Initials Box

Nice idea and a great present awesome work

-- Pain is temporary, quitting last forever.

A gorgeous box. Your wife will treasure this forever. Just a sweet creation and gift.

-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

Very nicely done, good stain work. I would never have thought to combine oak and redwood but they’re great together. I also like the novel idea of not having the handle functional but pulling back on the rear drawer edge to open. A creative touch.
gene

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

The “B” handle is functional – there is just enough of an edge there to grip with finger tips and pull the drawer out. If it were full of something heavy, like lead fishing sinkers (why those would be stored here, I don’t know), then you could assist the opening by also pulling on the back edge. That cut out in the back was more decorative – to preserve the “C” shape from the front and side (see the 2nd picture).

Awesome box! Like the design which has a personal touch and the blend of wood and finish.

A nice piece and I know she must have loved it.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau