There I was, on vacation, with a flashlight, in the lower level of a big antique shop. Was looking thru a big glass cabinet at some really nice and really expensive tools. On the floor behind it were some tool boxes. What the others were don't even come to mind after I pulled this one out. This is a wooden box, covered in tin, dating to the early 1950s or before, my guess. It tapes 13inches x 10.5inches x 32inches. When the lid is lifted, there is the smell of fresh cut pine. I don't believe it's ever held a tool. No names, paint, grease, oil, stains, splatter, rips, tears, gouges, unbelieveable. I have a couple of more like this, but they show all the wear of being tossed in the back of a truck for 35 years, and banged up the stairs to numerable jobs. The little wood piece inside the lid holds two hand saws. Out in the daylight it appears the brown enamel is actually fine wood grained, like they did the car dashboards in the 1930s. I have to find a safe place to keep this. Anyone else have one?
