Big Old Metal Tool Box with Chippy Red and Cream Paint Cappel MacDonald The paper shows wear

The paper shows wear

The bristles are firmly attached and in excellent shape

I purchased at an antique store in Missouri

used to dye the lacquer (while the other colors have sometimes been used

Big Old Metal Tool Box with Chippy Red and Cream Paint Cappel MacDonald The paper shows wearTo me, this is about as perfect as an old tool box gets, large enough to hold anything and everything, and with a hard working life behind it but many years of use in it yet. But what really makes it is its fantastic surface, with red over cream over gray chippy paint on the front and top, and cream on the back and sides, with stenciled numbers too, and rust creeping in around the edges. Yum. The front latch still closes tightly, with room for a lock