The life of a Case peanut from Day 1

Hi guys!

I find the talk about "being a rancher, explorer, etc." very interesting! That's because I'm 58, have a ranch in Texas (albeit a small one, but still with horses, cattle, etc.), and I work overseas in "interesting" places as a Defense & Security Contractor supporting operations in the field. So I guess you can say I have a somewhat "exciting" career. Now, given that, and the fact that I do own a number of knives of all different sizes, I still favor my little yellow-handled Case Peanut! (I wrote elsewhere that I inadvertently left it at home this time, and I truly miss having it here with me!). I've carried and used bigger knives of all different shapes and sizes and descriptions, but I find my self drawn to the smaller, more useful knives...especially as I've grown older. Right now, sitting here in Iraq, I have an amber bone medium stockman in my pocket...and it does all the "knife stuff" I need it to do. If I hadn't forgotten my Peanut, it would be riding in my pocket, and I would be saying the same thing about it! So keep your dreams and fantasies alive about owning the ranch or being an explorer, or whatever your heart's desire! I was 53 when we got our ranch! You can be those things and STILL carry and use your Peanuts!

Ron
 
Sunday I was helping my 6-year-old boy build and paint a model catapult. Mid-project, I snapped this quick pic with my phone ....

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If you're keeping score, this 'nut was "born" on Nov. 3, 2010. Here she is on Dec. 6, 2010. Here she is on Feb. 7, 2011. Here she is on March 22, 2011. Here she is on May 12, 2011. Here she is in late July, 2011. Here she is on Aug. 2, 2011. Here she is on Oct. 11, 2011. Here she is on Nov. 16, 2011.

-- Mark
 
I saw this thread for the first time today, so was able to read your Peanut's entire history-to-date in one sitting.

Very nice knife, and I love its unfolding narrative. Thanks for keeping up with the stories and pictures.

~ P.
 
It is hard to beat a peanut. Most of my life I have preferred a smaller knife in my pocket with that either being a peanut, Medium Stockman or a Baby Butter bean. But all in all I think the peanut pattern is the best overall "most tasks" knife for me. My downfall is I will buy a new knife with the intent of carry and then decide it is too pretty to use and it ends up in the safe ... This thread has inspired me to purchase yet another Peanut ... yep the Case Chestnut Bone CV is on it's way, will it make it into carry rotation? I dunno :)
 
Thanks for the update Mark :thumbup:
I have been carrying my Opinel 8 for the past week and sometimes I'm starting to feel it more in my pocket than I would like.
Considering carrying my Yella Peanut again.

Still no blade play Mark?
 
That patina is lookin good Mark!:thumb up:

Not to mention the true pocket worn look of the polished bone. A couple years of steady carry has made that a very nice looking package. I have to ask, in the two years and some months you've been carrying the 'nut, have you started to become, dare I say it, a one knife man?

Carl.
 
spydutch said:
Still no blade play Mark?
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Nope. Still walks and talks just fine. :thumbup:

jackknife said:
That patina is lookin good Mark!:thumb up:

Not to mention the true pocket worn look of the polished bone. A couple years of steady carry has made that a very nice looking package. I have to ask, in the two years and some months you've been carrying the 'nut, have you started to become, dare I say it, a one knife man?

Carl.
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Well, I do carry my Victorinox Rambler on my keychain most every day. Not sure if it counts. But yeah, this is this longest I've gone in a long long long time carrying the same pocketknife. Part of that probably has to do with this very thread. But mainly -- as I've said before more than once -- this little sucker just does everything I need, and takes up zero pocket real estate. I recently used it to break down the box from my daughter's new scooter. It was thick, two-ply cardboard. The main blade just sliced through it with amazing ease. Much easier than when we moved in 2003 and I cut up dozens of moving boxes with my old Spyderco Endura (which has since been sold). Not sure I'd choose a peanut if I were breaking down cardboard boxes all day long, but who really does that? (If you do, by the way, just go buy a $4 Stanley box cutter already!)

-- Mark
 
Congrats on finding the one knife for you Mark. It's no easy task. I've come close with my yellow peanut and Schrade 34ot, but something always pulls me away eventually. I just picked up a old style silver cross Victorinox pioneer today. Maybe this will be the one :)
 
I just read through this entire thread today too. I wasn't aware of it when I bought my chestnut peanut.

I've carried it every day since I got it too.

I can't explain why, but it is more satisfying to carry than a small Victorinox, even though it is less useful. No patina on mine yet; it still is glossy and polished. I'm starting to wonder if it is stainless...

Great thread.
 
Smaug said:
I can't explain why, but it is more satisfying to carry than a small Victorinox, even though it is less useful. No patina on mine yet; it still is glossy and polished. I'm starting to wonder if it is stainless...

Great thread.
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Of course you can't explain why, it's all part of the mysterious effects of a peanut on an open mind. But you will find as time goes on, you will become more and more drawn to the cult. :D Once you go past a certain point, there's no going back.

Carl.
 
I curse the day I ever got a peanut. I've fallen in love with GEC's smaller patterns...Conductor and White Owl in particular. But no matter how much I love those knives, nothing, and I mean nothing, cuts better than my CV peanut. And when I stop and ask myself, "What is the purpose of a pocket knife?" the answer is "to cut something."

Out of all the knives I own, the peanut does it best. And no matter how many other knives I accumulate, the little goober will always find its way back into my pocket.

I hate it, I tell you.

Like Gollum with his "precious," this nut will not let me go.
 
Smaug said:
I just read through this entire thread today too. I wasn't aware of it when I bought my chestnut peanut.

I've carried it every day since I got it too.

I can't explain why, but it is more satisfying to carry than a small Victorinox, even though it is less useful. No patina on mine yet; it still is glossy and polished. I'm starting to wonder if it is stainless...

Great thread.
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I know what you mean, I've been looking left and right for excuses to buy a new knife... This little thing refuses to get kicked out of my left pocket. I should stop resisting, but then again - I need a peanut in yellow delrin and CV :D
 
OzarkCreekWalker said:
I know what you mean, I've been looking left and right for excuses to buy a new knife... This little thing refuses to get kicked out of my left pocket. I should stop resisting, but then again - I need a peanut in yellow delrin and CV :D
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The only thing better than a peanut in the pocket is a choice of peanuts. When it comes to traditional knives, everyone needs a yell handle knife. The CV blades with a nice patina contrast nicely wityh the yell scales. :thumbup::thumb up:

Carl.
 
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