This May be Sacrilege But---Grinding Down a Peanut's "Hump"? (Pics Added)

moonwilson said:
I have a few peanuts. These days, peanuts are pretty much the only kind of knife I carry. I don't mind the hump. I find it helps open the blade, because it gives something to pinch between your thumb and forefinger when you have your nail in the nick. On that tiny little blade, every bit of leverage helps. I find that I squeeze against the hump even when opening the pen blade, I'm sure it's there so you have something to grab on to. But I certainly don't mind if somebody wants to grind the hump off of theirs.
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On the bright blue bone peanut, the jigging goes all the way onto the left bolster. Is that normal? It's on my chestbone peanut
And i think the humpless peanut is very interesting. It looks smooth and classy. Good job
 
I just want to say thanks to everyone for the comments and kind words on my little Peanut mod.

I'm not new to knives, nor to life on this planet, but I'm just now beginning to truly appreciate traditional folders. I'd read a few places that this is a very friendly subforum, and now I can see it's true.
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Andrew
 
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It looks good, but to each his own,.. ill like my peanuts humps, much better that way, with the clip point well defined, and the proud hump on top.
 
I like the modified version much better than the factory profile. I guess I am just strange, but I have never liked the nail nick just under the hump of any blade, I prefer them infront or behind the hump and paralell with the top line on the blade. The factory blue XX in the lineup of peanuts with the swedge and straight pull I love BTW! There again, I prefer the straghit pull on nearly every blade!
Don't be afraid to modify a blade on an EDC to your specs! I always bring the hump back on the CASE slim line trappers to take that over pronounced sway out of the clip on those blades. I also add swedges to many of my knives that don't have them. I have learned alot by doing this, and many can be made to look much better IMO.;)
 
OzarkCreekWalker said:
On the bright blue bone peanut, the jigging goes all the way onto the left bolster. Is that normal? It's on my chestbone peanut
And i think the humpless peanut is very interesting. It looks smooth and classy. Good job
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I don't know if it's "normal", but it is very common on knives where the jigging pattern goes all the way to the bolster, and on stag-handled knives. I think the buffing wheel does that when there is a ridge in the scale butting up against the bolster.
 
Andrew, you inspired me to do the same thing to my #63032 Medium Stockman tonight. I came back from flying, and said to myself "Why not?" So I took my time and slowly took down the "hump" on the main clip-point blade with a diamond sharpener (I'm sitting at Sather AB, Baghdad, Iraq, so my choice of tools is limited!). It feels much better to me now. I know it's not for everyone, but I like it!

Ron

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Ron, that looks great! And by hand, no less. I've done a few blade mods by hand myself, and I know how much work goes into them. Good job, and have a safe trip back to the U.S.A. (and Texas) soon.

Andrew
 
I'm no peanut integralist at all, and I always find it interesting to see when someone mods a knife, especially a very common one.
I have to say that I was never a fan of the hump on the peanut, and the OP mod does look nicer to me.
As for "practical" differences, I can't tell of course. But good job for sure :)

Fausto
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It looks great! Good job making it your own! I may have to give it a try on a Rough Rider peanut.
 
Hey Andrew, here is my humpless peanut. I like it better than before but I still need to drop the point a little more.

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Keith, I think that looks really good. It is a more subtle mod, keeping some of the hump but rounding it down enough to change the look and likely make it more comfortable. I imagine it also preserves a little more of the blade strength. Good job!

Andrew
 
I don't know what to think about this. Great job, that's a given. I do like the pinch factor. It does look nice without the hump...I'm torn.
 
That dehumper really impressed me. I have always preferred a Turkish style clip blade and will modify several of my clip bladed knives. Thanks for the idea...Herb
 
Andrew - I didn't really think I would like it, but you did such a nice job it looks great. As mentioned, it does look factory since you made the blade flow so well and hit the margin around the nick just right.

Good job! I am eyeballing one really nervous peanut over here as we speak....

Robert
 
Thanks, Robert. I had a little "rookie luck" on this one. The few simple mods I've done in the past were all by hand. Now that I have a Work Sharp sharpener/mini belt sander, I've gotten a little more ambitious since it makes things a lot easier.

Andrew
 
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