Making The Cut - October

Earlier this month, I rolled through the little New Mexico town of Winston on my way to the wilderness for a few days of fly fishing and camping. When I say little town, there are fewer than 100 people who live there and it's the last stop for food, gas, or ice on the way into the wilderness area.

As I entered the tiny town I thought it best to refresh the coolers with new ice. So I stopped at the only store in town...The Winston General Store as happened to be named. I mean really, driving into a town named Winston with green stick Winston fly rods packed in the truck made me smile. And, walking into the Winston General Store to then look over at a case with several green handle Case knives! I considered it "a sign" for me to buy a knife as a nice momento of this fishing and camping adventure.

Looking over the selection of knives, I decided the Case Peanut knife with Bermuda green bone handles, nickel silver bolsters, and inlay shield was the one for me. It has brass liner and pins with stainless steel blades.  It's 2 7/8" closed and is a great little carrying knife...I know because I usually had a Case peanut knife in my pocket for the last thirty years. Happy to have it in my knife collection and will certainly be carrying it too. (Code E)

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