The most beautiful Peanut. In your eyes!

Not to be argumentative, but James Todd's knife looks more like a whittler pattern than a Peanut or a Stockman to me. But if the maker calls it a peanut, then, by golly, it's a peanut!
 
scattershot said:
Not to be argumentative, but James Todd's knife looks more like a whittler pattern than a Peanut or a Stockman to me. But if the maker calls it a peanut, then, by golly, it's a peanut!
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I think the problem is the poor photos, when held up (closed blades) beside a Case Standard Peanut. You can not tell one from another, It is the exact same size and shape of the Case. Only when looking at it open or from above do you see that it has three blades, The spline is tapered and it is thicker on one end than the other. I did not mean to come across as mad or upset, but Bob did call it a PEANUT and so am I, The photos are a poor substitute for actually holding the knife and seeing it. Sorry if I offended anyone by my previous post.
That peanut is one of Bob's last knives before he started Cripple Creek knives. I thought I was getting the #1, but when it came in, it was marked #2, Bob and I talked several times during the making of it and he told me it was not likely that he would make another because of all the trouble of the tapered spline. In the 70's, tools and machines were not available to the custom maker as they are now. And that is one reason I like some of the older work than those of today.
James
BTW: the magazine I referred to in original post was an article interviewing Bob and what he was working on. I called him the day it came in the mail, the knife was not finished, but he called it that in the article.
 
James Todd's knife looks more like a whittler pattern than a Peanut or a Stockman to me
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I thought the same thing when I first saw the photos, but then I noticed the photos' angles. If it were viewed flat-on profile, I bet it would look just like the other Peanuts in the thread.
 
If "Dad" will bring the knife to work, I'll see if I can get a couple good profile shots...
 
Bob W said:
I thought the same thing when I first saw the photos, but then I noticed the photos' angles. If it were viewed flat-on profile, I bet it would look just like the other Peanuts in the thread.
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My son recently took some close up with the flat on look, the peanut is in my collection, UPPER CENTER SECTION, Click on the magnifier in upper right and drag photo so you can see lower right of picture. It is the second from the right on the bottom row.

Thanks for looking,
James
 
My CASE Crandall has very thick green bone scales and for me it's the nicest one I own.

I once saw a Peanut with a second long blade rather than the pen blade I think it was a spey blade, like a Trapper configuration but it was serpentine like the usual Peanut.Anybody seen this?

Would like to know what Schatt&Morgan/Queen Peanuts are like.
 
Would like to know what Schatt&Morgan/Queen Peanuts are like.
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Just received a Schatt-Morgan peanut in the mail yesterday from Cumberland. Fit and finish is very nice - no complaints at all. It's a long and slim design, with a rather round profile to the handles. I have a Case on the way (fingers crossed for today), and when it comes I can do a comparison scan.
 
okBookGuy said:
I think the open edge of the dogleg handle is straight and flat. The peanut is curved down by the end bolster.
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Your right on the peanut curving down, on a true dogleg the back end curves up. Take care ........Mike
 
pinetree said:
Question, what is the difference between a Peanut and a Dog Leg Jack?
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Here's a Case description of Pattern #20:

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This is a 2 3/4" serpentine style jack knife that almost all collectors call a peanut. They usually have two blades, but some have been manufactured with one, and sometimes three or more. On recent versions, the master blade will almost always be a clip blade, and the second (when there is one) will usually be a pen blade, a small pair of scissors, or a spey. Some older peanuts have a spear master blade. Peanuts with three or more blades are usually called big nuts. Case began making the pattern sometime before 1915. The handle material used on peanuts manufactured from 1940 to 1980 include black composition, yellow composition, genuine stag, imitation pearl, cracked ice, bone, and delrin. Some older versions have a long pull or have a saber ground master blade. Knives with either of these characteristic are generally more valuable. A few have been built with no left-hand bolster. Some of these have a 0 before the 20.

There is one they called a #42, and I think it may be the Dog Leg Jack. Could not find a picture.

Pattern # 42

This pattern number was used on a serpentine style jack knife that measures a bit less than 3". Most of them have a clip and pen blade and no left side bolster. They are very similar to the 20 pattern peanut, but are slightly longer.


Pattern # 40
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This pattern is a 4 7/16" serpentine style jack knife that most call a dog leg trapper. They were produced and discontinued by Case prior to 1940. They have since been reintroduced. They have a clip master blade and a spey secondary blade. A few may be found with pen secondary blades.

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Here's a Schrade 72OT, and I've seen it referred to as both a Peanut and a Dog Leg Jack. If comparing to Case, I'd say Dog Leg.

Without a doubt, the two terms are used interchangeably, right or wrong.
 
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