The life of a Case peanut from Day 1

mdsmith said:
As for the peanuts companion, I'm going with the Leatherman Micra.
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Don't tell my Rambler, but I also have a Micra that I carry from time to time. It's a great little piece of gear. Very handy and well made.

-- Mark
 
Hey great thread guys.

My wife carries a Peanut in her purse. I believe its blue, or dark green, I'll try to snap a pic. of it this evening. Think I bought it for her about 10 years or so ago, just don't remember. She will not let me sharpen it, afraid she'll cut herself I guess, but I've seen her pull it out many times to use it. I've got several other ones, i've never even opened up. They are wonderful knives.
 
mdsmith said:
You guys really hit the nail on the head about the rancher, fisherman, cowboy fantasies. I'd bet money that these are things a lot of suburban men dream about. There's something very romantic about the idea of working a ranch with your trusty full size stockman in your pocket. At the end of the day though, they are just that, fantasies. On an average day the hardest task my knife is called upon for is cutting open the package of coffe in my office's breakroom. Truth be told, I'd feel a little silly pulling out a full size stockman or trapper for this. As for the peanuts companion, I'm going with the Leatherman Micra.
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I think you have to reach a certain point in life for the fantasies to fade. I know that even while I cursed the accident that resulted in the army giving me a medical discharge over my appeals, it was better in the long run. While young it's fun to think of working a ranch, or fishing boat, but when I got older, and it was 95 to 100 degrees out, or winter with a freezing rain falling, I was happy to be in a climate controlled machine shop working comfortably in a T-shirt. Warm in winter and cool in summer. Fantasies are for the young, and practicality is for the 'older'. I never worked in an office environment, but even in the machine shop, my Buck 301 stockman was a bit overkill. After a while I ended up downsizing to a Buck 303 cadet when a friend and co-worker passed on. Even that was more than enough, as some of the non knife people in the shop just kept a box cutter on their work bench.

Where once I carried stockman and large sodbusters, now I'm more interested in peanuts, mini copperheads, Senator and Eisenhower patterns. I hate to admit it, being the peanut fanatic that I am, but if the mini copperhead was available in as many different scale and CV blades, I could be torn in my loyalty.

But then, practicality has very little to do with things for knife knuts!:D

Carl.
 
mnblade said:
I often "clean" it up with the old spit-and-wipe-it-down method, and I've rubbed the blades with my Miracle Cloth a few times (highly recommended for carbon steel knives, btw). Coming up on a year of near continuous carry and I've not had a problem with rust.
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If that's all she needs, that is a great method. I carry my cv mini trapper daily, and have for going on 2 years, and now she has a beautiful patina on both blades, and I can keep her dry without worrying about rust, but in the first couple months, I had to clean off rust every day. I guess it's because I sweat constantly, but I did.
 
This is my wife's Peanut, believe it was bought in 2002, and has been in her purse every single day since then. I just wish she would let me sharpen it a little, been 9 years now.
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Not to hijack the thread, but this is a rather nice small one as well:
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I've carried it a few times, but not a lot.
 
I darn near bought a Chestnut bone CV peanut because of this dang thread. You guys are killin' me. :thumbup:
 
I already have 4 Case Peanuts, and consider myself an associate member of the Nut Club. But I don't have any that sport CV, and thats just not right. The patina is half the fun.
 
powernoodle said:
I already have 4 Case Peanuts, and consider myself an associate member of the Nut Club. But I don't have any that sport CV, and thats just not right. The patina is half the fun.
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And as long as you're ordering a chestnut in CV, you may as well order a yellow too... they're cheap enough.
 
thesouthernguitarist said:
The scales on my Chestnut Bone peanut are also not matched very well at all. The side with the shield looks normal, just like mnblades, but the other side is a very dark molases looking color. But , I still use the heck out of it.
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On one of the scales on my peanut, the jigging goes all the way onto the bosters! (It's what i get for ignoring the advice of handpicking Case knives) Sometimes it bugs me but its still a nice knife and I use it more than any other.
 
Yep. As far as craftsmenship is concerned, it's a really well made knife. It's just that Case seems to be inconsistent with their jigging and handle scales.
 
I've noticed Case seems to be inconsistent with blade play as well. Some of mine are solid, some are wiggly like crazy.
 
mnblade, just want to thank you for this great thread and for making me buy a new Case Chestnut Peanut in CV. I have been following your thread and broke down and purchased a new nut last week. Please keep up the progress. Now I am getting interested in your need to sharpen and thus blade life! Cheers!
 
PocketEdge said:
mnblade, just want to thank you for this great thread and for making me buy a new Case Chestnut Peanut in CV. I have been following your thread and broke down and purchased a new nut last week. Please keep up the progress. Now I am getting interested in your need to sharpen and thus blade life! Cheers!
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Glad to hear it, PocketEdge. I'm having fun with the thread as well. I think I'll take my next pic on the knife's one-year anniversary of pocket time.

Regarding sharpening, I've had good luck by touching up the edge frequently on the fine Lansky sticks I keep on my desk. I work alone in an office (I telecommute for an American company) so whipping out my knife to touch up the edge is easy to do. I also strop the edge from time to time on my leather strop at home, or on some cardboard in the office. The thing is, given the thin blade stock, even when when the edge gets a little worn, it still cuts well. Anyway, enjoy your new 'nut!

-- Mark
 
I just wanted to say thanks for the great thread. I have been following it from day one and check it out whenever it gets bumped up. Your little companion is coming along nicely. Just like you I have been a one knife kind of guy for about a year. I use my scagel fruitport for everything :). It's a bit bigger than a penut as I like for all my fruit cutting. I shot a picture from my phone just now that I thought you might enjoy seeing its progression. As mentioned I'm still a young guy with dreams of being on the ranch so maybe that's why I use a larger knife--maybe ill choose something smaller in the years to come. Have a great day guys.
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I can't believe I forgot my own little peanut's birthday! As it turns out, I'm a little past one year of carrying my chestnut bone cv peanut. (Here she is, fresh out of the box on Nov. 3, 2010.)

And here she is after a year of more-or-less continual carry and use ...

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Here's a shot of the other side:



That patina is 100 percent "earned." I'm not against forcing a patina, but I thought it might be interesting to see what the blades would look like after a year. I guess the biggest surprise has been how well the bone handles have held up. I mostly carry the knife in pocket with keys and coins, etc., but they look hardly worse for the wear. I'm loving this knife. Thanks, Case! :thumbup:

-- Mark
 
Beautiful! My SBJ CV has an earned patina of about a year old but does not look that good!
 
great looking knife there, nice patina too.
by the way, today i went back to my chestnut bone peanut for carry, it seems i like way too much how that thin edge cuts through anything, and i don't even feel it in my pocket.
 
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