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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































17 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 689 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.
Karson
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posted 689 days ago
Great design and nice job. Good luck and congratulations on the completion.
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itsme_timd
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posted 689 days ago
Wow! What an excellent box. I love the double-dovetail and the mongram.
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Bob A in NJ
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posted 688 days ago
Very clever, nice work
-- Bob A in NJ
Douglas Bordner
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posted 688 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.
rikkor
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posted 688 days ago
Great job, echoing the nod to the double-dovetails. They are very distinctive.
Colin
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posted 688 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"
MsDebbieP
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posted 688 days ago
outstanding.
It’s like this box has everything! You must be proud.
Good luck in the Awards
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TomFran
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posted 688 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
mot
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posted 688 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!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 688 days ago
Great box! Love the dovetails.
I sense a gun theme taking shape in the contest. :-)
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TreeBones
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posted 688 days ago
Very nice, I’ll be looking at this one again.
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Paul
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posted 688 days ago
Form, Function and Beauty intersect in your creation!
Great box!
-- Paul, Texas
Dan Pleska
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posted 688 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
Blake
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posted 687 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!
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Russel
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posted 687 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.
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Mark D.
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posted 664 days ago
Wow, I’ve never seen double dovetails… Very impressive!
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