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?)

-- http://www.damnfinefurniture.com

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.hilsbiblechurch.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.

-- Bandsaw Box Plans

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

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

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson 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.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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

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

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

Hi Don, Did you use a natural knothole as a place to set your top handle in place. It just looked that way to me. I agree about the box joints, sorry. But who cares its a beautiful box and much better than anything I could make. Love ya guy, mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Great box Don…as usual. I feel Obi’s pain….having a real hard time keeping up with all the posts these days.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Don your boxes serve as an inspiration to me (and I’m sure many others). When I start a project now, I tend to think about your work and it inspires me to put in a little extra thought and effort. I’ve always been one of those woodworkers that want to start a project and knock it out. As a result, most of my projects look like I just “knocked them out”. Since I found the LJs\forum I’ve learned to slow down, and take more pride in my projects, as a result my projects are beginning to look like someone put a little effort in them and I have more pride in displaying the project. For that Don, I thank you, and so many other Artisans on this forum

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Beautiful work don, love the lever-handle, reminds me of some krenov pieces or pieces produced by students of Krenov or the college of the red woods.
I work as a chef and have used meat skewers to secure joints and to hide drill holes, my local DIY deos’nt have dowel rods that small..but my kitchens do.

-- James - Geneva, Switzerland

This is a very nice box. I really like the way you have done the lid. I have never seen anything quite like that. Really like the combination of wood also….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Beautiful

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Great box. Beautiful work ! very creative handle design … the way it contects with the knot in the face board

think I’ll take a break from the living room and go-make-a-box !!

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

Quote Dick: ”You wrote about dovetails but these joints look like box joints. Did you replace the one with the other?”

Dick, Mike & Gary, no, they are dovetail joints done on my Incra Jig.

Quote jockmike2: ”Did you use a natural knothole as a place to set your top handle in place?”

Well spotted, Mike. Yes, the knot was particularly loose, so I knew it would have to go. At first I was going to trim the whole box down, but I decided this was a better option.

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Thanks for the very supportive and encouraging comments everyone. They are very humbling.

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

Nice dovetails Don, mmmmmmmmmmmm this crow is good, what about the top, was I right about there being a knot there? mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Hey, Mike, read immediately above your last post.

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

You are the box-god, Don! Always beautiful and creative work. Thanks for inspiring me.

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

Oh how I would have loved to burn something on the top of that box!! I love it! Dannie

-- Dangee's Pyrography by Artist Danette Smith

I just found this box Don, I don’t know how I missed it! – You do such nice work Don! I hope the happy couple understands what it means to get a box from you!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

another beauty Don…

Nice to see some more blackbutt from down under ;)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Careful there Scott, that sounds like something from one of your t-shirts….

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Don, posting a small box? I can’t believe it! Great box!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I’m only just beginning to work through these thousands of projects and am drawn to boxes. This is very much the style I often find myself aiming for all these miles away. Thoie dovetails look so tight and right despite the crumbly nature of the wood. Perfect!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

I love your lid design.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.