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The body of the box is a beautifully varigated piece of air-dried walnut with fiddle back maple keys at the corners, wide enough so the figuring stands out. The board was cut so that the flowing wave of the grain makes a continuous pattern around the box.
The lid is a crotch from a maple with waves of striped figuring coming together at different angles. The handles are carved from the same board as the body of the box. I cut a curve out, flat on both sides (like part of a tube), and then cut it from corner to corner. Polishing them was … painful.
The inside is lined with rust ultra-suede and has removable dividers of the same fiddle back maple as the keys on the body. The box and dividers are sized to hold standard tea bags.
I found the walnut board at Rockler’s for far too much money. The fiddleback came from a friend’s firewood pile.
This one sat in my shop, complete, for six months so I could pet it and admire the grain. Then it sat in the entryway to the house for another four months. I think I like this one.
-- http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ossian
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B13
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#1 posted 840 days ago
Pretty box. great combo. of wood the key’s stand out I like It.
smitty22
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#2 posted 840 days ago
Lovely treatment of the wood.
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dustynewt
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#3 posted 840 days ago
Cool box. I love the top handles. Well done!
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Jamie Speirs
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#4 posted 839 days ago
You should like this one, it is a superb box and holds tea. :)
jamie
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webwood
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#5 posted 839 days ago
very cool handles – very creative
-- -erik & christy-
DaveLeHardt
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#6 posted 839 days ago
A most excellent box. I can see why it was so hard to call it complete!
-- What? Me worry?!
CanalboatJim
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#7 posted 839 days ago
Loveley box. I like the way that you took the trouble to feature the wood in your design. That really takes this project a step up from the standard box.
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#8 posted 834 days ago
This is awesome, I love the grain and the keyed corners really make it pop
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LittlePaw
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#9 posted 834 days ago
Very nice box. Now my wife wants one for all her tea bags!
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Roger
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#10 posted 641 days ago
really nice. wood combos are gr8
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#11 posted 97 days ago
Very nice. Love it.
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