Question about Case Peanuts

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I love my peanuts, both of them, the only thing is that they both have play in the main blade and they came that way. Its not enough that I am worried about it failing or any such silliness, its just that I am curious about how often this occurs with the case peanuts.

There are plenty of peanut advocates here on blade forums, and I am one, but I would like to know; has anyone else had this issue?


Thank for the input,
-Andrew
 
the main blade of mine wobbled too, cleaned the joints, gave it a few hits with the hammer (peened down the rivet), sanded and polished it, perfect walk and talk now.
 
Case has some real and ongoing issues with quality control including blade wobble; that's why I only purchase Case knives in person, and many other members have said they only do the same.
Still, in my experience, the Peanut is less likely to have wobble or fit-finish problems compared to other Case models.
 
hm...i do have several case knifes, muskrat, jumbo stockman, medium stockman, texas jack all 2013 or 2014 models, and a 58132 stockman (2011 i guess) and none of them has wobbly blades but i read here in the forum of the peanut issue and knew before i bought it that i will have to fix it...and i had to. i heard of quality issues from case knifes made early 2000, how old are your knifes?
 
I've had a couple of peanuts and neither of them had blade wobble. I've had a couple of other knives that had a bit and I just peened the rivet like Bjoern suggested and everything was fine. If you think it might be a problem, or if it bothers you, you could always send it to Case and ask them to take care of it.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
Is it enough to prevent you from carrying? I've not had issues with them myself.
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No I still carry them both periodically, in fact the newer one I own is in my pocket now. I was just wondering if this was a reoccurring theme with the peanut. I own a number of other case knives and they don't seem to have the issue.

popedandy said:
I've had a couple of peanuts and neither of them had blade wobble. I've had a couple of other knives that had a bit and I just peened the rivet like Bjoern suggested and everything was fine. If you think it might be a problem, or if it bothers you, you could always send it to Case and ask them to take care of it.
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Bjoern said:
the main blade of mine wobbled too, cleaned the joints, gave it a few hits with the hammer (peened down the rivet), sanded and polished it, perfect walk and talk now.
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So how does one go about peening the rivets, Is it just as simple as hitting the top bolster with a hammer?
 
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no, you look for the rivet (maybe a little use of sandpaper e.g. 600 required to make it visible) and then with a ball peen hammer (if you havent such a thing with the edge or corner of the hammer or you use a drift punch) you carefully peen the rivet head around to mushroom the ends of the rivet out. you can go around the head several times, always check in between if its already ok, go on if not. be shure you dont apply to much force and that the edge or corner of the tool you use is not sharp, otherwise you will have to remove too much material to remove the dents and scratches and in worst case you remove the mushroom too and the rivet gets loose. and of course its necessary to clean the joints well before you do that.
 
Can't say I've encountered any play with the few CASE Peanuts I've had-given most away as it's too small for my taste. I did find an irritating raised spring on open with a couple though and the Pen blade touching the liner. The one I've kept is a Crandall version as it has beautiful thick green scales and excellent build, still too tiny though.....
 
I've had three Peanuts and all are tight and excellent quality. Sorry to hear of your double dose of bad luck. Return them for an exchange or have Case fix it if the wobble bothers you.

Both the Peanuts I now have are 2014 production and are excellent.
 
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The peanut is a surprising tough little knife. I've got several Case peanuts, ranging in age from 1970s to the present, and all are well made with no issues (though my '70s era peanut beats it's newer kin in the fit/finish department). On a couple, the main blade might be off center a tiny bit, but nothing serious. Zero blade play in any of them.

Normally I carry a medium or large stockman, but in town I'll throw a peanut in my pocket as well. It's small but a good choice if you need to use a knife in public without drawing attention to it.
 
Thank you all for the info, humppa's thread should prove very useful. I think I will buy a couple of cheaper knives (or use some I already own) and practice this long before I try it on my case knives though. When I get to trying this Ill have to post a play by play to see how it all goes.
 
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