New Toyo toolboxes... different shapes, sizes and for parts!

We love Japanese toolboxes at Tinker and Fix. So much so that we use them for more than just tools... we have art supplies in them, store our seeds in them and our sewing kit. 

We rate, use and highly recommend the 'barntop' and 'flat top' designs, as well as the cantilever toolboxes. But we wanted to look at and test some more out, to give us (and you) some different options, depending on what it is you want to store and keep organised. 

So there are three new additions to our Toyo Japanese steel toolbox collection: 

1. The Toyo Steel TB-362 Tool Box, or as we're calling it, 'the Wide Boy' as it's wider than a lot of the other Toyo tool boxes.  It's got a different handle too, as it's solid and rounded - it can rotate to sit against the top, but does not lie flat. So if you want something wider to store your tools or kit in, or like a more robust handle for carrying it around more - then this is a good choice. Also - it's fitted with two snap closures which can both be locked using a small padlock (you just need to add this yourself, as it's not supplied).
2. The Toyo Steel T-360 Tool Box - again - it's wider (equally wide to the Wide Boy above) - but it's got a different design to it so it looks more like a briefcase than a toolbox. Hence why we're calling it 'the Briefcase' (yes, we really are that simple - but it's easier than two dyslexics referring to them by number and inevitably getting it wrong!) Essentially, the handle is on the "front" meaning it is carried upright and it can also be stacked, or stored on its narrow edge - so it can be used and stored in a slightly different way. 
3. M-8 parts trays, whilst technically not a toolbox, they are incredibly useful around the workshop, garage and home. They were once the normal way of storing small parts in the factories around Osaka.  They are open, without a lid, but can be stacked on top of each other. The handles on the side can be folded in when used for stacking or drop to the side when "open".  They are equally at home storing items like watches and other EDC items as they are in the workshop storing nuts/bolts and other stuff during a rebuild or whilst you're working on a car or bike.  We've even seen them being used as Lego build or storage trays. 
   And yes, we know they are investment to buy multiple to stack, but this is the kind of kit you can add to over the years (as we know people do with the stackable Toyo boxes) - so your collection can grow and get patina with age. 

As with all Japanese toolboxes, they come in a variety of colours but we've focused on the classic ones that everyone likes... black, olive and blue. Have a look at our selected range of Toyo's here.