Thread: manufacturers boxes...?

Originally Posted by fletty

it may be a silly question but.......
does anyone else keep the boxes that Lie Nielson, Veritas, Terry Gordon etc tools come in?
I have been keeping them on the premise that, one day, should I or others decide to sell them they will be more valuable in their original box.
The problem with this noble thought is the number of boxes I now have shoved into various cupboards. I started to fold them flat to store more efficiently but, particularly with Veritas, this is an exercise in 6th dan master origami!

more valuable with box ... or not?

chuck ... or keep?

fletty

well an old Stanley with the box is worth more than the same without, so yeah...of course your pandering to your children or grandchildren selling off your tools, i say write into the will they have to keep and use them or they get nothing else

Originally Posted by fletty

more valuable with box ... or not?

Definitely with

Originally Posted by fletty

chuck ... or keep?

That's up to you and your circumstances (do you have safe storage). I keep my boxes (yeah, I know, I'm a hoarder ) but I suspect many won't last long.

Veritas in particular make eco-friendly boxes (read: they'll bio-degrade if you even look at them sideways), whereas Clifton boxes are almost as sturdy as the Stanley boxes of olde.

Cheers, Vann.

I have some old Titan boxes. They are pine boards nailed together. No folding in my shed.

Cheerio,
Virg.

My question to you is did you buy the tools as an investment or to do the job for which they were designed?. I think the answer decides the box question for you.

Anything bought as an investment or as a collectable is usually worth more if you have original boxes.
DAMHIK

I don't intend to sell my tools but still kept the boxes. I guess I tucked them away for a "just in case" moment. A "just in case" moment might be me being incapable of using my tools, losing interest or moving onto the next big thing. I could then sell the tools for an extra $$ as I still have the box.

Keep the boxes!

I have given this much thought as I have other collections (Matchbox cars in boxes) never opened, played with etc.

As for tool boxes I would now need a shed just to store such boxes in from tools bought over the years. I believe if they are collector items they should be kept, even if used but storage is a major problem unless the storage area is purpose built. You can build cabinets and draws with boxes in mind all well and good. If you want a cabinet to show off the tools out of the box you require more storage.

For me it usually does not happen unless its a special item.

the decision......

Good man. I've even gone so far as to get rid of those plastic cases that power tools come in. My tools do their work in one spot, and I can fit 3-4 in a lockable toolbox that takes the space of one of those stupid clamshell things.

sell em on ebay

Did I forget to mention they can be used for storage of woodworking needs..............brassware..fine screws....glass... etc etc............ooops to late.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Did I forget to mention they can be used for storage of woodworking needs..............brassware..fine screws....glass... etc etc............ooops to late.

This was my thought too.

I have many bits and pieces of all sorts and sizes inherited from my Dad, stored inside small boxes and tins (again as stored by my Dad) and these are collectively kept in larger wooden and cardboard boxes (usually from my Dad). Most date from late 1940's to 1970's. Over the years I've owned them, the collection has grown and saved me numerous trips to hardware stores for fiddley bits.

Apart from being a convenient way to gather small items safely, I think of it as a family history lesson. Every once in a while I rediscover a gem. Like the Stanley 220 wrapped in it's wax paper in original box with half a pricetag, bought for a single job around 1975 and hidden from sight for nearly 30 years.

Sadly many of the oldest boxes/tins are from Dad's diesel fitter days and not exactly pristine.