Peanut Sized Slipjoint

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Hey there folks! I've been wanting a traditional slipjoint pocket knife for the longest time. So now after a few Benchmades and a Microtech i've decided to go back to the old school.

I pretty much have my mind set on either a Queen or a Case with a jigged bone handle in a peanut format. Now the problem is i can't find a jigged bone Queen under $50. As far as Case knives are concerned...do they even make a peanut with CV blades? I would really like CV blades but would settle for SS since NGK has some Case Bonestag tiny trappers in stock for about $32. I'd basically like a folder under 3 inches closed.

Any input or ideas before i take the dive with the bonestag tiny trapper with SS?

Thanks a lot fellas!
 
If you can still find a U.S. made one, try a Schrade Old Timer Minuteman. Tiny little pocketknife.
Carbon steel........
 
Unless you have very small hands, I can't see using such a tiny little knife. I have average hands, and don't find anything under 3 3/8" very useful. Slim is the ticket. A slim 2-blade or single blade jack, or a single backspring canoe makes a more pleasant and useful EDC.
 
In that size,try a Hen and Rooster Baby Barlow,maybe you can get one from Smokey Mountain Knife Works,or some on-line shop that sells them.It's a real nice little knife.Ihave one in stag.Try Sooner State Knives.
 
Cumberland Knife Works has a Case Peanut with jigged bone for $30.50, but I bet it's stainless. Honestly though, for that type of knife and at that price I think stainless would be fine.

SMKW has a case peanut with CV and yellow plastic handles for $28.

Happy hunting,
Bob
 
The peanut design really is small (two finger grip for my small hands) and, because of limited leverage, often difficult to open if it has good springs. In addition to the canoe and baby barlows already mentioned, you may want to look at a medium jack (or a doctor's knife) to get a longer handle but the same sort of feel.
 
You guys have a point about the small size of the peanut resulting in a lack of leverage. That didn't really dawn on me until i read your responses.

I guess if i do give the knife another 1/2 in. i'll have a few more choices. Like Puukkoman mentioned in another thread CV and D2 are must, it's just a matter of which one first.

The Queen mini-trapper from Cumberland looks mighty tempting. I think i should just order it before i raise my price ceiling again:D

Thanks for the help and ideas!
 
Ive never had a peanut. I EDC'ed a Case 6333 small stockman for many years. Pretty good pocket package and blade selection for an office knife, BUT the handle was durned small. Too durned small.

One I have my eye on is a Case baby or mini copperhead. Can get with wharncliff main blade (mmm) or clip. 3.125 in length and I believe on a single spring. Too bad can't get one in CV.

The thing that got me questioning Case's stainless, which I found suitable really for most tasks, was that every time I used it to remove a staple and wasnt extremely careful to keep the edge away from the staple, bango, rolled edge. The Queen D2 wont do that and neither does CV.

I currently EDC a Case yellow CV mini trapper. It's reasonably pocketable but gives solid handle and blade length. I also EDC'd a Queen Canoe, while thin it's so stout it's heavy.
 
The Case Mini Trappers are awesome.Now that's a more reasonable size as a user.
 
For EDC, I personally kinda go back and forth between a medium stockman and a SAK tinker, both in the 3.5" neighborhood. I generally think of the peanut and "baby" sized versions of larger knives as PC knives--something to use around the easily offended. My wife got me a 3" miniature Case toothpick at Christmas that I carry in my back pocket. Not much handle, but even the most sensitive think it's "cute."
 
Alright, i settled on a Queen stag mini trapper and ordered from cumberlandknifeworks. I received the knife oh about three days ago and boy is it a beauty. Good size and oh so silky smooth. I've read that Queen's don't come out of the factory with too sharp of an edge and so is the case with mine.

So after a couple days of trying to decide whether i wanted to get myself a sharpmaker or just drop it off at the local Advance Cutlery i just droppped it off today. I decided to get the sharpmaker and try my skills with a less valuable knife.

Just out of curiosity, is it possible to get an edge on the D2 blades as sharp as say...the S30V on the factory Spyderco Natives? I know it will hold the edge longer, but how sharp of an edge can it get?

Once again thanks for all your help and input. Now i want another Queen.

John
 
Chances are, your Queen will feel sharper due to the blade's grind. It's a thinner blade, which will make it a sharper edge. In order to compare the sharpness potential of different steels, you'll really need to get two identically ground blades (or at least reasonably similar) of different steels.

Enjoy your D2 Queen. It will last you for years.

A.
 
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