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Japanese Chisel Box

Project by Blake posted 267 days ago 879 views 1 time favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Last Christmas I asked for each of these Japanese chisels as gifts from various family members. Now that I have a full set I decided that they needed a better home than a paper bag. So I used up some “scraps” to build this sliding-lid box.

Mahogany with a maple top and lined with black leather; and finished with boiled linseed oils and wax. Under each blade is a small rare-earth magnet embedded from underneath to keep them firmly in place. The magnets also would allow the box to be hung on the wall like a small cabinet.

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Jojo

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posted 267 days ago

Nice job Blake. Are the magnets under a layer of veneer? I’m a fanatic of using those magnets for unusual applications and the idea of being able to not only hold the beautiful chisels safe but also to hung up the box is very clever.

I love the kerf spline, it looks like you used a japanese saw to make them, didn’t you?

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto ยท http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

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woodworm

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posted 267 days ago

Very nice project to keep valuable tools safe and organized. Another example of the use of scraps.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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Bill Akins

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posted 267 days ago

Beautiful home for wonderful chisels.

-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 267 days ago

Beautiful Chisel Box.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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CharlieM1958

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posted 267 days ago

Sweeeet, Blake!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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John Gray

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posted 267 days ago

Very COOL!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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Will Mego

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posted 267 days ago

Very nice! Nice to see someone taking the time to care about their craft, and it’s tools.

-- "That which has in itself the greatest use, possesses the greatest beauty." - Unknown Shaker

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majeagle1

427 posts in 391 days


posted 267 days ago

Realllllllllly nice box Blake.
A beautiful home for some very fine tools!

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

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pommy

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posted 267 days ago

Blake that is gorgeous very nice job !!!!!!!!!

-- cut it saw it scrap it

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TraumaJacques

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posted 267 days ago

Nice… I like… I want…. I… well you know!!! well done! I have got to get a better family mine gives me gift cards for Home depot!!!!!!

-- All bleeding will eventually stop.

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cabinetmaster

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posted 267 days ago

That’s what I need for my chisels. I might have to favotite this one myself. Thanks for the post.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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SCOTSMAN

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posted 267 days ago

lovely really nice just like the old wooden pencil cases we had in ” blighty lol the uk” when I was a boy regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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John Stegall

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posted 267 days ago

Excellent craftsmanship. One comment about the leather. In the early days of FWW, someone published an article about a special box for a pistol. One of the letters to the editor warned about the products used in modern tanning and how it could cause rust. I do not remember the reply from the original poster, but I have always wondered about that. Have you noticed any unusual rusting of your chisels?

-- jstegall

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Blake

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posted 266 days ago

I’ll let you know.

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Mark Shymanski

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posted 266 days ago

A beautiful way to store some great looking chisels.

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

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