The Year of the Peanut

Stich2442

Stich2442

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So I have now carried my Case Chestnut Bone Peanut everyday for a solid year. I was given the peanut Christmas Eve (12/24/11) by my daughter who was born on 11/30/11, it was the first gift I received from my newly born pal ( besides what she has left in her diapers :-). I told my wife I would carry it in my pocket for the rest of my life as it is a constant reminder of my little girl. To be completely honest I thought it would ride in my pocket more as a lucky charm then to be put to any real use or work, I normally carried at the time a Opinel #9, large Stockman or a GEC #54 Moose, knives for heavy work. I noticed I started to pull the little Peanut out of my pocket more and more, still pairing it with one of my larger knives but it was the Peanut I found in my hand helping me with my chores. The little knife suddenly did not feel small in my paws anymore, it felt solid & heavy, I have used it the carve & whittle, prep dinner, I put it to the test in wilderness survival(http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1003534-If-only-a-Peanut) just to see, & any other cutting task that come to mind, it also became my favorite fishing knife, perfect for cutting line and gutting Crappies. I still pair it with a larger knife, mostly because I like knives & I like to be prepared, I always have carried two knives ( Vic Farmer & Opinel, Vic Farmer & Laguiole, Vic Farmer & Stockman, Opinel & Stockman). Now it is the Peanut &........, but the Peanut is the knife that handles 98% of my cutting chores & tasks, there is a certain pleasure I get from using the little knife, don't know if it is because of the sentiment attached to my daughter or the satisfaction of the simplicity and thoughtful approach taken when using. Like a piece of obsidian sharp and ready to work when needed the peanut will remain in my pocket for a long, long time.
Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas to all.

Even on its birthday it worked hard preping my Christmas roast.
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The oldest pictures I could find were from May
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Today before a little spa treatment
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After the spa

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all.
Pete
 
I have enjoyed seeing the pictures and reading your stories. Thank you for takin the time, I will now go grab one of my P'Nuts and use it for the rest of the day. Have a Merry Christmas!
 
Thanks for the read & pics. Congratulations on your anniversary! That's a good looking roast also.

Merry Christmas to you and all the folks in this corner of The Forum.

Peter
 
i wish i had the discipline to carry just one knife for a year
congrats on that milestone

i think, that i think too much for my own good :p
 
Thanks for the great tribute to your peanut Pete! It is fast becoming my favorite collecting and EDC knife along with my Barlows.

You did a wonderful job with both your write up and the pictures. I have a feeling that my next peanut quest will be the chestnut bone as yours sure has me drooling and the patina development on those blades is simply excellent. :adoration:
 
congrats on the solid year!
I forgot when I started carrying mine, so I won't have that pleasure.
After the spa treatment the 'Nut looks so... the same! Exactly the way it's supposed to be!
 
Merry Christmas Pete---I love the sentiment attached to the Peanut:thumbup:
Enjoy your family this holiday season (and always) and give your daughter a special hug for a special gift my friend:)

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

Paul
 
Thanks everyone,
OzarkCreek: I have been trying to tell, I wish I had a pic from last year, I feel like the ridges had sharper peaks?
Thatotherguy: you can't tell from the pic but the brass liners are shiny again, won't last long :-)
Paul, thanks my friend, you are a true gentleman, my peanut has made friends with its big brother you sent me, the peanut rides in the coin pocket and the jack in my front right, they are sharing task, the jack is starting to pick up a patina.
Pete
 
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Stich2442 said:
Like a piece of obsidian sharp and ready to work when needed the peanut will remain in my pocket for a long, long time.
Pete
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I know that I get a great deal of satisfaction from the same aspect. Some part of my evolution to small blades was being influenced by both the flint and obsidian blades in the little museum in Mesa Verde, that were artifacts from the old Anastasi, and the demonstration that a park ranger put on with a haunch of road killed deer, that he skinned and slcie up with a little inch and a half flake of obsidian. Plus the exact replica of the 2 inch flint knife that was amoung the items found on Otzi the iceman. The Smithsonian in Washington D.C. has an exibit with all of Otzi's gear laid out, and the little flint knife was most interesting. Otzi was wearing a nice bearskin cloak, and I can only presume that he skinned the creature with his flint knife. My friend Chet is very much into flint knapping, and gave me some instruction. It was sup rising what Chet was able to do with a little flint knife in deer season when he got his deer with a primitive bow, and did the field dressing with a flint knife of his wwn making. The blade was not any longer than the main blade of a peanut. It was an eye opener to me. Part of the slow dawning of an idea that led me to the 2 inch blade in a compact package.

If a man 5,500 years ago in cold neolithic Europe could do it with a 2 inch flint blade, then navigating modern suburbia opening plastic blister packages with a peanut is a piece of cake. :D

Of course, Otzi had a copper hand ax for the hard dirty stuff.

Carl.
 
Rsmith_77 said:
i wish i had the discipline to carry just one knife for a year
congrats on that milestone

i think, that i think too much for my own good :p
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Thanks that I do not have the disipline to carry only one knife

But that being said
Congrats on the milestone
 
Thanks for sharing with us, Stich. I enjoyed reading your tribute to your peanut and your daughter.

Merry Christmas!

Ed J
 
Carl: I've hiked the part of the Alps where Otzi was discovered, with my peanut in my pocket. I felt every bit as tough as Otzi -- afterall, I had to cut up apples for the kids. ;-)

-- Mark
 
mnblade said:
Carl: I've hiked the part of the Alps where Otzi was discovered, with my peanut in my pocket. I felt every bit as tough as Otzi -- afterall, I had to cut up apples for the kids. ;-)

-- Mark
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Oh, you're way tougher that Otzi! Otzi was a carefree bachelor on his own.

Kids are a way tougher challenge than skinning a bear with a flint knife!:eek:

:D

Carl.
 
Thanks for sharing the story - Pete :)

When I got my first Peanut I was a little concerned about its size and the way it will work. But after some days in the pockets it became a favorite of mine!

Peanuts are great tools, I think.
 
I have bought a couple of inexpensive peanuts made off shore in the last year. While they maybe serviceable enough, I have been disappointed to a degree. Case has nailed the peanut pattern so precisely, I find it hard for me to appreciate the lesser price alternatives. I am thinking that I will pick up a yellow CV peanut next time I go by the Ace Hardware store in Ruston. If they happen to have the chestnut (the epitome in my mind), I'll get it instead.

Ed J
 
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