Hand made tool box - my first ever project

Pretty darn good job for your first project by hand, it is a rewarding experience to only use hand tools, congratulations and keep the projects coming!
And Welcome to LJs!

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

Very nice salem

I have #3-#8 planes asking me why can’t we do fun stuff like that?????

Thank you for sharing

-- "Not skilled enough to wipe jam on toast!"

Very nice!

good joints, and laminations! doesn’t look like a “first” project… far from it

welcome aboard.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Very nice first project.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Great looking project for a first time woodworker. Keep up the excellent work.

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

Very nice, I love that handle!

-- Paul Sayre Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

Good design ,good workmanship, good build

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Excellent work, I need to go back to using more handtools. Your project is very motivating.

Thanks for posting…

-- www.woodshopdude.com

Nice job! To look at it you can’t tell its hand tools only!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

Very nice. Especially using only hand tools!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Nice work. Especially with hand tools only

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

very impressive…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

a lot of really cool projects posted today. this one is a big favorite. really live the design on this box. very inspiring.
welcome to lumberjocks

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Nice job for a firts!! Welcome to LJ ;-))

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Very nice! You should be and deserve to be very proud!

Well watta ya know… they still make hand tools! I gotta get me some of those! Seriously, tho… nice work, superb craftsmanship. And Welcome! :)

-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!

It sounds like it was a lot of work. When I see it all I can think of is how hard it must have been in the old days for craftsmen to create. The skill it took to do the things we think of as simple astound me.

Great project, now what are you going to fill it with?

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

My first woodworking project was a tool tote also…but it was not nearly that nice. Keep up the good work.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

Thanks very much to everyone that posted a comment. Really great! To Snowdog’s comment about it being a lot of work. Well, I tell you I no longer look at any woodwork in the same way. Most of the time while making the tool box I wondering how anything ever got built – the work that has to go into the simplest of things is staggering. Gave me a whole new respect and appreciation!

Thanks again to everyone who posted! Much appreciated!!

-- Neil, Connecticut - Hand planing is good for the soul!

Niel that is positively a wonderful job on your toolbox. Looks like you’ve been making projects for years, also a nice posting. Would love to post some work, as soon as I learn how. sincerely Carl