Had occasion recently to move a bunch of stuff in order to replace a clothes dryer. One thing that got moved was an old oak desk, with an assortment of hand tools in one of the drawers. I discovered that the tool drawer is quite malodorous.
I've run into this before. Years ago I worked at a shop where one drawer of a rollaway tool cabinet smelled exactly like vomit. And, a few years ago I bought a set of nut drivers in a plastic case (bought new) that smelled awful. I aired them outside for weeks to no avail and finally threw the plastic case away, which got rid of most of the smell but I found that even the plastic handles still stink.
In that last instance of course, I identified the source of the smell, but in those other two I did not. Anyone else have stinky tools? Diagnosis? Remedy?