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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on April 30, 2015 at 9:00

OK, wither I have never seen the knife or dont know it by this name?  Someone post a pics for me please?

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on April 30, 2015 at 10:24

Might have to ask Sue. She posted a comment about the set, at one time.

Permalink Reply by Steve Pfeiffer on May 2, 2015 at 15:50

Case called it the "Little John Carver".  The knife is a 220024SP at 3" closed length.

I have only ever seen one complete set, with the original two-piece cardboard box and the acetate sleeve.  That was in the late 1970's.

Case made these from mid 1958 to mid 1961.  They also sold the jack knife separately as a standard product knife, so there is no way to tell if any particular knife was actually part of the set. I have seen and owned several of the knives - for some reason none have had a pattern number stamped.

The knife itself listed for $2.40 back then - the set was $3.00.

It was introduced and discontinued in between catalogs so it was never shown in a catalog, only in the price lists.

I would LOVE to have a color photo of the complete set with box for the second edition of my book, but that may just be an impossible dream.

I attached a photo of the knife, not sure its showing up as I have never attached a photo out here before.

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on May 2, 2015 at 18:57

Guys you may appreciate that one showed up here!!!!

http://iknifecollector.com/photo/little-john-carver-a-rare-case-xx-...

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on May 2, 2015 at 19:57

Folks- Just to get a little perspective on how rare the Little John Carver set is-- Last book price I saw for the knife and the wood block was $1500 from about 15 years ago-- With the almost non-existent cardboard boxes for them, I can only guess-$$$$$$- BTW, all the existing inventory of wood blocks and sleeves were destroyed around 1972-- Hopefully, there is a collector somewhere that has them.