Cory Hess
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About a week ago I posted in the cult thread about my new Case peanut. It is a 1985 stainless steel model with jigged brown delrin scales that was sold to me as being new in box. I picked it up pretty cheap, threw it in my pocket and was carrying it as a secondary knife and was pretty happy with it. On Sunday I noticed a little nick in the main blade's edge. I thought it a bit weird, since I hadn't done any serious cutting with it, but I just sharpened it away and dropped the knife back in my pocket. Yesterday the nick was back. I did a little investigating, and it looks to me like the kick on the main blade was filed down a bit and now the main is hitting the spring when I close it. I admit that I was taking no heed in closing it and would normally just hold it in my palm and squeeze the blades shut with my fingers, so it was closing about as hard as possible without specifically trying to slam the blades shut. If I hold the blade when I'm closing it and close it a bit more slowly it doesn't hit. I'm sure that within a few sharpenings the problem will disappear altogether. My first thought was to take the knife back, but the person I bought it from isn't a knife person. She was just selling it with the same description that she bought it with. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt, and don't want to make her feel bad by bringing the knife back. So, instead I thought I'd send the knife off to somebody that can still appreciate it. I'm not a big fan of synthetic scales (with the exception of my yella sod buster) and had bought the knife mostly as a test to see what all the fuss over peanuts was. It's been a great little knife to have around and I'm going to try to acquire a stag or bone one.
Other than the inconvenience of having to be careful when closing the main the knife is in great condition. I was fooled into thinking that it was untouched. Here's a picture:
This second one is intentionally terrible (the first one was unintentionally terrible). I used the flash to expose where the kick had been filed and the nick in the blade. You can see how the flash reflects off of those two spots.
So, whether you have never tried a peanut but are curious or have 100 of them and don't use them anyways this isn't a bad little knife. I'm just new enough to collecting traditionals that I want to dip my toe into other waters instead of working with what I have. And being the recepient of a couple of recent giveaway prizes I thought I'd take a small step in returning the favor to the forum.
I'll ship anywhere, and all are welcome to participate. A simple I'm in and a picture of a knife will suffice, but if you'd like to make it more interesting I'd really like to know about the people that are part of the traditional forum. When did you start collecting, what drew you to this forum, what types of traditionals do you collect, etc. I'm pretty new here, and am interested in who I'm interacting with here. Anything to flush you guys out as real people will work, along with a picture of one of your knifes. All entries must show a knife, just because I like looking at knives. I'll let this run through the weekend as long as there is enough interest to sustain it that long.
Other than the inconvenience of having to be careful when closing the main the knife is in great condition. I was fooled into thinking that it was untouched. Here's a picture:
This second one is intentionally terrible (the first one was unintentionally terrible). I used the flash to expose where the kick had been filed and the nick in the blade. You can see how the flash reflects off of those two spots.
So, whether you have never tried a peanut but are curious or have 100 of them and don't use them anyways this isn't a bad little knife. I'm just new enough to collecting traditionals that I want to dip my toe into other waters instead of working with what I have. And being the recepient of a couple of recent giveaway prizes I thought I'd take a small step in returning the favor to the forum.
I'll ship anywhere, and all are welcome to participate. A simple I'm in and a picture of a knife will suffice, but if you'd like to make it more interesting I'd really like to know about the people that are part of the traditional forum. When did you start collecting, what drew you to this forum, what types of traditionals do you collect, etc. I'm pretty new here, and am interested in who I'm interacting with here. Anything to flush you guys out as real people will work, along with a picture of one of your knifes. All entries must show a knife, just because I like looking at knives. I'll let this run through the weekend as long as there is enough interest to sustain it that long.
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I´m in!
