58 years old secret Abdel box (Roy Underhill!) now with drawing!

Hey Mads
Very cool, and awesome story :)
is it possible for you to explain the mechanism that doesnt allow you to open it unless you hold it upside down? i find it difficult to see from the pictures.

“edit” – after staring at the last two pictures for a few minutes i think i see the secret mechanism… heheh :) very very cool!!

-- Flemming. It's only a mistake if you can't fix it.

Mads, that is really an unusual find and looks like it is quite ingenius. I’m glad that you had a good visit with your friend. He sounds like he is quite an interesting character. take care, Mads.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

yes Mads I´m with Flemming
you deffently have to explain this
so even dummies (like me ) can see it (and understand) ....LOL

niiice score if it was given to you :-)

Dennis

Great little box Mads. An old version :-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

A real treasure! Thanks for showing and sharing. That’s a nice project for the winter time.

Best,

Serge

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Cunning little devil. Upside down eh!

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

Hi guys,
Yes I’ll try and explain.
When the box are held normal the little metal piece falls into the hole under, and then it’s not possible for it to slide in the spur, when it’s turned upside down, it falls into the lit hole, and that means the middle lit now can use the spr and be opened. Clever!
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

thank´s Mads hadn´t seen picture 3 sorry I thought it was the same as 4

Dennis

Hmmmm an only open upside down greesebox….sounds like a trick to make sure some apprentice gets gooey hands. ;)

And yes, Roy did not invent the box. Only built one on his show. ... which ought to be starting up a new season any time now. Hard to believe he is going on his 30th season. Wow.

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Hi Mads,
had you noticed this before?

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hi Jamie, noticed what?
Swirt, I just wrote him, and told him the story – and I never heard about him before looking for old English tallow pot’s, but I loved this video with him, he seems so positive and full of light, just a type I love. The version my friend had was not for grease, just a secret box from Lebanon.
If some one have info of the origin, it will be fun to know more.

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Hey President, apart from the clever little mechanism, THAT box sure has character! Imagine if it could tell about its travels…

-- Div @ the bottom end of Africa. "A woodworker's sharpest tool should be his mind."

What a “great” little box Mads :)

That secret lock is a awesom.

Keep of the good work finding things :)

-- Boatbuilder&blacksmith

Now that it is known how the lock works, I can pretend not to be a dummie.

What kind of wood is it made off?

Ian, I have no idea!

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.