Peasant Folder Roundup

That was a very well put together review:thumbup: great idea to chart them out like that! Thanks!

And to you guys with all the pics of the Aitor Castors, you got me! I've one on the way now too ;)
 
That's what I don't like about the aitor castor or douk douk, the beartrap springs. The douk douk is easier to open, but both scare me if my hands are wet or greasy, which is often being a mechanic. The opinel serves my needs currently, but anxiously awaiting my package containing a couple mini svord peasants from baryonyx.
 
Whetrock, it was your pic that inspired me to buy my Castor Mediana. I may get the little one too....and the big one!
Great knives, surprised they are not better known.
 
BJE said:
That's what I don't like about the aitor castor or douk douk, the beartrap springs. The douk douk is easier to open, but both scare me if my hands are wet or greasy, which is often being a mechanic. The opinel serves my needs currently, but anxiously awaiting my package containing a couple mini svord peasants from baryonyx.
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I hate to admit it, but that's what made me get rid of my Douk-Douk. If I were suing it while eating, I had to make sure my hands were clean and dry. I almost took off a finger when eating fried chicken on a picnic, and went to slice a dill pickle that karen and I were going to share. I hadn't wiped my hands quite good enough, and WAP!. Had a small first aid kit in the canoe bag, so it wasn't too awful bad.

Maybe the French and Sardinian's had the right idea.

Carl.
 
whetrock said:
LEOGREG, I too hear you on the Aitor, it's a fine knife in it's own right, and IMHO similar in many ways to the three mentioned in this review. The blade profile, is interesting and quite useful. Mine is a bear trap, but serviceable nonetheless. Not as bad as a Douk-Douk, but a harder one to open. This is coming from a guy who like 300 series Bucks, so I'm not as fond of nailbreakers and the like as some are, but it doesn't detract enough from the Castor to keep it out of my pocket. A fine knife by all means.

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Does the blade tip (or any part of it) hit inside when you close it? Or does the kick?
 
jackknife said:
I hate to admit it, but that's what made me get rid of my Douk-Douk. If I were suing it while eating, I had to make sure my hands were clean and dry. I almost took off a finger when eating fried chicken on a picnic, and went to slice a dill pickle that karen and I were going to share. I hadn't wiped my hands quite good enough, and WAP!. Had a small first aid kit in the canoe bag, so it wasn't too awful bad.

Maybe the French and Sardinian's had the right idea.

Carl.
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I use my pocket knife for almost all food prep and frequently have slippery hands during use so overly stiff springs are a real deal breaker for me, I prefer friction folders anyway, just find the action more enjoyable.

I got the mini peasants in the mail the other day, instantly love them. The orange one won't be leaving my pocket anytime soon, a vey good EDC size, great ergos, can be opened and closed easily and safely with one hand, can't fold on my fingers in use, good slicer and a little more robust than a opinel.
Only things that irk me is the blade hitting the screw due to misplaced or undersized stop pen (will be fixing shortly) and the handles flex a lot when squeezed.
 
BJE said:
I use my pocket knife for almost all food prep and frequently have slippery hands during use so overly stiff springs are a real deal breaker for me, I prefer friction folders anyway, just find the action more enjoyable.

I got the mini peasants in the mail the other day, instantly love them. The orange one won't be leaving my pocket anytime soon, a vey good EDC size, great ergos, can be opened and closed easily and safely with one hand, can't fold on my fingers in use, good slicer and a little more robust than a opinel.
Only things that irk me is the blade hitting the screw due to misplaced or undersized stop pen (will be fixing shortly) and the handles flex a lot when squeezed.
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I hear a lot about the under size stop pin. You'd think by now, Svord would have fixed that. And I wish they would come out with a wood handle mini.
 
Carl, there is a wood handled mini. knifecenter link.

I guess, technically, the pin is not undersized. It is large enough, just in the wrong place. To fix it, it's impossible to move the hole, but installing a larger pin has the same effect, assuming you have a matching drill bit.

Yes, it's disappointing that this problem, existing in the original Svord Peasant, was not fixed in the mini version, where they had a blank slate.

To learn more about the Svord Peasant and stop pin issue, watch my video.
 
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My Aitor Castor Pequena isn't stiff to open at all.
 
Jack Black said:
My Aitor Castor Pequena isn't stiff to open at all.
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Ha! I don't believe you! I have the theory that English men are genetically mutated with thumbs many times stronger than the rest of humanity, from dealing with all those millions of British army/navy clasp knives. This goes back to the war of 1812, when the British admiralty decided to issue these knives to the British sailors. The idea was that if captured by an American ship, the English sailors would surrender these knives to the American sailors, who shortly after would be missing at least one finger. With the American sailors having half the crew with a disabled hand, they'd be easy pickings for the next English ship they ran into. Talk about playing with a sticky wicket!
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Thanks for the review. I've had a Svord on my watch list for a couple of months and for some reason my trigger finger's been weak. Too much going on this month. Maybe next month.

I didn't see the Okapi mentioned. It's another peasant knife that's cheap to buy. I've never carried, used or sharpened mine so I have nothing to add other than they're cheap to buy. Anyone have any experience with them?

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