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gerstner toolboxes-age
I bought an old gerstner for my friend[since it were cheap] and bought a
few knobs and a key from gerstner, but I don't feel like paying them what, 35 bucks to find out EXACTLY how old it is. I mean, i don't sweat them the money, they actually do some research and will send you a certificate, but I am just CURIOUS. It is an older leatherette covered small box[7 drawer] with the roundier style latch[both lock and hasp are round at the bottom] and the little washers behind the drawer pulls. From my cursory web search, it looks like the washers are only on the leatherette ones, or maybe not. My neighbor has a mid 50's larger box with a more squarish lock assy. Any ideas? |
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gerstner toolboxes-age
"yourname" wrote in message news:UlQ0g.7926$kd5.5430@trndny08... I bought an old gerstner for my friend[since it were cheap] and bought a few knobs and a key from gerstner, but I don't feel like paying them what, 35 bucks to find out EXACTLY how old it is. I mean, i don't sweat them the money, they actually do some research and will send you a certificate, but I am just CURIOUS. It is an older leatherette covered small box[7 drawer] with the roundier style latch[both lock and hasp are round at the bottom] and the little washers behind the drawer pulls. From my cursory web search, it looks like the washers are only on the leatherette ones, or maybe not. My neighbor has a mid 50's larger box with a more squarish lock assy. Any ideas? I bought my first Gerstner in '57------and they didn't offer the leather covered ones by then, or, to say it another way, I don't recall that they did. My money says it's older than 50 years. Let us know what you find out. Oh, yeah. You might enjoy knowing that the first Gerstner was made of mahogany, and cost a grand total of $75 (new). It was the larger box, which would accommodate a 24" scale, and the bible in the center. Harold |
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