Dwight,

It looks a copy of the old Gerstner No. 31 chest (supposedly the first 
Gerstner chest made without a leatherette covering) - at least looking 
at the layout of the drawers.

The knobs don't match the Gerstner No. 31 I have, and the back of the 
lock cover is square on mine instead of round like yours.    I only have 
one of these, so I don't know how many of the Gerstners might have been 
made with different locks and knobs over the years.  What does Wes have 
to say?

Mine is 16" W x 11-3/4" H x 8-1/4" D.

Frank Sronce (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dwight Beebe" <dwb1124@g...>
>
> I have had a tool chest for some time and now am beginning to edge 
> toward
> some repair and restoration.  I have no idea who the manufacturer 
> might be
> and I'm wondering if the tool chest aficionados on the porch might be
> willing to weigh in with an opinion.   A picture of a Gerstner chest 
> once
> sold by Woodcraft looks like this:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6nh9gor
>
> This is mine:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7qhokee
>
> On the back, inside wall of the chest is stamped "Model F-20".  The
> drawers, lid, and the chest itself have a penciled "38" on all of 
> them, but
> my guess is that this was to keep the parts together and has nothing 
> to do
> with a model of chest.  Other than that, there are no identifying 
> marks.  I
> know that Gerstner had many admirers and copies were made by other
> companies, so I don't have a particular desire to have mine be a 
> Gerstner.
> I would just like to know if any of us could shed some additional 
> light on
> the matter> http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools 

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