Description: GERSTNER OAK MACHINIST'S TOOLBOX
1920s Vintage Machinists Small Toolbox by H. Gerstner & Sons of Dayton Ohio, in quartersawn white oak with the original leather lift handle, metal corners, locking drop front (with key), which is lined with green felt, two alongside three over three graduated felt lined drawers with nickel plated pulls, 11 3/4" x 8 1/2" x 16", excluding lift handle, soiled. Rust to corners and handle mounts.
Harry Gerstner founded his company in 1906, they have been in the same factory since 1913, still make their boxes with only about a dozen highly skilled craftsmen.