My Craigslist Find - SK Toolbox

[skippy24]

I found this a few weeks ago on Craigslist and paid $15 for it. It's an older SK toolbox Does anyone know around what year these were produced or anything else about them? It has a brown hammered paint finish. I was thinking about trying to save the SK logo and refinishing it and giving it to my son who is 4. Sorry about the crappy cell phone pics.

 

[stratman977]

Why would you refinish that it looks to be in great shape?

 

[Jdohl69]

I have agree with Stratman. It's awesome the way it is.

 

[NissanTechWill]

I just realized that my vintage MAC toolbox has the same finish! While it is in nowhere near as good shape as yours, I had always wondered what the finish was and what it was called. Good find!

-Will

 

[theamcaddict]

That is in great shape. Keep it the way it is.

age? I'm gonna say pre 1960.

 

[wornoutoldman]

Wow! That's a "you ****" deal right there!

 

[dandan111]

Nice box! It's a old one and in great shape. Do the kid a favor,leave it alone and save it for him until he's a little older. Maybe a present with tools to work on his bike!

 

[CNGsaves]

Do NOT do a thing to that AWESOME score on SK toolbox !!

Just start collecting vintage SK tools to fill it up.

BTW, your SUCKAGE is Quite Overwhelming !!

 

[DanCo]

Leave as is....you ****!

Dan

 

[Outlawmws]

That is a really old (1940's? maybe older?) and in VG condition SK box. Refinishing it will destroy 90% of its value or more. If you want your son to have it, fine; wait until he's old enough to have it explained to him what he's getting. Like when his 16-20, depending on his maturity level... (I'm serious about the age thing... many 25 year olds I see today are completely grown up kids still doing Video gaming, D&D, and skateboards...)

 

[zkling]

That is a beautiful box. Amazingly it has survived this long, please don't intentionally be the demise of it by trying to refinish it.

 

[4BT]

Looks perfect as-is. Refinishing will destroy it

 

[skippy24]

Thanks for the advice guys. I will keep it as is and just clean off the grime and dirt.

 

[neonnblack]

I never saw that on there : O You Reno people, now were gonna have to beat each other to Clist deals.

 

[skippy24]

It's all part of my diabolical plan! Buwahahahaha.

 

[Outlawmws]

Now that we have saved the box from the horrors of being repainted, I wonder about it's original use? I't clearly old and does not use the normal SK green paint and has the "grab trays" which I suspect were for fasteners of some sort so you didn't have to fight fishing things out of corners. and then there is the small rails in the bottom to keep something from rolling about, and the reinforcing fibs in the "X" in the bottom. Very unusual for a general purpose box.

Anyone have a guess on what it's original purpose was? Maybe a nailer of some sort? those top trays seem to scream long skinny parts to me, but I can't recall SK ever doing any woodworking tools... Maybe a specialized riveter?