Peanut

[th0m]

Well, price isn't really an issue (as long as we're not talking custom prices). Just wondering which brand generally offers the best quality. I mean, the basic quality of the knife wont change because of different scales, right?

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Well, price isn't really an issue (as long as we're not talking custom prices). Just wondering which brand generally offers the best quality. I mean, the basic quality of the knife wont change because of different scales, right?

Right.

Of the three the S&M will be the nicest finished, and have the nicest handle materials. The Queen is probably a little better finished than the Case, but no guarantees. The Case is probably the best value, and is really the one everyone raves about, when it comes right down to it. It's supposed to be a simple, utilitarian knife.

-- Sam

 

[th0m]

Right.

Of the three the S&M will be the nicest finished, and have the nicest handle materials. The Queen is probably a little better finished than the Case, but no guarantees. The Case is probably the best value, and is really the one everyone raves about, when it comes right down to it. It's supposed to be a simple, utilitarian knife.

-- Sam

A S&M it is then. Now I just have to make up my mind about getting the MoP or Sambar Stag handles

Thanks everyone!

 

[ElCuchillo]

I'm kind've in a Quandry as to which Peanut to use. See, I have the jigged brown delrin scaled one I've had for a while, my little workhorse, and then I have the one Fewpop gave me, the SS Bone Stag. My quandry is, the brown handled one is my beloved EDC, yet it hurts my fingers!!! I was cutting cardboard boxes today, and it gave me blisters. I guess it has to do with the fact that the edges are pretty sharp. I think I'm gonna switch to the Bone Stag peanut and see how that one works out. It's edges are alot smoother and rounded off, so I'll see what happens. I hate to think of not edcing my brown peanut, but heck, what's the point if it's going to mess up my fingers?

 

[jackknife]

I'm kind've in a Quandry as to which Peanut to use. See, I have the jigged brown delrin scaled one I've had for a while, my little workhorse, and then I have the one Fewpop gave me, the SS Bone Stag. My quandry is, the brown handled one is my beloved EDC, yet it hurts my fingers!!! I was cutting cardboard boxes today, and it gave me blisters. I guess it has to do with the fact that the edges are pretty sharp. I think I'm gonna switch to the Bone Stag peanut and see how that one works out. It's edges are alot smoother and rounded off, so I'll see what happens. I hate to think of not edcing my brown peanut, but heck, what's the point if it's going to mess up my fingers?

Duct tape the blade for safty and GENTLY buff the edges of the offending peanut with a dremel tool. You can very carefully round off some of the squarer edges. But gently lad, gently!

But of course for cardboard, thats what Klass makes brown Mules for!

 

[Silverdagger]

Ah, another Peanut thread. Definitely my favorite pattern. A bit small, but those little blades definitly have big blade capabilities. Sometimes I don't like the way it only fits the first three finger of my hand when holding it, but then the blades perform so friggin well that it makes the grip irrelevant. One of the best slicers I own. Right now I am carrying a Schrade Uncle Henry to give it a try, but my Peanut is calling my name.

ElChchillo, I felt the same way about it being a problem with it hitting all three fingers and not the pinky for extra grip and leverage, so I got me something a little bigger, 1/8 inch longer to be exact and it makes all the difference in the world. It bites into my pinky just enough to make it feel more comfortable, but is still a small jack knife.

Here is the one I have.

http://www.caseknifeoutlet.com/knifedetail.cfm?id=928

Here is a more affordable alternative.

http://www.caseknifeoutlet.com/knifedetail.cfm?id=190

Kind of the slightly more stout jack knife with the same blade layout as the infamous peanut.

 

[Will Power]

What I find ergonomic in the CASE Peanut is its serpentine shape. That somehow gives this tiny knife remarkable leverage. The Schatt&Morgan version I've seen on the Internet is not serpentine,a drawback in my view. Crandall and Bonestag versions are really attractive,must get a yellow handle one too.

 

[marcinek]

Nothing agains the Case peanut willgoy (there's one in my pocket right now)...

but my Schatt&Morgan peanut is plenty serpentine, too!

 

[Will Power]

Ah right you are! Nice to get a proper pic and not have to rely on the dealer's efforts on the Net. NICE scales there on that S-M