The beloved Peanut, does have it's limits...

I agree wholeheartedly. On my person, I like to have at least one blade that's long enough to pass all the way through an apple.

 

I'm a devoted peanut guy, and find nothing to argue with in your post. Of course a 2 7/8" knife has its limits. Keeping around a larger folder (or, heck even a $4 paring knife) to handle food prep just makes good sense.

-- Mark

 

No arguement here. Pemberton man myself, but yes it's my "#2" and rarely the only pocket knife I have. The #1 is a 3.5" - 4" folder like the 55, 92 or the beloved Barlow. Cutting a burrito or sub-sandwich with a 2" blade is a bit messy.

 

So true I have carried a small knife for years mostly a nut in CV . But clipped in my pocket is small seb . The peanuts have a thin easy broken blade if used for heavy jobs but 90% of the time its the red peanut like a razor jake

 

I carry often a yellow CV peanut and a lager victorinox pioneer in my backpack or briefcase.. also have a spartan in my car just in case I feel like I need more tools but left the pioneer in my pack.

 

I opened this thread expecting to see a Peanut snapped in half from batoning it through a log. I'm glad it wasn't that.

 

The gauntlet has been thrown down!

 

Just takes a little finesse



Pete

 

Nothing is too much for a nut. You just have to proceed differently.

Cut through the sandwich as if you were skinning a large game animal. Take that little knife and slice through the upper part of the sandwich. Push the sandwich apart as if you were pulling the skin away from the meat and slice the uncut part of the sandwich. Repeat until you've gone all the way through the sandwich. Shouldn't get a bunch of sandwich guts in the nut this way. Just make sure your peanut is scalpel sharp.

Good luck!

 

I'm sure Carl has done it in a pinch. But don't try it at home folks.

 

Like WFC said you have to proceed differently

When using a peanut outside of its weight class, it pays to step back and take a moment to think about the best approach.

To take down this tree with my peanut I had to first capture a baby beaver (kit, kitten), threaten it with my peanut, then make its parents do my dirty work



Pete

 

So you read this one instead I take it:

 

I know that a number of folk are very fond of their Pembertons. And the Baby Butterbean is no slouch. But there appears to be something nearly Quixotic about the Peanut - almost makes some of us want to go tilting at windmills with it. I own two of them, expect to own more. I consider myself a junior partner in the Cult of the Peanut. For some folks, there is nothing the Peanut cannot do.

 

LOL is this real or a GAG.. sometimes it is hard to tell around here.

 

I agree that it is a little to small for certain things. For slicing apples and sandwiches and what not I have a Carbone Opinel #7 that I keep in my desk that works perfect for these duties! That's it's only job and it is amazing at doing that job.

 

A few evenings ago I did indeed slice my way through an apple with my Peanut. In some ways, it was somewhat refreshing. I've probably never eaten an apple quite so slowly, as it took a fair amount of time to work through the entire fruit. But the Peanut was indeed up to the task. The Peanut may not be built for speed when it comes to large tasks, but I do believe that it can get most jobs done.

 

LOL!
Some folks dont cut food with a pocket knife, and a Peanut is all they need to cut the string on a haybale, or open an envelope.

I would say batoning chile rellenos is definitely a not a peanut's forte.

Chile Rellenos, the anti-peanut