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How I learned to like the peanut.
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Wow, you beat my dad by 3 years!:thumbup:
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Interesting story.
Thanks Jackknife for telling about your life.
At first when I read about peanuts in your posts I was thinking that this is a bug of the new times. knifes being more and more unaccepted in the society we have to carry smaller equipment. I was also thinking that this is the less is more hype. A kind of snobbery that its a thing of its own to cope with as little as possible.
But there is storys told here from old times when carrying a larger knife was no problem at all shepplewize. I also see people here try them and talk about their advantages.
The peanut grows on me as a pattern to read about. This kind of knifes is newer seen in Sweden, but people use small knifes like the Victorinox classic. The peanut seams to be a lot more knife though.
I dont see myself try a peanut because of the diffikultys to bye one here but I sure like when they get posted about. Especially Jackknifes peanutstories, on the other hand I very much like his way to write about most every knife. More than that I like the way he writes about the people that carry them and the print the storys gives about their lifes. The personalitys in the stories carry a depth of soul and a love for the ordinary man.
Bosse
Thanks Jackknife for telling about your life.
At first when I read about peanuts in your posts I was thinking that this is a bug of the new times. knifes being more and more unaccepted in the society we have to carry smaller equipment. I was also thinking that this is the less is more hype. A kind of snobbery that its a thing of its own to cope with as little as possible.
But there is storys told here from old times when carrying a larger knife was no problem at all shepplewize. I also see people here try them and talk about their advantages.
The peanut grows on me as a pattern to read about. This kind of knifes is newer seen in Sweden, but people use small knifes like the Victorinox classic. The peanut seams to be a lot more knife though.
I dont see myself try a peanut because of the diffikultys to bye one here but I sure like when they get posted about. Especially Jackknifes peanutstories, on the other hand I very much like his way to write about most every knife. More than that I like the way he writes about the people that carry them and the print the storys gives about their lifes. The personalitys in the stories carry a depth of soul and a love for the ordinary man.
Bosse
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You cannot get a peanut in Sweden. I can get them in Germany no problem. Why?
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We'll, meet again. Don't know where, don't know when.
But I know, we'll meet again, some sunny day...
Keep, smiling through, just like you, always do...
Till the blue skies drive, the dark clouds, far away.
But I know, we'll meet again, some sunny day...
Keep, smiling through, just like you, always do...
Till the blue skies drive, the dark clouds, far away.
It's not a legal thing.
Its just that stores don't sell them. And to get one you properly have to order it in the USA and its 2 x the cost to get it
One of my favorite songs to sing when I'm strumming the uke. Of course, I can't sing it near as purty as Vera Lynn.
jackknife, I loved that piece. It really has me looking forward to passing things on to my kids (when I get around to having kids
).Because my hands are pretty big, I've always favored larger, single-blade folders (although, as you may have seen in my other posts, I've only just begun buying quality, handmade-in-the-USA knives as opposed to cheap, factory-made pieces of garbage) but I really do plan on picking up a peanut or two to see if my mind doesn't change. A larger peanut...4.25" closed, maybe...would be great.
Great story as usual Jackknife, thanks! I hadn't heard of the TL-29, so once I googled it, I was floored. It's one of my Dad's knives that I got after he died. He was one of the guys on Omaha beach in the Normandy invasion as a Combat Engineer. After I saw the pictures on google, I had to dig his knife out from the basement to make sure it was the same one. And it was.
Another piece of the puzzle slowly fitting into place.
Another piece of the puzzle slowly fitting into place.
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One of my favorite songs to sing when I'm strumming the uke. Of course, I can't sing it near as purty as Vera Lynn.
jackknife, I loved that piece. It really has me looking forward to passing things on to my kids (when I get around to having kids
Because my hands are pretty big, I've always favored larger, single-blade folders (although, as you may have seen in my other posts, I've only just begun buying quality, handmade-in-the-USA knives as opposed to cheap, factory-made pieces of garbage) but I really do plan on picking up a peanut or two to see if my mind doesn't change. A larger peanut...4.25" closed, maybe...would be great.
I find myself singing it quite often at work. Only one time has anyone recognized it, and it was a WWII vet. Had a nice talk about knives with him but sadly had to run to the back for a stock check. By the time I got out, he was gone.
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One of my favorite songs to sing when I'm strumming the uke. Of course, I can't sing it near as purty as Vera Lynn.
jackknife, I loved that piece. It really has me looking forward to passing things on to my kids (when I get around to having kids
Because my hands are pretty big, I've always favored larger, single-blade folders (although, as you may have seen in my other posts, I've only just begun buying quality, handmade-in-the-USA knives as opposed to cheap, factory-made pieces of garbage) but I really do plan on picking up a peanut or two to see if my mind doesn't change. A larger peanut...4.25" closed, maybe...would be great.
At that size, it ain't a peanut any more, it's more like a trapper or Texas Jack. Every time one of these threads get started I get out one of my peanuts and try to like it. It didn't work this time, either. Maybe the eleventh time will be the charm.
I've had a few great conversations with vets at work...one of the nicer points of working retail, you run into all sorts of people. They're always pleasantly surprised at the some of the cultural things I know about the time period, considering the war ended 40-odd years before I was born.
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Yeah, but working retail is kind of a double-edged sword. While I got to speak with this vet, I'm usually confronted by overzealous moms that want their daughters to try on every single article of clothing the store offers. Also, since the store is located in a mall, the mall ninjas flock to the local cutlery store.
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It's not a legal thing.
Its just that stores don't sell them. And to get one you properly have to order it in the USA and its 2 x the cost to get it
That is the true told:barf:
This also is true for most wathever traditional american slipjointpattern there is. We have no market for slipjoints. SAKs is easy to get but me for example that would like a traditional Scout faces big tubble. The folders we have is taktikals and a little segment of mostly lockbacks. Good knifes are not easy to find. Fixed blades of scanditype is easy to by. Bouth factory and handmade.
Bosse
WHAT?? It's all your fault though. I grew up with Soddy jr's. now Peanut's are all I carry. Now you say you didn't like them! huh.
On a serious note since I got a few hours off, who makes a decent .22 rifle anymore? I'm an archer not a shooter (civilian-wise). 2nd, compare the Ruger Standard, to the Colt Woodsman (if you can). The only pistols I've shot are the 1911, & M9.
On a serious note since I got a few hours off, who makes a decent .22 rifle anymore? I'm an archer not a shooter (civilian-wise). 2nd, compare the Ruger Standard, to the Colt Woodsman (if you can). The only pistols I've shot are the 1911, & M9.
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Hang on, hang on, I did say I love the peanut. It just took me till a certain stage in my life to do it. I still think a soddie junior is a great knife, but for me right now, the peanut is better. It's a great suburbia pocket knife for 99% of what we need.
As far as a good .22 rifle, it's hard to go wrong with most of them. How much do ya want to spend? Bolt action or semi-auto? Synthetic stock or wood?
If you can find a clean used old model Marlin 39 in any of its variations, they are a fantasitic gun. Old fashioned, but extremly accurite, and with three moving parts in a take down receiver, its reliable as a rock and easy to clean. Both of ours have the Williams Fool Proof peep sights, and are target rifle accurite.
Of the new guns, the bolt action Savage is a good shooter, as is the bolt action Marlin rifles. The CZ is also a great shooter, and priced very competitivly.
There is no comparison of the old pre-war Colt woodsman to the standard model Ruger. The Colt was in a class by itself in fit and finish, while the Ruger in a side by side comparison is a bit crude. The Ruger is more reliable with a wider range of ammo though. The old Colt was a little finicky with ammo it didn't like. From the 1950's on, the Ruger was the better shooting gun for somebody who didn't care about looks, just preformance. My old standard model back from when they were 39.95 shoots anything I stuff in the magazine. If you can find a used Ruger MK2, you'll have a very nice gun without the d--m magazine saftey they put on the MK3.
Okay, now you give us a good report on peanut use you encountered while you were gone.
We want to know.
My report is already in the General forum. (I think it's with Helen's "Old Lady Expirement") But I will say I got an Amber Bone SS by accident, which cuts like a laser. (Thin blade what do you expect). I'm still here in Iraq. Lucky me!
I got to laugh though most guys here use Spider(?) knives, when I sharpened my room-mates he was amazed, he never used a truly sharp knife. He went to cut a piece of 550 used 2 hands to grip his knife while a buddy held the rope. I asked what he's doing he said that's how you have to cut 550. I told him to take either mine or his & just glide through the rope. Everyone looked at me funny but it worked.
I think I'm going to be rich by the time I get home.
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Had a Peanut....... traded it.....missed it.......read this story........bought a Peanut today...aloha and thanks for a great story, mk
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