Osage Orange Jewelry Box

How neat is that front – retorical of course
good job

-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them

Dovetails looks great. I like those ’’Orient style’’ pulls. Front grains looks very interesting.

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Thank you both!

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Very nice. Don’t see many projects done in Osage, other than smoking pipes.

-- While teaching a class, a gentlemen once asked me: "When chip carving an intricate design, what do you do when you are almost finished and the wood breaks off?" I replied "Cover the kids ears."

Excellent work! Love the grain on the front.

I’ve used Osage a few times and you have described working with it perfectly. The problem is that it is so gorgeous when sanded/polished to a very high level that you forget about the frustrations …....... until the next time.

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JayT I am not sure I will fall for the siren call of osage again…unless I turn it. I have heard it turns well.

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It turns really well, in my limited experience (I turned some tool handles out of Osage). As I was working up the grits sanding, it just kept getting nicer and nicer as it was polished to a higher level. I have no idea how high you can go to keep refining/polishing—I went to 1500 grit and then waxed it. At that point, it just almost glowed.

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Very nice, great use of the wood.

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Thanks Bob!

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That turned out very nicely! We call that “Osage Orange” Hedge or Bodark where I live and it is one of my favorite woods. Never tried any hand tools on hedge but it doesn’t play well with the planer (drum sander works great). It will get a LOT darker with exposure to light over time.

If you like the look but not the hassle, try some mulberry. Looks just like hedge (same family) but a lot more user friendly.

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Beautiful!

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Looks gr8. Osage is a very hard, and dense wood. That should last a lifetime or two

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Fine work – quite beautiful.

-- Rod - Oregon