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Portable tool box

Postby MattS » 02 May 2022, 09:20

Picked this up over the weekend, bought from Facebook. Have a really good toolbox of general tools which when I’m doing DIY away from the home has most things I need. When it comes to wood projects I’m always grabbing stuff and putting it in bags or straight in the car! So saw this and couldn’t resist :lol:

I’m the family DIYer so see this getting a lot of use. I wondered if it was home made or did things like this get sold? It’s predominantly Stanley, with Marples chisels and few other brands. Interested to know anything about it

Had very light use and needs a few tools holds replacing and blades sharpening but otherwise ready to use. Plane is a no. 3 which feels small, not used that size before.

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Re: Portable tool box

Postby AndyT » 02 May 2022, 09:50

They were definitely commercial offerings. Andy Toolsntat has one or two and should be able to add some pictures.

Yours is near the end of a long line of boxes of tools aimed at domestic repairs, going back to the early nineteenth century. I'd guess at 1960s or possibly 70s.
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Re: Portable tool box

Postby AndyT » 05 May 2022, 17:21

Here's a little bit more evidence that your box was a commercial offering - an orphan Gumtree photo from an image search.

Subtly different but very similar.

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Re: Portable tool box

Postby AndyT » 05 May 2022, 18:22

Ok, these look like a pretty good match, with a few minor variations:

The first picture is from a Spear and Jackson catalogue of 1961

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and this one is from 1971

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Re: Portable tool box

Postby AndyT » 07 May 2022, 08:04

On the other hand, this experienced tool dealer says it's by Stanley

http://www.secondhandtools.co.uk/ww25en.htm
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Re: Portable tool box

Postby Bearwoodcraft » 09 Jul 2022, 21:12

AndyT wrote:Ok, these look like a pretty good match, with a few minor variations:

The first picture is from a Spear and Jackson catalogue of 1961

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and this one is from 1971

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Haha that’s brilliant home owners kits I think they were marketed at but there were kids onse my step dad has one I was like o mabie there a Stanley 1 in it haha but no such luck.
Tool kits now well plastic box and just the pits and more stuff for the rubbish pile or in the oceans. They’ll be a time the old tools dry up when I started a Stanley 4 was £5 now I’ve seen some up at around £30 or more.
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