Favorite scales on a Peanut?

[The Law]

I figure that no self-respecting knife nut should be without a peanut, and I was wondering what y'all's opinion is on the best 'nut handles material! Thanks a bunch!:thumbup:

 

[Sonnemann]

Chestnut or stag for me.

 

[Art_Vandeley]

Yeller and Chestnut for me.

 

[Flint Hills]

I like the Chestnut bone, yellow delrin and dark red bone but this is my current favorite:

Amber Bone:



Here it is next to a Chestnut Bone Sway Back Jack to give you an idea of how the two look next to each other:

 

[jwren]

Chestnut bone!

 

[Stich2442]

Chestnut

And Stag

Pete

 

[SubSpace]

Of current Case offerings, Chestnut bone for the win.

 

[jackknife]

And Stag

Pete

Pete, that stag/damascus is a sweet 'nut!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

Very nice combo of texture and color. I wish Case would use some nice stag on more stuff, and not polish it too much.

Carl.

 

[The Law]

How do you like the damascus? In terms of edge retention, is it more like SS or CV?

 

[Doug Add]

Another tip of the hat to chestnut bone

Although, I have to say the smooth appaloosa bone on the one I recently gave away was pretty nice also

 

[oldrifleman]

Stag or Ivory are my two Favorites. I have a couple of Stag Case models and one of the Ivory AG Russel knives. These are fantastic!. Steven

 

[jwren]

That Appaloosa bone is just stunning!

 

[rckymtdave]

I'm a big fan of the yellow delrin (or chestnut bone, but I don't own a chestnut bone nut...yet.)

 

[Flint Hills]

How do you like the damascus? In terms of edge retention, is it more like SS or CV?

Hopefully someone else can answer, I just got mine for Father's Day!

 

[pertinux]

(In the interests of full disclosure, the above Mediterranean Blue, ie "perfection," is the only reason I [still] have a Peanut. Were I of the regular-Peanut-using contingent, I'd go with chestnut bone and CV.)

~ P.

 

[pmew]

Of my two, the chestnut I've only had for a few hours and I love it's deep brown colour that fades out towards the bolsters.

The red is so bright and colourful though......

It's too hard to decide!

 

[jackknife]

How do you like the damascus? In terms of edge retention, is it more like SS or CV?

I answered this for Flint Hills the other day. I was gifted a damascus peanut by forum member Jamie. I never had a damascus blade before. I've carried it as my edc pocket knife for three years now, and I now have an idea of how it does.

It's weird.

That's the only word I can really come up with for it, given my total inexperience with the stuff. Weird. But not a bad weird, just outside of what I'm used to. It feels harder to sharpen on a stone or diamond hone. The stel feels stickier when sharpening, but it does get razor sharp with moderate effort. Not hard to sharpen, just feels different on the stone. The burr feels more stubborn to get off.

Cutting is great. Even off a fine stone, the edge feels "toothier" than I'm used to, and really bites into fibrous stuff like rope/twine, cloth, meat. Even when it feels like it's not that sharp testing it with a thumb, it still grabs and slices well. It out cuts the true sharp stainless easily, and holds an edge better than CV. I used my chestnut peanut and the damascus on the same stuff, and the CXV chestnut needed to be touched up before the damascus. The damascus always seemed to be biting more than what I'm used to with other knives. It's weird stuff, but good.

Carl.

 

[flatblackcapo]

I'm a sucker for stag.I need to get a peanut one of these days!

 

[Toddwalla]

I have four nuts, 2 Amber, a yeller, and a chestnut. For me, I just love the way the chestnut brown in CV ages! It's so warm and just calls on you to fondle it.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Chestnut or stag for me.

Just happens to match two of my favorites, a current-gen in CV and chestnut bone, and an older 1970 'ten dot' in stag:

The amber bone examples posted earlier are also beautiful (and the stag/amber & damascus pairing is gorgeous), though I don't have one of these. :thumbup:


David