Ye Olde Rocket Forum - View Single Post - Picked up a Vintage NOS Xacto #89 tool cabinet

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Originally Posted by ghrocketman

Here's a pic of the #89 Xacto set I just acquired along with a pic of two other vintage sets.
The one with the clear sliding top is an old #86 before they came in a hinged box.
The other one is a #5021 Deluxe Knife Set.

Yeah, GH, that is quite the knife and tool set! Man, I'd have keeled over dead if I had been able to get a set like that as a kid. Heck, I'd keeled over if I just got the standard little three knife set.

I started off with the Xacto #8, which is that 'clamshell halves' knife that pivoted at the center of the handle so you could insert/remove the blade. It cost about $.30. I had that for a couple years as a kid then finally got the good 'ol Xacto #1, which I still have and still use. I used those two for quite a number of years. Later on one could get all kind of Xacto knockoff knife sets for super cheap, and I have picked up a number of those over the years and they have worked just fine.

But that is a prize set you got there, GH.

Earl