Kaufmann Mercantile Nickel-Plated Aluminum Lunch Box

Aluminum lunch box with nickel-plated rivets suitable for carrying food, tools or other small items. Rustproof and strong enough to sit on, with a removable wire that holds a vacuum bottle. Made in Sudbury, Canada. Ships free.

Dimensions
7.25 inches H x 12.25 inches L x 4.5 inches D
Materials
Aluminum and Nickel Rivets
Made in
Canada
Note From The Maker
Our lunch boxes are handcrafted, no robots here and because aluminum is such a light metal, it does lend itself to marking easily. Of course we do our best to minimize, but they are handled, hammered and formed by hand. Light scratches may arise on the surface as part of the manufacturing process.

Invented by a hardrock miner who grew up during the Great Depression in Alberta Canada. As a boy he was a resourceful young fellow fashioning rabbit snares out of bits and pieces of material. After leaving home at 17, he worked in the Sudbury mines and brought an old tin box for his lunch. When he tried to sit on the box one day to eat, it collapsed. That's when he decided to build a lunchbox strong enough to be used as a seat. The aluminum metal is ordered and slit to specific widths needed. Then each coil is lifted on to an uncoiler and the metal is fed through a punchpress to be cut and stamped using the appropriate sized die. Once the metal is cut, the sheets are stacked in groups of 100. The hinges and handles are then attached with ad hoc riveters. The two top ends are then attached, followed by the bottom. The front hardware is then attached and the wire to hold the vacuum bottle is inserted. In the finishing stage, the lunchbox corners are banged to close and any sharp edges are hand filed and checked through quality control. Before boxing, each lunchbox is hand polished.

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