Knot - A Handle

This is really your best yet. I adore the handle and the delicious grain matching.
Over the top and on my own list of things to try. Beauty!

-- gene@toronto.ontario.canada : dovetail free since '53, critiques always welcome.

That was a very clever idea and it works well. Nice job.

-- JoeyG ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/JHGWoodWorks

That is sweet! Talk about taking advantage of what the wood presents – fantastic!

I also like the “chunky” look of the overall box.

Great job as always!

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

Like Grandpappy always used to say, use what you’ve got. Very well done. Nice.

-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!

your use of the knot for the handle is a great idea. You have made a number of unique boxes, this one, the deco-esque box. All three are really nice.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

I love that “Knot – A Handle”. That’s brilliant!

-- Dan - Valparaiso, Indiana, "A smart man changes his mind, a fool never does."

Very clever! Looks like you made some lemonade out of those lemons :-)

Thanks for posting,

-- Cal Noguchi

Creative thinking and a fine execution of the design idea.
Right on the money, sweet.

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/

Love it nice work !!!!!!!

-- Nimkee** Joe

WOW!

That is Knot COOL!

Thank you!

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KnickKnack, Knot

How cleaver. I especially like the grain match going from top to side…nice call, great look. I like that you did some sculpting and left a little extra wood around the knot to strengthen that area. This looks like a good tight knot and I love the design, but I would suggest that adding a thin piece of non-knotted wood on the underside of the lid perhaps with the grain running the opposite direction might insure that some years from now – should there be a stress crack around the knot – it will not affect the design or function.

All that said, this is a great design and a wonderful concept. I really like it. Hey, is this a great handle or knot?

PS

The birdhouse remark isn’t too bad. My wife tells me that all my boxes look like a used bar of soap.

-- Big Al in IN

Wow! What a great idea, thanks for sharing with us the benefits of starting without a clear plan in mind: innovation, and being honest to the material.. Excellent/

-- - Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. -

Beautiful job and a very unique twist on a handle. Great job.

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

Very clever! I wish my mind worked out creative things like that. Congrats.

just one thing- it ain’t mouse proof. Jes sayin’.

-- Dan V. in Indy

A singular box handle. Very nice work. Great vision.

-- Made in America, with American made tools....Shopsmith