"No End In Sight"

I like it! Really came out nice. Got a question, tho ….. what kind of wine?

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill

what kind of wine

Happened to be this.
But hell no, I didn’t pay that much.

-- "Do not speak – unless it improves on silence." --- "Following the rules and protecting the regulations is binding oneself without rope."

what a really good looking box KnickKnack…you also found a really great looking piece of oak to use in its construction…wrapping the grain doesn’t require any more work than piecing one together from scraps but it does give it a much nicer appearance. don’t find it uncommonly stranger but I am still working on trying to make a box with no start and no finish and thus far have only been able to wrap my boxes on three sides.

You wrapped up that box very nicely!

COOL…

David, Patron, is a Master at the Wrap-around technique.

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: https://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/index.php?media/albums/users/joe-lyddon.1389/

Nice box with beautiful wood contrasts!

-- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington

Sorry to nitpick, but it’s “rite” of passage. That said, it’s a beautiful box and I normally don’t go for oak! I like how you highlighted the contrasting grain.

-- Brian Timmons - http://www.BigTWoodworks.com

Sorry to nitpick, but it’s “rite” of passage

I’m indebted to the gentleman from Arlington for his correction, my mistake to be forever carved into the LumberTrunk. sob sob.

-- "Do not speak – unless it improves on silence." --- "Following the rules and protecting the regulations is binding oneself without rope."

Beautiful box! Very nice craftsmanship,nice choice on woods too…

-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio..... http://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodenfrogWoodenProd

Well, really it depends on how you are using the term “rite” or “right” Either can be ri…. correct

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill

“Rites of Passage”, You and I can look at it and know what it takes to do that beautiful wrap and 99.4 percent of the people will never know what makes it so beautiful but the will like the way that it’s put together.

That’s whats so great about wrapping it all up. it’s “You Know” and they don’t but they think its great.

I also like the rottonstone effect, I’ve done it a few times myself and it’s very dramatic when done with Oak.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †

Elegant work. And there’s a certain truth to “Rights of passage”, too.

-- From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. Immanuel Kant

Beautiful box, beautiful wood…Really like the way you did the lid…very very nice, well done.

-- Dave.......If at first you don’t succeed redefine success....

not only is your box amazing but equally is your write-up and your photography.

-- Randy -- Austin, TX by way of Northwest (Woodville), OH

If there were no grain patterns you would have a box with no start or finish. Speaking of that your put a nice one on this “you got it right of passage” I’m still trying to figure out how small is good. LOL!

with the great boxmakers here I am learning “Slowly” LOL!

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

That is a wonderful box. The fuming and rottenstone is a technique I will have to try someday. I first thought you used zebra wood.
Thanks for the video clip. I havent seen that movie in years.

-- Dan, Naperville IL, I.G.N.