Story of my Easter weekend

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Nick18

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Today, I went uptown as I did for now 4 years to help serving people in need in a ''soupe populaire'' for Easter. I like doing my bit to help this world, and nothing is better than the look on a man's face when you give him his first hot meal for maybe a month. Carl was very generous to give me one of his knife and I brought it along, as a matter of fact, since I have this little GEC, I haven't been carrying anything else. I was in the back of the kitchen, opening some boxes of goods for the cook with the gec, and one of the oldest volunteer came and saw the knife, gasping at it and said : lad, you have a very beautiful tool there! Then. I told him how I got it and was very impressed by the generosity of the people on this forum. Later when I was about to leave he came to me, and told me : ''hell you helped a lot today, and I feel like helping you too, take this money and buy yourself another nice knife, and please no wanna be tactical stuff, buy a real rugged knife'' so I now have 50$ to put on a knife.

I've looked at a case peanut, the yellow one is cheaper because as I understand the scales are synthetics. I want a CV steel one, and they are usually 50$ shipped in Canada, but the yellow one is 30 which would leave me some money to maybe buy a sodbuster. What do you think ? A yellow peanut and sodbuster, or a nice jigged bone peanut. I also looked at a ''chief'' brand peanut for only 15$ shipped, which would again leave me money, but this time enough to buy a sharpening system that I start to need. Sadly it's stainless steel and I don't know if chief is made of good quality.
 
I would buy the yellow peanut. This will leave you with enough cash to buy an inexpensive sodbuster. Maybe an Imperial/Schrade which should cost you much less than 20 bucks. You can always buy another peanut in jigged bone at a later time.
 
Maybe a nicer peanut, and an Opinel. Or a peanut and soddy are a good combo. Good work combo
 
Great story! I recently received a jigged bone Peanut that is CV, and the way the knife is shaped and works is cool, but it has also been an experiment with the CV steel. No patina yet, but I have hardly used it. That GEC farm tool looks nice too, I'm not sure what it would cost you there, but it sort of looks like a Sodbuster to me. Sounds like fun! Good luck.
 
Generally I prefer jigged bone over yellow delrin, but on the Case Peanut the yellow delrin just looks right - especially after a patina starts to form.

Then with the left-over money get an Opinel.
 
Nice post Nick. Don't forget your sharpening, but a Peanut is a great little knife :)

I got a few sodbusters from my girlfriend the other day, and apart from the fact it's stainless, the one that's impressed me most is the very inexpensive Imperial.
 
You might want to put the money towards something like a twin of your GEC....

Another GEC! The new Conductor Whittler looks an awfully tempting knife to my eye:. 3 carbon blades, choice of bone,wood,stag or some really killer acrylics.

Just enabling... Very decent gesture of yours helping out the less fortunate, there's so much greed, boorish selfishness and me me me all the time.
 
Hi Nick
Bass Pro has small yeller soddies for under $30.00 in Canada.

Best regards

Robin
 
That's a great story Nick!
Thanks for sharing.

Personally I would go for the yellow CV peanut and save the rest toward a nice sharpening system.
Good luck!

KG
 
> I have this little GEC

which one? picture?

> "buy a real rugged knife"

If Rugged and non stainless is the criteria, that could be a Douk Douk.
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Although he probably means a Buck 110 :-). That's rugged! Unfortunately they're heavy and the steel is stainless.
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Since you want a Peanut, definitely get one. But after handling my first GEC, I would not use the word Rugged to describe a peanut. More like Delicate.
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Opinels are very good slicers, and the blade lock is cool too, plus the lack of liners makes the whole knife very light. But again, not what I would call Rugged.. the blade is thin and flexy. They work great, especially for food, and definitely a classic.
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disclaimer, I am not a knife expert, and I don't play one on the net.. these are just my personal opinions, subject to change
 
Nick18 said:
... one of the oldest volunteer came and saw the knife, gasping at it and said : lad, you have a very beautiful tool there! Then. I told him how I got it and was very impressed by the generosity of the people on this forum. Later when I was about to leave he came to me, and told me : ''hell you helped a lot today, and I feel like helping you too, take this money and buy yourself another nice knife, and please no wanna be tactical stuff, buy a real rugged knife'' so I now have 50$ to put on a knife.

I've looked at a case peanut, the yellow one is cheaper because as I understand the scales are synthetics. I want a CV steel one, and they are usually 50$ shipped in Canada, but the yellow one is 30 which would leave me some money to maybe buy a sodbuster.
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First, that volunteer guys sounds like good people. :thumbup: Secondly, I'll throw my vote in with the guys who suggested a yella peanut in CV steel, and an Opinel. With those two, you might even be able to still afford a sharpening "system," as long as your system is comprised of a whetstone. Sharpening on a decent stone is really not rocket science, and it's a skill set that every manly man ought to have.
 
I'll be another to HEARTILY recommend an Opinel. Seriously, maybe the best bang for your buck out of all available options. Try a No. 8 on for size.
Glad you had a Happy Easter! :D
 
mnblade said:
With those two, you might even be able to still afford a sharpening "system," as long as your system is comprised of a whetstone. Sharpening on a decent stone is really not rocket science, and it's a skill set that every manly man ought to have.
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I agree with mnblade - I'm learning to freehand sharpen and find it very rewarding, and you get to spend some quality time with your knives ;)
I picked up a Norton Coarse/Fine for $20 and from what I've read you can really do a lot with this stone :)
 
Thank you for volunteering your time on Easter :thumbup:

I'd go for the Peanut and the Opinel myself, but I'm biased :D
 
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