I finally got Case Peanut knife

Welcome to the club! The merits of the humble Peanut have been rapped about many a time around here, often times by yours truly. It is a knife often discounted by those who have never experienced the incredible balance of utility, design, and size. Carry only a Peanut for a week and realize you need nothing else!

I'm working on almost a full sack of Peanuts at this point.

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Wurrwulf said:
Welcome to the club! The merits of the humble Peanut have been rapped about many a time around here, often times by yours truly. It is a knife often discounted by those who have never experienced the incredible balance of utility, design, and size. Carry only a Peanut for a week and realize you need nothing else!

I'm working on almost a full sack of Peanuts at this point.

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And a very wonderfully impressive sack it is!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Very nice Bone on your example Alan, must be the recently released Walnut?

Have to admit I've never really got on with the Peanut, it very clearly has virtues and many many followers though.

Thanks, Will
 
AShearer said:
I love my one and only (so far)
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That's a splendid peanut, Alan! :thumbsup::thumbsup: I've really admired photos I've seen of knives in that walnut Rogers jigged bone series (or whatever it's called). The quadruple lines on the bolster are distinctive, and the bone usually looks very richly and uniformly colored (which isn't always the case with Case)! :cool::thumbsup::cool:

- GT
 
Old Engineer said:
Is that the Rogers Jigged Walnut Bone Alan ??? If it is , it is the darkest color that I have seen . Verrrry nice my friend .

Harry
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It is Rogers jigged walnut Harry. As you might guess, the pile side is a little lighter color.
 
Congrats on the Peanut acquisition. I still haven't gotten a sub-3" folder yet. The closest I have come is the GEC 14 Boys Knife and a small Hen & Rooster Stockman. Like both of them.
 
Congratulations on your Peanut!

Here is a picture of my favorite Peanut - Green apaloosa bone -

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Something great to be said about the peanut is that I had never even seen one in person before, then I won an Imperial peanut and right away it felt natural.
The peanut is not too big, cuts way above its weight class, and it's contours fit in hand perfectly whether the blade is facing up or down.
 
The peanut is a lot easier for me to grip than the similarly-sized Opinel 3 and 4, which roll too easily in my fingertips. I carry my peanuts frequently, as I do my Opinel 6, but so far I have not been tempted to carry the 3 or 4.
 
As they might say on a popular knife-making competition show, "Your peanut knife's handle is a bit small, but it's smooth shape and squared corners allows for good indexing of the hand. Well done." ;)
 
Will Power said:
Very nice Bone on your example Alan, must be the recently released Walnut?

Have to admit I've never really got on with the Peanut, it very clearly has virtues and many many followers though.

Thanks, Will
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Thanks Will. Case did make a run of several patterns in what they called Walnut, Rogers Jigged bone. I believe they had threaded bolsters on all the patterns. I haven't used it yet, so I don't know how it would be to carry. But, it is really small;)
 
5K Qs said:
That's a splendid peanut, Alan! :thumbsup::thumbsup: I've really admired photos I've seen of knives in that walnut Rogers jigged bone series (or whatever it's called). The quadruple lines on the bolster are distinctive, and the bone usually looks very richly and uniformly colored (which isn't always the case with Case)! :cool::thumbsup::cool:

- GT
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Exactly what I liked about this series GT. Thanks!
 
I have a Case CV peanut with yellow delrin. I picked it up off the exchange for a 20 bill. It is a great little knife. It punches above its weight class. Very sharp, thin blades with a little flex makes it a pleasure to cut with.

For the occasional thread trimming, letter opening and what not, the handle does not bother my hands. Often I can lightly hold it wih the tips of my three fingers. My issue comes when I have to grip the knife more tightly for whittling a stick, removing caulking, etc. I find I really have to grip tightly to get my hands to close enough for suitable purchase. This leads to rapid hand fatigue.

A beautiful, capable little knife. It really is great and I can see why so many love it. I find it just is not quite enough in my hands. A small increase to a 3 3/8" barlow alleviates these problems while remaining great in the pocket. So, as it has for the previous two years, my Boker 494 sheepsfoot barlow remains.

Not sure why I need to grip it so much... I always have my leatherman in a sheath on my belt anyways. I could just use that. Thing is nothing cuts quite like those thin, well sharpened blades...
 
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