Initial impression of case peanut

[joepa150]

A weeks ago a bought my first peanut. A yellow CV. I am very very impressed. Fit and finish are good. My case vintage knives are a little better in fit and finish but not by much. A few very small gaps near the springs but very small. A little blade play but it doesn't bother me. The size allows the peanut to disappear in my pocket. It is big enough for 90% of what I need it for. For $30 it is awesome.


My only grip is the cv seems to take awhile to form a patina compared to my vintage case and my gecs 1095 knives.

I love my two GECs. My GECs are not perfect but they are high quality. To be honest, for the price of the GECs knives, I would expect them to be 99.99% perfect which they are not. When I first got my case peanut, I was blown Away that for $30, I can get a knife that IMO is not far behind GECs quality. If GEC is a 8.5/10, then my case peanut is a 7/10.

I can't wAit to buy the swayback jack. If it is a bit higher quality than the peanut (from what I hear), then I can get a knife that is so close to GEC quality for $60 or so bucks.

 

[sweetT019]

The Case peanut is a great little knife. The blades are polished more than GEC blades, so that is why it takes longer to get a patina.

 

[Liberando]

Joe, if you like that peanut, you'll love the swayback!

I agree, for the money, the Case peanut is a good value.

 

[whetrock]

Glad to hear you like it. The yellow Delrin Peanut is a real forum classic. When you get both blades screaming sharp, you'll surprise the small knife naysayers, they just work out of proportion to their size.

 

[jon_slider]

> A little blade play but it doesn't bother me.

you are the second person this week to report their peanut has wobbly blades

I would not tolerate that, I would return it to the dealer for replacement with one that has zero wobble.

Sending it to Case is not a good option, they take 6 weeks to turn a knife around, and sometimes it comes back unfixed.

Glad you are happy with your new knife, I think you could do better than accept a wobbly one, but its your call.

 

[LEOGREG]

[/IMG]"A little blade play" in a brand new $30 knife would bother me a lot. It's reports like this that make me extremely hesitant to buy any new Case products. Especially when I can get a vintage Schrade carbon 12OT, tight as a snare drum, for $4.

"I can get a knife that is so close to GEC quality for sixty bucks"......?!! For 14 bucks more you can get a GEC #55 ;-)

I'll leave showing those pics to Arizonaranchman.

BTW, I don't hate Case, I am expecting a vintage red bone barlow in the mail on Thursday to pair with a 50s Case daddy barlow I hooked on the Bay a year ago.
Good luck in your quest.

A pic in every post!

 

[arizonaranchman]

Congrats on your new Peanut. Now the blade play i personally would not tolerate, but thats up to you. The problem being it will worsen with use.