What Would I Give as a Wedding Gift, You Ask?

Don, that is a spectacular box and what I aspire to.
Blackbutt is such a beautiful timber, it reminds me of English Yew to an extent. (Should we tell these Jocks that we use it for flooring here?)

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Hey Don;

I like how you have the bottom! Great idea.

You can add to your quote:

“and large wooden toothpicks. LOL

Very nice work Don.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Close, Lee; they are meet skewers.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

Beautiful box, Don! The knotty exterior might give the casual observer the idea that the box is simple, but it has your usual intricacy and thoughtfulness in the details. Great work!

-- Robb

Don I love small wooden boxes, I think you should get off your butt more often as that is a nice box, a gift that will be treasured ~ well done grandfather !!!

t.w.

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and the “lid opener” very unique. What a beautiful gift.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Well done, it looks great. And your photography skill are not missed either.
Did you cut the dove tails by hand?
”..might give the casual observer the idea that the box is simple..” being new to the finer side of this wood cutting thing, I am finding that nothing is as simple as it looks.

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

Gosh, Don., I wish I was getting married again just so I could have one of your neat boxes. That is a dandy!

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

Very nice box.

Don,

Don’t ask me why, but I suspected that you might make a box to give as a wedding gift.

Beautiful work and wood!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Great Box Don. You wrote about dovetails but these joints look like box joints.

Did you replace the one with the other?

Very unique bottom attachments

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I love looking at your boxes. Each one is so unique. And each one has little things in it that make me look at as much detail as I can get in the pictures you submit. The skewers, the knots, the handles… I’m sure glad I stumbled in here when i did, because, there is no way I could look at all of these pictures now that there are almost 2500 projects at an average of 3 pictures per entry, that’s 7500 pictures I’d have to look at and then there would be no time to play in the shop.

Thanks for the privelage.

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I love the handle or knob or whatever it is that you would like to call it. Very inventive.

Don,
That’s a lovely box. The DTs look suspiciously like box joints though.
Really pretty work. I should make a few more boxes but the LOML gets on me more for boxes than pens.
;p
Gary

-- Gary, Florida. http://www.penturners.org/forum/f70/servicepens-2013-a-98908/

Love the handle! This is a true artistan’s box!

-- Branden - Sacramento, California - www.ShopDogUSA.com