So my Mom gave me her old crayon box

[Berryb]

She wasn't thinking like a knife collector in the 30s (although she did accumulate a pretty good pile of beat up hand me downs as a kid). It's lucky she didn't test more colors on the lid. I don't think there's any way to get the crayon off, but I don't think I would if I could. Anyway I'm pretty tickled to have it in any condition.
Bruce

[TripleF]

Niiiiiiice Bruce

[bestgear]

Bruce - Priceless! The only thing you might think about doing is adding the knife dividers and purple flocked lining - if you need pictures of an unblemished original PM me. Anything handed down from family is precious, but from mom, that's truly priceless, congratulations.

A short story on the same wavelength.....my brother and I were cleaning out my parents house after my dad died in 2007. After months we had the house empty and just a few piles in the garage. When the house sold we walked through one last time before going to the closing. Their attic had a floor that didn't extend all the way to the roof joists exposing some of the insulation to the ceiling below the attic. The attic was empty but I decided to fish around where the floor ended and I found a cigar box. In the cigar box was my mother's Girl Scout memorabilia including a Utica in the box. I never even knew my mother was in the Girl Scouts! You can imagine my surprise. It's one of my most prized possessions.

Enjoy your find but keep the crayons away.

[XX Case XX]

That's awesome Bruce. Having items passed down through the family is a great way to keep the spirit alive. Any way to date it? That would be neat to find out about when it was made.

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Mike

[knife7knut]

She wasn't thinking like a knife collector in the 30s (although she did accumulate a pretty good pile of beat up hand me downs as a kid). It's lucky she didn't test more colors on the lid. I don't think there's any way to get the crayon off, but I don't think I would if I could. Anyway I'm pretty tickled to have it in any condition.
Bruce

Although I wouldn't want to remove the crayon marks either if you did what I would try doing is using a hair dryer(or a commercial heat gun set on low)to soften the crayon and then use an old plastic credit card to gently scrape it away. Neat old box!

[#goldpan]

Wow Bruce that's super cool Especially since it was your Mother's. Even if it wasn't it would be quite the find!