Traditional Knives and Toys

[JohnDF]

I searched this thread for posts by JohnDF JohnDF , since his was the most recent post at the time, and even that post from this morning shows up on his list.

I pay extra for that.

 

[Jon0385]

 

[Jdottinger]

 

[5K Qs]

I suppose it's not really a toy, but I often "play with" the BF Search function. I just searched this thread for posts made by me, and the Search results included nothing newer than August, even though I know I have several more recent posts in this thread.

On the other hand, I searched this thread for posts by JohnDF , since his was the most recent post at the time, and even that post from this morning shows up on his list.

This type of discrimination has to stop!!!

- GT

I pay extra for that.

OK, never mind; I didn't realize that was a "special fee" benefit.
Sometimes I can be so paranoid!

ETA: Hey! Wait a minute! John, further research indicates that "Search" claims you have nothing posted here between Aug. 17 and Nov. 19, and I know that's not correct either. I wonder if "Search" was on the fritz in this thread (or all threads??) for 3 months? Inquiring minds want to know!

- GT

 

[Jdottinger]

 

[JohnDF]

Perfect!

 

[Jdottinger]

 

[pmek5]

Not necessarily a toy, but I got these from the elderly couple who lived next to us growing up. One has a date of 1965. I would have only been 4.
Does anyone remember these. I'm thinking you sent away for them maybe. Doubt they came in the cereal box.

 

[5K Qs]

Not necessarily a toy, but I got these from the elderly couple who lived next to us growing up. One has a date of 1965. I would have only been 4.
Does anyone remember these. I'm thinking you sent away for them maybe. Doubt they came in the cereal box.

Very cool spoons, Tim!
I remember spoons like that, with cartoon or story characters on the end of the handle, in out house in the 1950s, but I don't think we ever had Woody Woodpecker or the one on the right, whom I don't recognize. Does the spoon say it's Tony someone? I can't remember what characters we did have, other than baby spoons with the Gerber Baby on them.

- GT

 

[pmek5]

Very cool spoons, Tim!
I remember spoons like that, with cartoon or story characters on the end of the handle, in out house in the 1950s, but I don't think we ever had Woody Woodpecker or the one on the right, whom I don't recognize. Does the spoon say it's Tony someone? I can't remember what characters we did have, other than baby spoons with the Gerber Baby on them.

- GT

Woody the Woodpecker & Tony the Tiger. Both spoons were put out by Kellogg's. Tony is a cereal character & Woody was a cartoon of course. Should have mentioned Kellogg's. They shine up really nice like their silver plated.

 

[Just Tom.]

Not necessarily a toy, but I got these from the elderly couple who lived next to us growing up. One has a date of 1965. I would have only been 4.
Does anyone remember these. I'm thinking you sent away for them maybe. Doubt they came in the cereal box.

I don’t remember those, but I remember the jelly-jar/drinking glasses with Flintstones characters on them.

 

[5K Qs]

Woody the Woodpecker & Tony the Tiger. Both spoons were put out by Kellogg's. Tony is a cereal character & Woody was a cartoon of course. Should have mentioned Kellogg's. They shine up really nice like their silver plated.

I was wondering if the ones I half-remember came from Kellogg's or perhaps Campbell's Soup. I started looking around online and saw spoons like your pair, plus others from Kellogg featuring Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Charlie McCarthy. But then I found some Campbell's Soup spoons and I'm almost positive that's what we had. They came with "Campbell Kids" on the handle, each either male or female, and I'm almost positive that we had at least one girl spoon and at least one boy spoon. Wow, that takes me back!

- GT

 

[r8shell]

Not necessarily a toy, but I got these from the elderly couple who lived next to us growing up. One has a date of 1965. I would have only been 4.
Does anyone remember these. I'm thinking you sent away for them maybe. Doubt they came in the cereal box.

I think we may have had a few spoons like that when I was very young, but I can't remember which characters. I searched Google images, thinking I'd see something to spark my memory. Nothing jumped out at me as familiar, but I did see an amazing variety of souvenir spoons, including a set fashioned after the Dionne Quintuplets.

Thanks for sending me down that rabbit hole!

And...while looking for vintage commercial mascot items, I found something to bring the discussion back around from spoons to knives! Who else wants a real Bazooka Joe Scouting Knife? Let's save our gum wrappers!

 

[pmek5]

I think we may have had a few spoons like that when I was very young, but I can't remember which characters. I searched Google images, thinking I'd see something to spark my memory. Nothing jumped out at me as familiar, but I did see an amazing variety of souvenir spoons, including a set fashioned after the Dionne Quintuplets.

Thanks for sending me down that rabbit hole!

And...while looking for vintage commercial mascot items, I found something to bring the discussion back around from spoons to knives! Who else wants a real Bazooka Joe Scouting Knife? Let's save our gum wrappers!

I was wondering if the ones I half-remember came from Kellogg's or perhaps Campbell's Soup. I started looking around online and saw spoons like your pair, plus others from Kellogg featuring Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Charlie McCarthy. But then I found some Campbell's Soup spoons and I'm almost positive that's what we had. They came with "Campbell Kids" on the handle, each either male or female, and I'm almost positive that we had at least one girl spoon and at least one boy spoon. Wow, that takes me back!

- GT

Great info & pictures. I would have saved my wrappers for that knife. First 10k. Probably pretty good odds back then. That’s actually a lot of knives to give away. Of course they sell a million pieces of gum if my math is right. Good memories.

 

[Just Tom.]

I think we may have had a few spoons like that when I was very young, but I can't remember which characters. I searched Google images, thinking I'd see something to spark my memory. Nothing jumped out at me as familiar, but I did see an amazing variety of souvenir spoons, including a set fashioned after the Dionne Quintuplets.

Thanks for sending me down that rabbit hole!

And...while looking for vintage commercial mascot items, I found something to bring the discussion back around from spoons to knives! Who else wants a real Bazooka Joe Scouting Knife? Let's save our gum wrappers!

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[JohnDF]

How cool would it be to have one of those knives.

 

[r8shell]

How cool would it be to have one of those knives.

I know! If they really gave out 10,000 of them, you'd think we'd see a few from time to time. Makes me wonder how many Forrest Masters must have been sold. Maybe a million.

 

[JohnDF]

If they really gave out 10,000 of them, you'd think we'd see a few from time to time.

I did a Google search and only found a few of them, all long since sold.

 

[Jdottinger]

 

[r8shell]

I used to have one of these.