Paperhanger tool box

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

At my father's estate sale this weekend, I purchased his long time paperhanging tool box... I remember this box way back when I was a kid as something special, and now I own it..

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[sayoda]

That's pretty neat and its something to hold on to forever!

 

[ZRX61]

You had to buy something at your own fathers Estate sale??

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Yeah...long story, chronicled here.... I really didn't think I wanted it until I saw them heading toward it at $10/lot....

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5427474#post5427474

 

[Roberts210]

Good going! Glad you saved it.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Yeah.. now I have to spend some quality time with it "restoring" them.. the bottom of the box and contents suffered water damage in the last flood my step mom had in her basement.... I'm glad I did too.. something to put some elbow grease into and pass on to my kids and their kids....

 

[Glen Vassallo]

Good for you for saving it. It seems to be a neat box, what make is it?

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Craftsman Crown vintage.. I recall it being painted a medium blue hammer tone (paint that was apparently used by the painting contractor back then on a job), and later painted the color it is today when my father came into several gallons of that color after another job... All his tool boxes were painted with it...