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Combo EDC Storage & Accoutrement Box
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Very nice Smitty!Papa Bones wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:54 pm Found another box over the weeked at a small local Flea Market up the highway from me . It was a shotgun cleaning kit box. Picked it up for $5.00 It still had a couple brushes, and brass rods but was missing the handle. Added those to my other cleaning kit. Cleaned the box up and rubbed it down with some Tung Oil, and put a piece of red craft foam in the bottom. Figured I would make it a Barlow Box. It sits nicely on my other box.
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Appreciate it Cudgee
Thanks Marc. I enjoy repurposing something that makes a good display ..... especially for low bucks.
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Refurbishing anything and bringing it back working condition, is not only common sense, it is a full filling exercise for the mind, and gets more use out of something made from the old days of manufacturing things. And if you can get something for low bucks, or nothing, even better. I love seeing anything old being fixed up and used again.Papa Bones wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:59 pmAppreciate it Cudgee
Thanks Marc. I enjoy repurposing something that makes a good display ..... especially for low bucks.![]()
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What is the grandaddy barlow second from the right?Papa Bones wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:54 pm Found another box over the weeked at a small local Flea Market up the highway from me . It was a shotgun cleaning kit box. Picked it up for $5.00 It still had a couple brushes, and brass rods but was missing the handle. Added those to my other cleaning kit. Cleaned the box up and rubbed it down with some Tung Oil, and put a piece of red craft foam in the bottom. Figured I would make it a Barlow Box. It sits nicely on my other box.
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It's a 1985 Schrade+ 47th Anniversary Comem for MAC Tools.
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Thank you.Papa Bones wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:33 pmIt's a 1985 Schrade+ 47th Anniversary Comem for MAC Tools.
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Been looking for a vintage Gerstner box to store my best vintage knives in and managed to land one last night from a local on-line auction. should be able to sell the tools in it to cover the cost of the box. Should look great full of vintage knives.
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That is a lot of extra's JohnR. Great looking cabinet.

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Love that set-up, John. Gerstner boxes are fantastic!
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Sometimes I Sit and Think
.... Other times I just Sit
I May Grow Older, But I refuse to Grow Up!!
I'll sharpen it for you, but I don't give out band-aids!!
Smitty
I May Grow Older, But I refuse to Grow Up!!
I'll sharpen it for you, but I don't give out band-aids!!
Smitty
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Great find John! And you have some really sweet knives to put in there too!
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Thanks guys for the comments
Picked it up, cleaned it up with some Murphy's Oil Soap and some furniture polish. Filled it full of vintage knives, a vintage box full of old knives just looks right.
Picked it up, cleaned it up with some Murphy's Oil Soap and some furniture polish. Filled it full of vintage knives, a vintage box full of old knives just looks right.
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JohnR that is a great find. I've been looking for something like that, new or used, for a while now. 
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That turned out perfect JohnR. A fitting box for some wonderful knives. Those farmers jacks caught my eye right off. Congrats.

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Guilty as charged.
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Looks great, John!
Pretty sure you have enough nice old knives to fill a few of those boxes. Looks like you got some great tools with the box as well.
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Sometimes I Sit and Think
.... Other times I just Sit
I May Grow Older, But I refuse to Grow Up!!
I'll sharpen it for you, but I don't give out band-aids!!
Smitty
I May Grow Older, But I refuse to Grow Up!!
I'll sharpen it for you, but I don't give out band-aids!!
Smitty
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Thanks for all the comments guys.

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Wonderful, inside and out!
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