Latest auction acquisitions! All need some level of work. I typically don’t do m

Latest auction acquisitions! All need some level of work. I typically don’t do more than a clean up and refinish.

The first @gerstnerusa might need a little more love than that. But should clean up nice. The second Gerstner is not quite a basket case, but is pretty close. I will likely part that out. Don’t want to have to spend a bunch of time, effort and money tracking down a lid and drawers. Having them made is outside of the budget. The other one has a “Freyman Tool Company” badge on it but I suspect that was not the manufacturer. Maybe a Union? That one might end up on my wife’s desk to store her markers and pens.

They are all full of tools, too. Some I will keep. Going to take me a while to get though all this!

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Super excited to find this Union Tool Chest Works tool box on Facebook. Unfortun

Super excited to find this Union Tool Chest Works tool box on Facebook. Unfortunately, it is missing the front cover and needs a lot of TLC. I hope to have a new front cover made, but finding a lock for it might be difficult to impossible. Once I clean it up, I’ll decide if it needs to be refinished completely or only some new wax. I did some research and am confident this was made between 1916 and 1918!
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