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Here is my entry for Not Just Any Box contest. This is a walnut and birdseye maple box with double dovetails on outside box. A smaller inside box uses 1/4” finger/box joints. Cleaning rods for rifles and shot gun sit in grooves created by core box bits. This is my first real small box I can see why Don “just loves ‘em”. Hope to get a few more by next Christmas for all the hunters in the family.

-- DocK, WV


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GaryK

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posted 234 days ago

Very cool Box. Monogramed and everything. I like the double dovetail.
Good luck in the contest.

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

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Karson

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posted 234 days ago

Great design and nice job. Good luck and congratulations on the completion.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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itsme_timd

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posted 234 days ago

Wow! What an excellent box. I love the double-dovetail and the mongram.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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Bob A in NJ

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posted 234 days ago

Very clever, nice work

-- Bob A in NJ

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 234 days ago

That’s a beaut, Doc. I like the strip of wood on the front that picks up the double doves. Is it laminated or inlayed?
Glad you have acquired the box “disease”, and all your hunters will be glad too.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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rikkor

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posted 234 days ago

Great job, echoing the nod to the double-dovetails. They are very distinctive.

-- Maplewood, MN

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Colin

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posted 234 days ago

Yes, very nice, very unusual and very clever, well done. Hope you do well in the competition.

-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"

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MsDebbieP

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posted 234 days ago

outstanding.
It’s like this box has everything! You must be proud.
Good luck in the Awards

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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TomFran

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posted 234 days ago

Super job, Doc! A beautiful gift for any hunter, but they might not want to use it ;^D

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

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mot

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posted 234 days ago

Doc! That’s a great box. The contrasting wood in the joinery, and the top is just great! Good luck in the challenge, this should get votes. It’s really a nice piece!

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

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CharlieM1958

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posted 234 days ago

Great box! Love the dovetails.

I sense a gun theme taking shape in the contest. :-)

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

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TreeBones

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posted 234 days ago

Very nice, I’ll be looking at this one again.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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Paul

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posted 234 days ago

Form, Function and Beauty intersect in your creation!

Great box!

-- Paul, Texas

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Dan Pleska

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posted 234 days ago

I must ditto what has already been said. It’s a great looking box, DocK, with distinctive dovetails. I love it.

-- Dan, West Virginia, http://www.danpleskaCreations.com

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Blake

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posted 233 days ago

Great design. I love this box. I really need to make my buddy a gun cleaning box (he has a cardboard one). I really like this one!

-- Dust collectors suck.

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Russel

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posted 233 days ago

Slick and functional, nice work. Not being a gun person, I never realized how much stuff there was to clean a gun. I guess you’d need a box to keep everything together. I’m learning all kinds of stuff here.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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Mark D.

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posted 209 days ago

Wow, I’ve never seen double dovetails… Very impressive!

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