Building a trunk is not impossible for those who have time, the needed spare parts and a minimum of manual dexterity.

In this post, we have listed all the elements necessary for the making of a trunk.

We advise you to buy poplar plywood.

You will be careful to assemble the whole of it with white glue and standard casing nails.

Once your box and lid created, the construction of your trunk can begin.

You will find below a list of all the elements necessary for your project.

All the presented items can be found in our spare part online shop

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I found it necessary to write this post, following some recent events…

The first one is an email received from someone asking me to restore a trunk identical to the one above… The person describes the trunk as “antique”.

Yet it is a trunk found NEW in “consignment” shops for about 50 euros…

Therefore I did some research to find where it comes from, how much it costs…

That type of trunk can be found for $ 5… Yes indeed, you read right… $ 5, for an order of 100 pcs in China.

We bought one as a sample a few months ago.

The wood is in fact compressed sawdust which weighs 2 tons; leather is PVC, bindings are glued, etc. etc.

This trunk is sold in China $ 40 i.e. around 30 euros (1’000 pcs).
In a M… du Monde shop, it is offered at around 400 euros…

The trunk is described as leather-made (composition leather out of leather powder), as equipped with a lock (yes but it is one-piece with no mechanism), with nails (yes but the nails are only glued nailheads!!).

Trunk sold in China for $ 50 for an order of 100 pcs

Found here on a flea market offered by a junk dealer as being restored by him!!!

Then below, sets of different trunks, always sold by set of 3 pcs, for about $ 5 each for an order of 100 sets.
These trunks are presently offered on the flea markets in Switzerland for around CHF 150 per piece!

To cut a long story short, I beg you… Buy nothing if necessary… but do not buy that…