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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: benjy on August 17, 2011, 11:00:14 AM

Title: u just gotta love this
Post by: benjy on August 17, 2011, 11:00:14 AM

i would buy this if i didnt think it would be lost in a week or spend its life at  the bottom of a draw

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380361657205&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Title: Re: u just gotta love this
Post by: 1930 on August 17, 2011, 04:56:30 PM

Price seems waay steep

Title: Re: u just gotta love this
Post by: Lewill2 on August 17, 2011, 07:09:56 PM

We talked about them on the old forum. They come up on eBay several times a year. Coes says they were offered by mail circa 1903 by Frasse Company NY, NY. The were 40 cents each back then. I have 4 or 5 in my collection. Some are engraved for advertisement give aways. They had several different handles, ivory, red plastic and black plastic or ebony.

Title: Re: u just gotta love this
Post by: rusty on August 17, 2011, 08:45:45 PM

And you are just going to tease us with the kewl letter opener , aren't you? LOL

How come I never got anything like those tiny wrenches in my cracker jacks?