Mansized keepsake / jewellery box in oak.

you’ll do well my friend…. Nice box

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

Gorgeous box Stewart.

-- Andy Stark

another masterpiece ! looks great stewart

This is a great entry, Stewart! I love the theme, the inlay and its concept and the split lid with that amazing figure. Very, very nice.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

wow !!!! is this one-fired-up box. really nice !

-- keeping myself entertained

Nice work there Stewart. Great piece of burl. Original design. Well done

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Goodness gracious, Stewart, that is awesome!!! This is one unique and beautiful creation. Congratulations on a fine job!

The next time your doorbell rings, it will be TomFran showing up in Yorkshire, on the coast of the North Sea, to begin the apprenticeship ;^D

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

You do good work my friend.

That top is great Yorkie! Fantastic job.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

That’s certainly not just any box Stewart! Beautiful and worth waiting on! Awesome job.

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

Stewart A great box and very inventive on “Drilling” the hinge pins. Way to think outside the box.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Very nice!

-- Paul, Texas

Yep, Stewart, that’s a good’un.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

Beats all, Stewart. Even better than the first natural edge box posted here and on the Flickr site. Keeping two raw edges and having the lid meet in the center while maintaining grain continuity is a considerable feat, but to add wooden hinge leaves is Herculean.

Add the Sectioned Cephalopod to fill the knot hole and display like an escutcheon at the middle focal point of the front, and the pyramidal pegs, and I can’t see how you would lose. Hope Martin has the extra dough for ocean fare for the bandsaw.

If I hadn’t seen the pictures of work in progress, I would have thought you stole this en masse from The Great God Pan.

=:^•

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

Well, I won’t try to top Douglas’ glowing description of your project – but suffice to say that it looks FANTASTIC!! Well done Stewart, you have wowed me once again with your talents.

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