I've been planning on buying a Gerstner box for about 35 years, now,...but I can't make myself pay for one.
Those old oak(?) machinist chests are works of art.
Back in the day, it was a tradition to present the graduates of an apprenticeship with a Gerstner chest.
I work with some guys in their 70's who still have theirs and they're still in excellent condition.
They're something to be appreciated.
I've always wondered what the correct name is. Now I know. I always referred to it as a "machinist's tool chest", or "oak tool chest."
