Dwight, My input is that Gerstner definitely made similar knobs, but the
only chest I have with those knobs AND the round lock body is a Union
chest. Union chest labels are roughly rectangular in shape and the
Gerstner label from the early era is an oval, so that may help to
identify yours if you can see residue from an old label.

In any case its a nice chest and some of the tools are very eye
catching.

Cheers, Wes

On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Frank Sronce wrote:

> 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)
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