Toothpick challenge?

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Got this little guy as a compensation gift for my wife going to Texas without me (business trip). She knows I like the smaller knives and she knows I prefer CV.

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I really like the look and feel of this knife, and after handling it the Peanut feels like a giant knife.

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I'm just not sure how the tiny toothpick will handle my EDC tasks. I get by just fine with a Peanut most days, but the blade on the toothpick gets so thin, I am afraid to cut into a blister pack with it--a task I use the stouter pen blade for on my Peanut.

Still, this is a wicked little slicer. But with my reservations, I'm wondering if it will end up being a looker, not a user.

Does anyone EDC one of these? If so, how does it handle the more stubborn stuff you'd come across in an office? I won't be cutting cable ties or anything. Just the occasional thick cardboard and blister pack in addition to envelopes, etc...

Oh, and limes.

Summer is for gimlets.
 
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Well, I have been carrying my Yella CV Tiny Toothpick 98% of the time for the last 2 weeks now and I must admit I like it a little bit better than my Peanut at the moment.
Fills my 3 fingers a bit better than the 'Nut although being thinner.
And it's a one bladed traditional which I like over the multi blades.

So far I've cut up veggies with it, peeled potatoes and opened various envelopes with no problems.
Don't want to try it on blister packs though as I won't with any nice blade if I have a choice.
That's where the sharpened hook of my P38 shines.
I even did some light whittling which made the play come back, but a few tabs with a hammer on the pivot solved the problem.

All in all a great EDC knife IMHO.
 
Mine is stainless, not CV, but it breezes through clampaks and blister packs with no trouble. The thin blade doesn't have to wedge the stiff plastic apart as far as a thicker blade would, so there is less resistence and less effort required.
 
I just received a two-blade Tiny Toothpick in blue bone/SS last week and have been using it since. The extra pen blade has a bit stouter tip than the main blade, although it makes the knife as thick as a peanut. Overall, it's just as useful as a 'nut, I think.
 
That's all good to hear!
I don't "collect" knives, I accumulate them. And I don't like having things I don't use. So--
This knife is going to go into the pocket.
But Peanut will be riding along, supervising.
 
Hey SubSpace, I don't see why your tiny toothpick would not function at least as well as the peanut. Both are pointy thin bladed knives that slice very well. I wouldn't worry about the the thin blade at all, heck look at all the Stanley utility knives and super knives on all the construction sites. They have a thin razor blade style with all of an inch of cutting edge. Yet look at how they slice wall board, bags of cement, strip wire and cable, and any other dirty tough cutting jobs.

That's what i love about these small knives, the thin blades that glide right through stuff as well as the almost needle fine tip that goes right through plastic blister packs. Who knows, if I see a two blade tiny toothpick, I just may be tempted to add one to my 'tiny stable' of little cutters.

Tiny toothpicks, peanuts, mini copperheads, all are good ed.'s if you just want to cut something. :D

Carl.
 
My Dad carried a Tiny Toothpick for a couple of years, he paired it with a Buck 110 on his hip.
He was never under knifed with that combo and he didn't worry about scaring anyone when he pulled out the little pick.

It was a great little knife that did a few squirrel and a catch of trout every season.
 
I love the toothpick!
I haven't had it long enough to commenting on how well it will stand up over time but it's been working fine for my edc chores.

I know what you mean by "Peanut feels like a giant knife" in comparison.
It's longer than the 'nut but because it's slimmer it feels considerably smaller. Not that that's a bad thing. I think it's very interesting that these subtle differences in size/width makes a lot of difference in feel in the hand.

KG
 
I think that "small" feeling comes from not only the narrowness of the single-bladed model, but also the way that it curves away from the palm.
 
The peanut is one of my favorite patterns and I don't think you have anything to worry about cutting into packages.

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Thanks for that link, Spydutch. I somehow overlooked that story.

Carl is the reason I, like so many of us, got into the Peanut Cult. The small texas toothpick doesn't seem to have as big a following. Knowing it's Jackknife approved is a plus!
I guess I am now an accumulator of small Case knives. I've got six peanuts, a mini-copperhead, the small texas toothpick...

Might be needing an Eisenhower.

BW--That's a nice two blade toothpick. Those seem to be less common than the single blade. At least I have not seen one in person. I would guess it's the same thickness as the peanut?
 
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