Primble
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I took my mother to Glendale, Kentucky for the day, as she wanted to see all the peak autumn colors and had been mentioning to me that we needed to go to this tiny town, which is famous in these parts for it's antique stores and cuisine. I thought I might run across some old knives or maybe a display case, etc.
It took about an hour and a half to make the trip down there and we arrived at lunch time.
We decided to eat at the Whistle Stop Diner and we had a fabulous large bowl of mixed beans with ham, fried cornbread, some onion and relish, and fried okra.
The interior of the Whistle Stop Diner:
An antique store near the diner:
We managed to hit every antique store before our agreed departure time of 5:00 p.m. arrived.
I had my eyes peeled all day for knife related items. I located some old knives, however, none that really stirred my emotions. I nearly bought a pretty nice old Ebony wood Schrade Hawkbill Pruner, but, I talked myself out of it. The money spent recently on my Primble collection did have some bearing on my interest.
Later in the day, we stopped at an old barn, which was converted to a large antique store, about twenty years ago. They had some fabulous antiques in this store and I bought a couple old tiny metal pill tins. They had a nice old Case XX display, however, it included a set of knives from the 1990's which caused the price to be too high, since I did not want the knives.
The barn had three floors of antiques and after looking through all three floors, I returned to an area on the first floor, which had many items of interest to me. At the very back of this room, I looked up and saw this old Boker display case sitting on the top of a tall cupboard. I read the price of seventy five dollars and the price seemed fair. I asked the owner if it could be had for less and he eventually priced it at sixty dollars. SOLD !!
A picture of the display after I got home:
I only have two Boker knives and I do not intend to start collecting more of them. Instead, I will fix this cabinet up and put some of my assorted brands of old knives in it. I already have some ideas of how I want the display board to look, since I have had some recent practice. Looks like more magnets in my future.
The Boker display is the same exact height as my old Primble display case and two inches narrower. The design is pretty much the same though.
I later googled the Boker display, to see what the missing original display board looked like. I found an identical cabinet on at an antique auction site and learned that it sold for $221, which made me feel good about my purchase.
All in all, a good day, sixty degrees and the sun was lighting up the fall foilage as we drove home.
Here are just a few of my old knives that might find their way into the cabinet:
It took about an hour and a half to make the trip down there and we arrived at lunch time.
We decided to eat at the Whistle Stop Diner and we had a fabulous large bowl of mixed beans with ham, fried cornbread, some onion and relish, and fried okra.
The interior of the Whistle Stop Diner:
An antique store near the diner:
We managed to hit every antique store before our agreed departure time of 5:00 p.m. arrived.
I had my eyes peeled all day for knife related items. I located some old knives, however, none that really stirred my emotions. I nearly bought a pretty nice old Ebony wood Schrade Hawkbill Pruner, but, I talked myself out of it. The money spent recently on my Primble collection did have some bearing on my interest.
Later in the day, we stopped at an old barn, which was converted to a large antique store, about twenty years ago. They had some fabulous antiques in this store and I bought a couple old tiny metal pill tins. They had a nice old Case XX display, however, it included a set of knives from the 1990's which caused the price to be too high, since I did not want the knives.
The barn had three floors of antiques and after looking through all three floors, I returned to an area on the first floor, which had many items of interest to me. At the very back of this room, I looked up and saw this old Boker display case sitting on the top of a tall cupboard. I read the price of seventy five dollars and the price seemed fair. I asked the owner if it could be had for less and he eventually priced it at sixty dollars. SOLD !!
A picture of the display after I got home:
I only have two Boker knives and I do not intend to start collecting more of them. Instead, I will fix this cabinet up and put some of my assorted brands of old knives in it. I already have some ideas of how I want the display board to look, since I have had some recent practice. Looks like more magnets in my future.
The Boker display is the same exact height as my old Primble display case and two inches narrower. The design is pretty much the same though.
I later googled the Boker display, to see what the missing original display board looked like. I found an identical cabinet on at an antique auction site and learned that it sold for $221, which made me feel good about my purchase.
All in all, a good day, sixty degrees and the sun was lighting up the fall foilage as we drove home.
Here are just a few of my old knives that might find their way into the cabinet:
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I like the display a lot and look forward to seeing what you do with it in the near future:thumbup:
