Gunsmith's Toolbox

Missileer

Missileer

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I wonder how many of you have a favorite place to keep hand tools for everything from working on guns to clocks. I have an old Gerstner & Sons machinist toolbox from the 1950s that I keep small stuff in. I recently added a base for gun cleaning supplies. Now I have some pictures of my box type and base and I know that they run about $800.00 new. What is amazing is a picture of a handmade gunsmith's cabinet he had built by Gerstner. The price wasn't quoted but it must have been amazing.

My tool box.
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Base
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Florida Gunmaker and Custom gunsmith.
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G. Schorer
Winter Park, FL
Custom Gun Parts Cabinet
GO Pro Series I System w/GOR97DXL added
GORB90
Note the marble pieces he had cut to put on the tops of the Roller Benches - very nice looking!

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That's pretty.

All of my gunsmithing item (tools & firearm parts) are in normal craftman tool boxes or Plano Tackle Boxes.
 
bulldogg said:
Missileer that is a beautiful tool box, heirloom quality.
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The Gerstner family handmakes their boxes and still builds them like the founder. Seems he was a woodworker and built his box which he sold for a week's pay ($5.00) so he became a toolbox maker. Unfortunately, Gerstner & Sons never had any Sons so his Daughters inherited the business, thus the name change.
http://www.gerstnerusa.com/
 
I don't care if his Daughters took over the company. They still make wonderful wooden tool boxes and if they do it by hand and in America. Even better.
 
5.56X45mm said:
I don't care if his Daughters took over the company. They still make wonderful wooden tool boxes and if they do it by hand and in America. Even better.
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I think what they call Gerstner International is one dealer in Canada but they're still handmade in the US. You can buy used boxes on Ebay and at swap meets but a new one can only be bought from a dealer that has been approved by Gerstner.
 
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