Help me decide-Case Peanut or Buck 503

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I'm looking for something a bit smaller when wearing Dockers or dress pants. I've never owner a peanut pattern knife. Help me decide between the peanut or a buck 503.
 
They are both short, but pretty different after that. The Buck will be thinner but have a more substantial, lock-back blade than the Peanut offers, unless you can find the scarcer single blade Peanut, then it will be as thin, but not as substantial as the Buck (but enough for the intended purpose). If I was picking I'd make my choice on which type of knife I preferred for EDC, a lockback or a slipjoint. OH
 
I don't really have a preference one over the other. Neither one probably would be hard use but the Buck heat treated steel might be better than a case peanut. The peanut would be a little shorter tho' not too much but I like OH that you referenced that the 503 would be thinner.
 
For years I carried a Winchester lockback that's the same size as the 503. After discovering the peanut I don't think I'd ever go back to the lockback for a knife that size. I just don't use a small knife like that for anything that requires a lock. If you like the peanut, but want to keep it thin, take a look at the Schrade 12OT. It's a single blade peanut and you can find older USA made ones pretty easily for relatively cheap. They're a great knife. My wife has been carrying one daily for about a year and a half. I've tried to get her to switch to other knives a couple of times, but she won't give up that 12OT.
 
I just wanted to add that I don't carry a peanut. I have a Queen 03 sleeveboard that usually fills that small knife role.

After reading back my last post I realized that it sounded like I was a peanut guy.
 
go with buck if you want a more basic looking(not in any way bad)knife and the peanut if you want a choice of handle scales, case has only made about a million of them. (no sarcasm intended)
 
The Peanut will surprise you with how functional it is. The main clip blade won't be as long as the Buck blade, but I doubt for a knife this size, you will ever find yourself missing that extra length. The peanut is also very thin for a two-blade knife; it's about equal to my single-spring GECs, and it disappears in the pocket. I don't have that model Buck to compare it with, but I know I'd choose the peanut for khakis/dress clothes. The more rustic and rugged Buck is more at home with a pair of jeans, IMO.
 
Peanut.... Two thin blades that just get sharp and slice through anything. I use the pen for dirty work and the clip for food. You also get great bone jigging or classic yeller delrin.... or other materials as you desire.
 
I find the thinner, flatter frame of the single blade lockbacks carry better in dress slacks that the squarish frame of a small serpentine jack or peanut.

Beyond that, they're very different styles. Sort of like picking out shoes for somebody else. I prefer single blade knives, but that means nothin' to nobody. Or shouldn't.

My advice, pick which ever is cooler and get the other one in 6 months or so. Carry both and then give the loser to somebody.
 
I prefer the Buck as I like lockbacks, it also has a broader bigger thinner type of blade.

Frankly, I think it boils down to which one you prefer the look of. I've owned a few Peanuts but given most of them away (Queen, RR,CASE) never really got interested in the pattern.

Thanks, Will
 
I carried the Buck 503 for many many years and never found myself wanting . . . that was until one day I reached in my pocket for it and it wasn't there, so I bought another. I carried it for years too, until one day it too wasn't there. I moved on from the pattern since then, but I still think it's a great little knife!
 
The peanut gives you two blades in one little package. Time and time again, I've found it handy to have a second blade on hand that you don't really care about the edge on. A spare blade for the dirty work, like using it as a precision spackle tool to fill in a nail hole in a wall without getting the stuff anywhere outside the hole. Or fore scraping, poking or probing work.

I always had a steeper angled edge on the pen blade of my peanut for the dirty work.
 
pinnah said:
I find the thinner, flatter frame of the single blade lockbacks carry better in dress slacks that the squarish frame of a small serpentine jack or peanut.

Beyond that, they're very different styles. Sort of like picking out shoes for somebody else.
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What he said.^


I found the thinner, flatter single blade carries very well in slacks. With the added plus the handle will fit your hand better than a peanut.
Buck does 420HC better than anyone.
 
An actual Case Peanut, Very handy size - 2 7/8" and should hide away nicely for carry-on.

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The RR shown above is very nice.
 
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