Question about my Peanut

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Greetings you all:)

Thanks to a great deal from mnblade(thanks again Mark:thumbup:) I got in possession of a Chestnut Bone Peanut in cv for a great price.
The knife is perfect in any way; no play, even coulour and jigging.
However, the clip blade is a bit off centre. Short off half a mm touching the middle liner.
So whenever I don't take care opening the blade it scratches against that liner leaving scratches.
My yellow one does the same thing only less because the clip blade is off centre towards the handle liner.
Is that scratching normal with Peanuts and should I finally learn not be so picky and just use it?:o

For the past few weeks I have really bonded to that little knife called the Peanut and my only carry for the past week has been my yellow Peanut in cv and my Rambler.
I haven't been carrying my chestnut one because of above mentioned reason, but I find it such a nice knife.

What do you all think of this?

Thanks for reading:thumbup:
 
Hi,

I wouldn't get too excited over it myself, I'd just use it and be happy. My favorite Peanut is very similar to your description.

But, you need to be happy with it.

Dale
 
I just checked mine over, and two of my four peanuts have some rub. The yellow one has some rub on the pen blade on the outside nail nick side, while my chestnut has a little rub on the main clip on the inside. I'm not gonna sweat it, they still cut great. The damascus one seems perfect.

Carl.
 
Very small, thin blades almost always have some bend or curve in them. The clip blade especially, being long & slender, with a very thin tip. It's a result (usually) of the steel warping a little from heat treat & quench. Big blades do this too, but it's a lot more noticeable on very thin blades, which will be much more sensitive to the rapid temperature changes in the steel.

A little rub against the brass liners won't hurt the blade at all, unless the cutting edge actually impacts the liner. That's pretty rare, though.
 
That's pretty common, I have several peanuts that have the exact same thing. Once you use the knife a bunch, it's going to get scratched up anyway, I wouldn't worry about it. I have noticed that Case does a better job centering the blades of their higher-end peanuts. My Case Select and MOP peanuts are perfectly centered.
 
It's no big deal. It won't hurt it and in time you will probably forget about it. If it were me I'd just use it and enjoy it. Congratulations on getting such a nice little knife.
 
Enjoy the knife and don't worry about those little imperfections. I have several imperfections but my wife still takes me everywhere with her even after 19 years! Many posts on BF point out tiny details about knives that show the miniscule positives or negatives about a particular knife. I try not to get too hung up on that stuff. My thought about knives is this: When it's a knife, fine, talk about the details but if you want to make the knife yours, carry it, use it and soon you will only see it as your knife. The scratches and dings give it a recorded history of service to you.
 
PocketEdge said:
Enjoy the knife and don't worry about those little imperfections. I have several imperfections but my wife still takes me everywhere with her even after 19 years! Many posts on BF point out tiny details about knives that show the miniscule positives or negatives about a particular knife. I try not to get too hung up on that stuff. My thought about knives is this: When it's a knife, fine, talk about the details but if you want to make the knife yours, carry it, use it and soon you will only see it as your knife. The scratches and dings give it a recorded history of service to you.
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