It is 2008, so how about a Jumbo for $2.00?
Would you believe me if I told you you could buy a W R Case Jumbo Swellcenter for only $2.00? The one pictured here wasn’t it though.
Well, it is true. Here’s the story. Got a call this morning from a knife friend I met at the Case Collectors Appreciation Day back in July. He told me that he has a friend who bought a knife at a Flea Market who approached him about what it was worth. My knife friend immediately recognized it as a Jumbo.
The long and the short of it is this- his friend bought it for TWO DOLLARS! It sounds like it is probably in at least good+ to maybe VG condition. Aside from the fact that knife may be worth bumping on $1000 (I haven’t seen it, so could be more), the fact that there are rare toenails sitting in a box of knives at flea markets and trade days, just drives me crazy.
So come on guys, let’s not sit on our duff and wait on the next one showing up on eBay, let’s mobilize and scurry the country. I bet we can turn up a dozen or more in unexpected places.
As a side note: I rarely go to trade day down here in my area, BUT two weeks ago, I got up and went. I even went by myself and at the crack of dawn. I didn’t find any toenails, but did buy me two chains 
September 12th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
At first I thought you were going to say it was 1905.What area of the country was it found?
September 12th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
No, I’m talking about recently. I’ll need to ask the knife friend on Sunday and let you know what area.
I’m on the road and for some reason my firewall is blocking my emails going out. I receive them fine but can’t reply… I’m a little frustrated, but am able to use my phone email and business email to communicate this week.