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Leaving the Cult of the Peanut
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I,ve two peanuts one is a yellow with cv and the other is a mint honey burt bone with the
Ruger shield on it. They are great knives but cannot compare with the warncliffe mini copperhead.
The mini copperhead is small in the pocket but quite a bit stronger the peanut especially when it comes to
whittling in my opinion. I'm going to put the yellow peanut in my first aid kit on my kayak`` and probably just sell the Ruger one. It is a pretty knife but I want mine strong and pretty.
Ironically, I live just down the road from Carl.....hope I don't have to be beaten out of the cult.
piney
Dude you must wear some funny looking pants if they only got one pocket. They must only have one pocket else you'd otherwise have figured out, "Gee! I can carry them both!"
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although granted double secret probationary membership
i too have never owned a peanut
but i do (OFTEN) carry his other cousin
the not as pretty, but tougher cousin (buck 309)
just thought i would share
It may not be a peanut, but 30 years of long association with a old freind named Wayne, has made me a believer of the Buck 309 as one of the most capable little pocket knives of the cult's size. It is only with great respect I talk of the 309's. :thumbup:
We may as well renounce your double secret probation, and grant you full first level membership in the cult. Of course the yella scales give you an advance in grade.
Carl, Grand High Muckba, that approves of 309's.
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It may not be a peanut, but 30 years of long association with a old freind named Wayne, has made me a believer of the Buck 309 as one of the most capable little pocket knives of the cult's size. It is only with great respect I talk of the 309's. :thumbup:
We may as well renounce your double secret probation, and grant you full first level membership in the cult. Of course the yella scales give you an advance in grade.
Carl, Grand High Muckba, that approves of 309's.
woohoo!
upgrade!
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I ain't gonna lie,
been eyeballing one of those min-copperheads myself
if only they would come in CV ...
of course, i just may be a steel snob, but if i am gonna go stainless i will stick with buck *shrugs*
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I just sent a message to the good folks at Case asking them to make a CV version. If we put enough pressure on them we may just get our wish.
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I guess it would be greedy to ask for raindrop pattern damascus to match my peanut?
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Their reply to me this morning.
Let's see where it goes. Next step Damascus.
I'd love to see that Carl.
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Good stuff protourist! I bet they would sell a boatload of those...
I wanted to join the cult, and even tried for a while, but alas, the peanut seemed to bite me at every turn. Then yesterday I came across this little gem in my box of "little precious ones"! Imperial, Prov RI... It was my great unkle Cam's knife. I've been its keeper for about 20 years now, and from time to time come acsoss it and ruminate about that great man. Today I will take this one along for the ride, this old shell knife houses some pretty sharp little carbon steel blades...
I wanted to join the cult, and even tried for a while, but alas, the peanut seemed to bite me at every turn. Then yesterday I came across this little gem in my box of "little precious ones"! Imperial, Prov RI... It was my great unkle Cam's knife. I've been its keeper for about 20 years now, and from time to time come acsoss it and ruminate about that great man. Today I will take this one along for the ride, this old shell knife houses some pretty sharp little carbon steel blades...
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You are so right, Protourist/Jackknife. CV and Damascus Mini Copperheads would be well received I believe.
I'd really like to see one in D2 as well but I do not think that Case ever offered that steel in a knife.
An assortment of different covers would be a good thing as well.... even acrylic like some of the nice GEC offerings. Ebony or buffalo horn would be outstanding. Not trying to turn Case into Gec but the MCH is a
real sleeper.
I gift a lot of Peanuts because of all the nice options. The Mini Copperhead with a little thought would do
very well too. It would be my choice of gift for friends that are a little more into knives. Not outselling the Peanut but still a very nice revenue stream for Case.
My Ruger Peanut is going to live out in Utah BTW. Sold it last night.
piney
I'd really like to see one in D2 as well but I do not think that Case ever offered that steel in a knife.
An assortment of different covers would be a good thing as well.... even acrylic like some of the nice GEC offerings. Ebony or buffalo horn would be outstanding. Not trying to turn Case into Gec but the MCH is a
real sleeper.
I gift a lot of Peanuts because of all the nice options. The Mini Copperhead with a little thought would do
very well too. It would be my choice of gift for friends that are a little more into knives. Not outselling the Peanut but still a very nice revenue stream for Case.
My Ruger Peanut is going to live out in Utah BTW. Sold it last night.
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Yer gonna sit on 'em?
What say! Exclamation points doth not customer service make.
I think you should write back and suggest a lemur-tail-themed Bose collaboration, and see if you get the exact same response.
Still, it's a nice note.
I agree, especially if Case concentrated on the wharncliffe Mini Copperhead, which would be thus be further set apart from the Peanut. Many would (be tempted to) own (more of) both, instead of the Mini Copperhead's ostensibly competing with the Peanut-- the latter being a knife I would guess is a bread-'n- butter sales item for Case that they'd be loathe to have another knife compete with outright.
That, and for no easily measurable reason my wharncliffe mini copperhead seems to be of sounder construction and mechanics than the clip blade version-- in addition to being just plain sexier.
The bolster at the pen-blade end of the clip version is slightly less robust, and whether or not that in itself is an issue, the pen blade sometimes collides with the clip when closing-- and has developed some vertical wibble-wobble besides. Perhaps entirely subjective, but the wharncliffe version seems more sound.
Also sexier. Wait, I think I already said that.
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Got addicted to this one by Richard Rogers. I figure that is why it has been in my pocket for the last 10 months or so pretty much every day.
It is so (light 1/2 oz.) you do not know it is there 'till you need it.
It is so (light 1/2 oz.) you do not know it is there 'till you need it.
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Got addicted to this one by Richard Rogers. I figure that is why it has been in my pocket for the last 10 months or so pretty much every day.
It is so (light 1/2 oz.) you do not know it is there 'till you need it.
Smokin' !!! I like that! Ed J
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Yer gonna sit on 'em?
What say! Exclamation points doth not customer service make.
I think you should write back and suggest a lemur-tail-themed Bose collaboration, and see if you get the exact same response.
Still, it's a nice note.
I agree, especially if Case concentrated on the wharncliffe Mini Copperhead, which would be thus be further set apart from the Peanut. Many would (be tempted to) own (more of) both, instead of the Mini Copperhead's ostensibly competing with the Peanut-- the latter being a knife I would guess is a bread-'n- butter sales item for Case that they'd be loathe to have another knife compete with outright.
That, and for no easily measurable reason my wharncliffe mini copperhead seems to be of sounder construction and mechanics than the clip blade version-- in addition to being just plain sexier.
The bolster at the pen-blade end of the clip version is slightly less robust, and whether or not that in itself is an issue, the pen blade sometimes collides with the clip when closing-- and has developed some vertical wibble-wobble besides. Perhaps entirely subjective, but the wharncliffe version seems more sound.
Also sexier. Wait, I think I already said that.
~ P.
Of course you are right. I will continue to ask for it and if it comes right down to it, I'll sit on them.
Perhaps I will point out the fact that they will be even sexier in CV.
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If I was to get a peanut that would be the one. I always get taken by this one.
Got addicted to this one by Richard Rogers. I figure that is why it has been in my pocket for the last 10 months or so pretty much every day.
It is so (light 1/2 oz.) you do not know it is there 'till you need it.
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I just emailed Case requesting a mini copperhead in CV. You never know, if enough of us ask for it, we might actually get it.
Kristopher
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