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Featured Comment by Charles Sample on May 25, 2013 at 12:00

Smiling-Knife

Yes it does seem to be some sort of bakelite or similar.  It has never received any special treatment until recently.  As I was growing up, I just remember it laying in a dresser draw with other stuff.  Then after my parents passed on, my sister had it for several years.  A couple of years age she traded it to me for an old trunk that I had.  I had two of the trunks which were from the 1870's (the patent date on the latches is 1872) and were full of family papers and artifacts dating back to the 1850's.  I kept the contents of the trunk because I am into genealogy.

Comment by Max McGruder on May 25, 2013 at 9:54

Smiling-knife that is very cool!

Charles, way cool shoe!

1933 Chicago World's Fair

 

Comment by Smiling-Knife on May 25, 2013 at 7:49

Nice shoe knife Charles. Is the handle Bakelite or similar? it seems to have withstood the test of time quite well.

 

Comment by Lee Smith on May 24, 2013 at 23:24

Max I don't know where you find these knives but if you see a great big fellow following you around don't worry it's just me trying to find out.

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on May 24, 2013 at 18:16

Very nice....

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on May 24, 2013 at 17:22

"Thanks, I picked it up from someone who's had it forever. The MOP is really sweet and my pics just don't do it justice."

Oh cool.  I don't remember mine having a a serial number.....maybe it did. 

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on May 24, 2013 at 15:49

Here is a knife that isn't a World's Fair knife, but my grandmother got it at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.  The knife is a Germania Cutley Works made in Germany.

 

Comment by Jan Carter on May 24, 2013 at 14:34

SK,

I like that one too :)

Comment by Jan Carter on May 24, 2013 at 14:34

Mex,

I have never seen one of these in person do you happen to how many were produced?

Comment by Smiling-Knife on May 24, 2013 at 13:31

I thought you might like to see another World's Fair knife.

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