Ok, so, today, after reading this thread this morning, I popped my Peanut back in my pocket and decided to carry it for the day. Wow. I remembered why I carried it for so long.
There are many aspects that a person finds attractive regarding a pocket knife. However, I think it is safe to say that THE most important aspect is it's ability to cut. If it doesn't cut well, it's probably going to end up in a safe somewhere. The cutting edge is what makes a knife a knife.
Using my Peanut today, I remembered why I found it such a good knife. THESE GUYS CAN CUT!!! The thin blades cut even when dull. I was helping my uncle out today. He owns a poster restoration business, and is a paper conservationist. He gets old, beat up, posters, flyers, or other valuable stationary (he worked on one of the original 200 year old copies of the Declaration of Independence) and restores them. Anyway, part of the process is to mount these often delicate pieces of paper on a linen background. So, I spent the day setting the linen to the frames and mounting the posters to the linen. I used the Peanut to cut the linen, and it cut like a laser!! I have used my Buck Canoe, Vic Cadet, and Case CV Soddie Jr. Out of all of these, the Vic had always done the best job. Well, today, the Peanut just totally handled that linen like a pro. My uncle went through three razor blades before I had to switch from the clip blade to the pen blade, and even when dull it cut. I had to cut open boxes, cut rope, tape, etc., and did all with the Peanut. Stainless steel and all, it cut like the dickens. The size wasn't an issue because it basically did all the work itself.
I don't know why I stopped carrying this little big knife, but it is back in the rotation. It has a lot of history with me anyway, so..... I'm back to EDCing my Peanut.
Pictures to come.
; like the size, but not so much the half stops. I do use it sometimes as it is a very nice knife, but carry a small stockman most of the time.