It finally clicked...

[jackknife]

I prefer the Case Pocket Hunter over the Peanut because, even though they're the same size, the Pocket Hunter has two full-length blades, and both nail nicks are on the same side, so I don't need to change my grip to open the other blade. I do really wish they'd make a run of Pocket Hunters in CV steel, though. That would be awesome. Kind of a Peanut++.

I'll tell ya what bud, you get Case to make the pocket hunter with CV, and I'' buy one. Maybe buy two if I have a choice of handle material.

The Sear's trio is good for a hunter, but not hunting in a very long time, I have no need of a skinner/butcher knife. But for my camping and woods bumming and canoeing use, the two knife combo does well. Heck, I once watched dad slice a ham for sandwiches on a picnic with his bushwhacker. Mom had forgot to pack the kitchen knife, and it was choice of dad's peanut or the bushwhacker. It did kitchen duty very well.

Carl.

 

[Knife Crazied]

Thanks so much for the photos Carl. Very impressive and so glad your learning. Now we will always be requesting photos.

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[coyote711]

Thanks so much for the photos Carl. Very impressive and so glad your learning. Now we will always be requesting photos.

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Yes, I want to see a close-up of that Damascus Peanut!

 

[Thalestin]

Carl, Nice to finally have a picture of the ol machete and the legendary peanut

 

[richstag]

I have to say, part of me never wanted to see Carl post a picture. You know how sometimes the image a story can portay in one's mind is better then the reality. Not so! I'm going to say it again, thanks Carl.

 

[Railsplitter]

I'll tell ya what bud, you get Case to make the pocket hunter with CV, and I'' buy one. Maybe buy two if I have a choice of handle material.

Carl.

Carl, I don't know if Case ever made a 2 blade in CV but they did make a single blade version in 2007. I don't remember exactly but I think Red Bone was the only color they offered.

 

[Django.cj]

Very cool! Thanks for the photo!

 

[ArfinGreebly]

The Sears trio is good for a hunter, but not hunting in a very long time, I have no need of a skinner/butcher knife.

Indeed.

I do believe that I'd have to adapt the trio to my own needs.

For example, I'd probably keep the medium-to-large two (or three) blade folder, but I might not go with the muskrat/moose format. The Folding Hunter/Trapper or even the Stockman format might serve just as well. Depending on the environment, I might need something a little larger than the Peanut/Pocket Hunter size, and there are plenty of 2 & 3 blade folders in that range.

For the fixed blade, I've got a selection of older Mora knives and Puukko patterns that I favor for bushcrafty applications. A Puukko will cover a broad range of outdoor uses.

The axe . . . well, I'm just kinda old fashioned that way. I've used an old USMC bolo knife in the woods, used my dad's old Filipino bolo (that was an awesome knife), and used a couple of different hatchets. Somehow I'm more productive with the hatchet. I guess I need more practice with the short machetes.


Of course, there is much about this that's pretty moot, because you'd have to undress me (okay, eye bleach) to make sure I didn't already have four knives on me for the outdoor exercise. (Make that five if my jacket's involved.)


Carl, you probably know Steve (a staunch CV Peanut advocate) from the various forums. He's the one that woke me up from my slumber on the traditional blades. I had been carrying lockbacks and more modern patterns for years and years. I read something he wrote one day and a dim light went on.

I cruised the pawn shops for a day or two until I found an old Uncle Henry stockman. Beat up, rusted (!), and badly sharpened. I talked them down from $15 to $8 and took it home. I only bought it to practice on, so I'd have some idea of what I was doing when I started sharpening slipjoints again.

Well, I cleaned it and oiled it and sharpened it . . . and started carrying it. And then it was too late to turn back. I was hooked.

Here's the Schrade 897UH in question:

It continues to serve in my EDC rotation.

It occupies a position of honor in my "medium folders" drawer, right beside the Case John Deere medium stockman.

And a few spaces over from its distant cousin, the pre-Idaho Buck 301 Stockman:

The dim light that switched on that day is much brighter now.

My knife table is literally cluttered with traditional patterns.

Ah, well. It is, how you say, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age

 

[thawk]

Thanks. It was my first time pic. The guy at the Apple store showed me, actually talked me through it. Now if I can remember how to do it here at home is another thing. I guess I'll learn eventually. Hopefully. It's hell being an old dog trying to learn new tricks. Anyways, that was dad, a man of extremes. He figured his little edc pocket knife would do for most things, and for the few it wouldn't, he'd just have a big blade around that would do it. Whatever 'it' was. The blade of his bushwhacker is just a hair under 9 1/2 inches, and it used to have more of a taper with it being a bit wider at the tip, go lock style. But the years of use have worn down the blade a bit. It's a tad thinner than the 1/8 stock the Ontario is made from, but it chops and cuts well. It takes a very wicked edge, and holds it pretty good.

Carl.

Nice jobs on the pics Carl. :thumbup:

 

[puukkoman]

I totally agree with you!

Leave it to Hollyweird to pervert a very nice simple tool into a tactical cult worship item. For a while there you could hardly turn on the TV without some villain flipping one around as menace. I even had one back in the 80's to experiment with, and I have to admit for a fishing knife cutting bait and gutting, it was great. Easy to clean, easy to get out with wet hands, all plus's. Long ago, Hackman of Finland even used the design for what they called a fishing and camping knife, with red nylon handles. It was a very fine knife. Too bad the craze killed it in this country. I can only hope the practical Finn's still have it. I once used one to clean 76 spot that 4 of had caught, a fish from the Chesapeake Bay, after a day out on the boat. The Hackman was still sharp at the end. One of my friends was so impressed by it, I gave it to him. He still has and uses it to this day. Unfortunatly afterward, I found out they were not available in this country anymore, because of the negative effects of the balisong craze. A case of a few idiots ruining it for the rest of us.

Carl.

Carl,
I had a Hackman as well, a red one, that I also used as my fishing knife on the Chesapeake Bay. Small world.
Alex