Something different for my wife

Very nice Nick – I really like the grain pattern flow. Now for a box of pencils and an electric sharpener

-- 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

Oh she won’t be keeping pencils in this one, she said it would get all marked up, and she doesn’t want that. I think rings, earrings, and bracelets.

Neat concept 424.. I like… a pleasant deviation from the “pretty profiled” boxes normally posted.

When I saw photo #1 (and the title),

I thought of a cordless iron in the form of a brick, warmed in the oven.

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

Neat concept 424.. I like… a pleasant deviation from the “pretty profiled” boxes normally posted.

When I saw photo #1 (and the title),

I thought of a cordless iron in the form of a brick, warmed in the oven.

- LittleBlackDuck

Thanks LBD. This for me was a little more difficult than my usual boxes. Keeping the grain aligned on the front and back, and the gap tight, took some time and thought.

Very neat design. The grain gives an added WOW factor.

Beautiful wood, lovely box.

-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD

Very neat design. The grain gives an added WOW factor.

- BB1

Thanks BB

Beautiful wood, lovely box.

- Vicki

Thanks Vicki.
I wish I could have gotten some pictures in the sun, Koa just seems to “shimmer” in the sunlight.

First, it’s beautiful, really nice work on the grain. That’s tight.
Second, it’s an interesting design, unique as I know.
Third, great craftsmanship, top notch!
Fourth, you probably knocked her socks off, as it were…lol…
Cool man…

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

... This for me was a little more difficult than my usual boxes. Keeping the grain aligned on the front and back, and the gap tight, took some time and thought.
- Nick424

Still, you did a great job…the grain alignment was neat… it’s that even flow that formulated a “single brick” concept in my befuddled brain.

Oh she won t be keeping pencils in this one…
- Nick424
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Fourth, you probably knocked her socks off, as it were…lol…
- mtnwild

Yup, no pencils.. sox!

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

I agree with everyone. Truly an outstanding design and execution.

Very cool Nick. The design is fantastic. Work is excellent.

-- Petey

Whoa Koa! I also like the interlocking design aspect.

-- WWBBJ: the first to compare a woman´s cheek to a rose was a poet. The second, an idiot. Dali

This is beautiful. Such is a design is well deserving of the complements. In the mindset of the classical music and composers, emulation is the highest form of praise, and I hope to to just that.

Mikey-

Very nice Box, Love Koa! I have heard that some wife’s like something different once in awhile?

-- Lifting one end of the plank.

Thank you Bob, Petey and Brian, I was happy with the way it turned out. For a while I thought it might be scrap.

This is beautiful. Such is a design is well deserving of the complements. In the mindset of the classical music and composers, emulation is the highest form of praise, and I hope to to just that.

Mikey-

- MikeyBoyAz

I hope to see the results. My biggest challenge was getting the inner and outer grooves the right size and the correct spacing. When it was finished I put a very small drop of CA glue right near the end of the groove and sanded it down so the last 1/2 inch is snug. That holds everything closed no matter how it is turned or carried.

Very nice Box, Love Koa! I have heard that some wife s like something different once in awhile?

- Andre

I will say that she has a diversified interest. She also has a variety of boxes.