Princess Sunday Go-To Meetin' Knives

[janchan]

Hope I'm posting this in the right place. My husband died last year. Among his things was a small, dark-blue leather case that says in gold on the top "Sunday Go-to-Meetin' Knives." (fancy scroll-type letters) Wen you open the case, there's a cream-colored satin lining inside the lid with a young girl in a Victorian dress in gold in the middle. She's wearing what appears to be a crown. Below that, in a felted case are 6 small knive, each with a different handle. One is a white mother of pearl and silver handle; another is a burled reddish wood and silver handle; the third is a dark gray and silver handle (looks like it could be marble); the fourth is another mother of pearl, with more blue in it than the first one; the fifth has what looks like gold squares with a rough copper (?) inbetween, all covered iwth a clear product to make it smooth; and the sixth looks like a bone handle. All of the knives will fold up and are very small. The case and the knives all are in perfect condition -- no signs of wear, mildew, etc. on anything. Is anyone familiar with this product that can tell me how much it might be worth? Someone wants to buy it. Thanks

[Gr8Scout]

Welcome to our forum. Questions such as yours are always welcome.

The knives were a product of Parker Cutlery, and the style of the little things are known as tiny 'texas toothpicks'. I haven't looked up as to when these were issued, most probably in the early eighties.

I'd guess the worth between $50 and $90. Ebay is the new arbiter of pricing of knives, but I haven't seen this set sell in a while. Perhaps some other members have their own ideas of the present value.

Phil

[Gunsmoke47]

Hi janchan welcome to the forum! Sounds very interesting for sure, but a picture is worth a thousand words. Is there anyway you can put up a few pics? Kelley

[Gunsmoke47]

I type too slow! These guys are too good! Who needs pics when you got AAPK members!

[jonet143]

voyles book says 1983. 1000 sets made.

[janchan]

Okay -- I'm not a newbie to forums such as this, but it's not letting me upload the pics. I kssp getting this message:

Upload Error: Could not upload Attachment to ./files/knives1_661.jpg.


I followed the instructions that were given. Is the forum just having a glitch?

[Gr8Scout]

The Princesses

[janchan]

Thank you, Gr8scout! That's them!

[Mossdancer]

Hi Janchan:
Try reducing the size of photo's to email size. (640Xdefault) For the first time ever I got the same message today and that seemed to cure it.
moss