Curly Maple "Keepsake" Box

[Ankrom Exotics]

This is a "Keepsake" box that I made for Lynn as a Valentine's Day gift. It is constructed of solid Curly Maple with keyed miter corners made of Gabon Ebony. The tapered lid is Curly Maple framing a piece of Maple Burl (edged in Gabon Ebony) with a Woolly Mammoth Ivory handle. The bottom edge of the lid is trimmed in Gabon Ebony and the entire box rests on a Gabon Ebony recessed base.


8"L x 4"H x 3-1/4W"


Thanks for looking,

Pat

 

[ctubbs]

Mighty pretty present for your lady. I am sure she was very pleased with your thoughtfulness. Beautiful timber and excellent work.
Charles

 

[Haynie]

Sweet.

 

[tkbarron]

That's an amazing piece of work! Great job!

Tom

 

[Brian Davis]

I relay like that the handle is nice keep natural.
:good::good::good:Three thumb's up
:bananen_smilies046:

 

[Joe S.]

I just found some figured maple at home depot! I'm not sure what to do with it yet...

 

[toyotaman]

Excellent work. Gotta love that curly stuff.

 

[reiddog1]

Pat, excellent work man and a great piece of timber. Miters are super tight and I love the contrast with the miter keys. Well done!!

Dave

 

[thewishman]

That is gorgeous!!

 

[fernhills]

Real nice, like your lift handle.. Carl

 

[Ankrom Exotics]

Thank you all for the comments and the "likes". It was a fun project and I've now got a couple new table saw sleds in my arsenal (one for the miter keys and one for the miters). I'll probably be working on a couple of new boxes in the near future that will incorporate some ideas that I had while working on this one. Had I implemented every idea I had on this one it would have just been too "busy". Sometimes less truly is more and I think I stopped at just the right place on this one.

 

[Mike Davis]

Fantastic job and a very beautiful result!!

 

[McBryde]

Just Gorgeous!

E

 

[joefrog]

That's beautiful! Love the natural handle. Nice touch!

 

[nava1uni]

Beautiful box

 

[gimpy]

Awsome work !!

 

[Rick_G]

Great looking box Pat. The mitered corners look great I know how hard they can be to get perfect. Lynn should love it.

 

[GaryMGg]

Wonderful box; great use of the various woods.