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Dimension:12×7x4 1/2". Finish:shellac and wax. This box has more mistakes than I have ever made in one project! I made the top 2" too long and had to try to fix that. Then the hinge cutouts were cut too deep or the pin slot was cut too shallow. Then I forgot to cut the hinge down before I attached it! Must have been having a 'Bad Box Day"! I'd have trashed it but I'm almost out of mesquite and I liked this piece of cowhide so tried to save it. It's not my best effort so I may keep this one as a reminder to THINK!

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I like it! I am gonna get ahold of you soon when I get a chance. I am starting to get the woodworking fever.
 

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now andy, i really like this one, i love the wood and with your hinges and leather its quite a box, yep its a first class box…your going to have a whole collection here, great box there buddy…
 

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The reality is that if we don't point out our mistakes, nobody else will notice. We all make them its just whether we can incorporate them into the design or not.

Good work as always.
 

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Yup…no one would have noticed those mistakes if you would not have pointed them out. I think it looks great and that piece of Mousquite has some teriffic grain. You have developed a nice technique of incorporating leather and hides in the tops. I have a couple of hides of leather that I want to start using to line some box bottoms…I use entirely too much self adhesive velvet.
 

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Some days nothing goes as planned but It looks great from here!
 

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Andy,

Looks like your boxwork is continuing to evolve. To my eye this is one of your most beautiful so far. I like the leather top idea, the stain and grain on the mesquite, and especially the more rounded lines on this box. The design seems to have significantly more flow. (This coming from a guy whose boxes all look like a used bar of soap.) How about the interior? Could those be more specific? A tea box, a jewelry box, or a man's in-and-out box?

My experience is that if I keep changing and perfecting one box…I have just one box to sell. If I do my best on one and improve on the next box…I have two boxes to sell.

Since we all make mistakes…it is not making the error that counts…what counts is what we learn from the mistakes we make.
 

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Another home run Andy.
The shipwright hinges work great on this one for some reason.

keep'em coming!
 

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Andy, I looked at the pics and was WOWed. Then I read your text. I thought you did that hinge like that on purpose. It looks like 'The New Black' to me. You never cease to amaze me. Like you with this box, I was making a new pen the other day and it blew out, so I repaired it. Now it is one of my best looking pens.

Keep making these boxes and posting. You are inspiring so many on LJ.
 

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You guys are being way too kind as usual! Big Al, No stain- that's what mesquite with 1 coat of BLO looks like. That's why I love mesquite! It is not easy but is worth dealing with all it's 'defects'. Rance- This may be it for a while as I have WAY too many boxes (unless your wife wants to sell some for me). Kenny-Good to hear from you. I thought you had moved to China!
 

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Keep making those mistakes Andy, if they turn out like this.
Remember, we got penicillin from a mistake.
Great work again friend.
 

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great looking bow.what mistake, i don't see it from here.
 

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Your "mistakes" are better than my best efforts. Great project.
 

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Even Frank Sinatra said he made some mistakes Andy!
It turned out a great looking box, you got the knack Sir… :)
 

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Looks like a great box to me. If I made hinges that nice, I'd keep it too. Just to show them off!

Your "worst work" inspires me to try and do my best work!
 

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Very nicely done Andy. Lotta gr8 detail. Shipwrights hinge to boot. Very nice
 

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Thats a great looking box. The finish is nice.
 

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You wound up with a great looking box, just remember that a bad day in the shop is still way better than
a good day watching TV and doing nothing.
 

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Looks Good, Your ability to capture the beauty of the wood far surpasses any minnor glitch in construction, as Cindy say's, that adds character, which is very true, Great job, thanks for sharing
 

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I love this box Andy. I have yet to keep any of my boxes but I give my kids and wife a lot of them so they do float around the house. LOL. You picked a good one to keep. I like the way you are mixing these last boxes with leather products. It is really takes them to the next level. Thanks for sharing.
 

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I love this box, we all point out our mistakes and no one would ever pick up on them. Good that you cut the top too long, too short is an even bigger problem. I did that with a cabinet door, but that's because I was not paying attention.
 
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