudios said:
You don't know the power of the dark side.
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Huh, I've been to the dark side... I thought I'd achieved Enlightenment? :p

Welp! as it sits, the refresh key is wearing out. The cv yella fella is at the last stop before it hits the PO Box. Oddly it isn't making the "shipment ready to pickup at post office" notification get here any faster??? goshdangdagnabbit! For the cost of forever stamps, they should be open 24-7! :p
 
Mine keeps trying to nip me in the palm when I close it. I don't mind, I like it! Actually I've got a question - Does the SS on some Case Knives stand for stainless steel or surgical steel. Both of these knives have the SS mark but one clearly has the patina associated with carbon steel and the peanut is shiny/mirrored, but whether stainless or not I don't know?

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Blake the Blade the Case pen on the left is I believe what they call "as ground" they leave the stainless in a more raw state and skip the polishing process, I personal like the looks of it better than their super shiny stainless

Anyway figure I'll pop a few peanut pictures up, anyone who's been around here for a while is familiar with my Case Chestnut, I've carried it everyday for over 3 years



My lineup



The previous owner of this Camillus #21 Pony Jack deserves some respect he seems like a true fan


This is one I forgot I had, I picked it up for the novelty of it, and I liked the acorn shield, it's really nicely made, well worth the $5 I paid for it.


This one deserves more pocket time but my Chestnut was my first love of the pattern


Never underestimate the nut, I've fixed full meals, used it for carpentry task, favorite fishing knife, I even tested it as a viable wilderness survival tool and it did not fail.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1003534-If-only-a-Peanut

Pete
 
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Thank you, Pete, of that wonderful post. You're chestnut is legendary in the Cult, and you have a plaque on the wall of the inner sanctum in your honor. :thumb up:
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jackknife said:
Thank you, Pete, of that wonderful post. You're chestnut is legendary in the Cult, and you have a plaque on the wall of the inner sanctum in your honor. :thumb up:
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Thanks Carl, it's funny I received the Chestnut Peanut as a gift from my daughter who was 24 days old at the time, so it was special, at the time my regular carry knives were large 4"+, Opinel #9, #54 Moose, 7474 Boker stockman, and my Rossignol Laguiole,( I'm sure some of you have heard this story from me before, sorry to retell) so the peanut I first thought of as a trinket or a good luck charm and told my wife it's small enough I'll always carry it with me. At the time I had recently left my job to take care of my daughter, so being home more, I started to pull the peanut out for quick cuts, then started to only carry it for a while, found it to be useful and it helped me slow down a bit, which I needed at the time, I went from working 60-80 hours a week for almost 30 years to being home, I was climbing the walls, switching to the nut helped me to pull back the throttle. I started using it for all my fix it task, food prep, snacks, fishing, which brought me back to my childhood when I carried a Case 6201, I used the heck out of that knife and still have it and it's smaller than the nut. I had not yet discovered the forum, but I did a search and found that their were fans of the pattern and I started reading your tales, some brought me back, can't remember specifics but I believe one of your uncles fished with tin foil wrapped around the hook something I used to do as a kid. After a bit of cruising the forum someone started a thread "Traditional of the month the Peanut" so I figured it was a good time to jump on board, problem with the forum it's a bunch of enablers, my once humble selection turned into a full blown addiction, but my one constant is the Case Chestnut peanut, most days it paired with another knife, the way of the knife addict, but the Chestnut is my continuous everyday companion, it's the first thing I grab when I get out of bed and the last thing on the nightstand.

Pete
PS Carl one of my favorite and liberating combos is the the peanut with the Christy you sent me, it's in my left front pocket at least 5 out of 7 days
 
Spread the word folks, I found a Camillus 710 peanut, USA made, at a flea market a couple weeks ago. My plan was to get another Case yeller peanut at Cabelas Memorial Day weekend, but I didn't. This one is a three line Camillus. Stellar condition. It took Carl's gift of a Remington single blade peanut, after trying out two great Cases (one CV with bone scales and one SS with delrin scales, I gifted the CV to a member here for his father, he had a heckuva time cleaning the rust off of it, fat people are not kind to carbon steel blades in the summer time, and the SS I gave to my father, and he promptly lost it). After that, I was awestruck by the generosity of the Cult. Duane/Sitflyer gifted me his damascus single blade nut, and Carl gifted me his two blade nut. Not only are they little beauties, they are surprisingly efficient little minions. I gave my single blade Remington to a buddy, who is into big fixed blades only. He started carrying the Remington daily and uses the heck out of it.

The GAW is only open to those who don't currently own a peanut, and those that know someone that would like one but doesn't have one.

I don't post here as often as I should, I'm spreading the good word about peanuts on Facebook, but I love the patinas and the interesting peanuts you guys and gals have. My patinas are nowhere as even as yours. I've tried potatoes, onions, cider vinegar, cutting meat, can't get a good even patina, only got a kinda good one on a GEC 73.

Take it from a big guy like myself, I love these little knives. I have an obsession right now with all kinds of different slipjoints, but for most daily tasks, I get by fine with this little peanut. It really makes you reevaluate what you need to do, as opposed to wanting to chop on every bit of deadfall you see.

I've rambled and most of this is probably incoherent as usual, but I'm glad to see so many like the little bastids.

Darth Vanadium, Grand High Muckba of the Cult
 
Oh yeah, I'm trying to get the big guy and the little dude to get with the times, and get a Suburban or Tahoe, but they laugh and tell me tradition is tradition. Also, they said, how would you feel if they pulled up in a black Suburban and told you to get in?

Our custom peanut owners, the Knights of the Order of the Cult of the Peanut, will need a roll call soon.
 
Welcome to all our new Cult members! The Peanut is an amazing little knife, performing the vast majority of pocket knife tasks quite handily. It's a very very rare day indeed that this lil 'Nut isn't in my pocket.

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I am firmly convinced when you look up Peanut Knife in the dictionary you'll find a picture of the Case Yellow Delrin CV next to it.

Captain O
 
Stich2442 said:
PS Carl one of my favorite and liberating combos is the the peanut with the Christy you sent me, it's in my left front pocket at least 5 out of 7 days
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It's funny that you should use the word 'liberating' as the peanut was the first thing that led me to the liberating experience of carrying less, and still getting it done. The peanut was like the gateway drug to maximum minimalism. It led me to explore cane pole fishing with a tackle box the size of an Altoids tin. It led me to downsize from a full size motorcycle to a Vespa motor scooter that takes me the same places over the same roads, but with more fun.

The peanut is almost a perfect metaphor for the saying "Less is more."

Now I've driven/toured coast to coast, and camped and hiked all over. Stayed in family's homes in Texas and California, and used the peanut to assist in making dinners. The peanut never let me down. The Christy knife still gets used on a regular basis as well. It is a very liberating experience to walk out the door with simple items like a peanut, Christy, an Altoids tackle box and cane pole, and come home with dinner. :thumbup:
 
The current Camillus peanut of the retired Grand High Muckba, along with some of it's small liberating friends;
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