Inlayed pencil boxes for all of the 6 grandchildren are finally done!

[Blaughn]

Finally finished.  I found working with the red oak to be extremely difficult for achieving the lacquered finish on top.  The three on the right are red oak with walnut inlay.  The other 3 are white oak with Jaboba wood inlay.  The interiors each contain a Pentel .5mm and .7mm "Quicker Clicker Pencils", spare lead for each, spare erasers for each plus a Staedler eraser and an eraser template held by a magnet in the cover.

 

[meflick]

Beautiful work. I’m sure they will be loved and well used.

[Scrappile]

those are:

Edited December 3, 2022 by Scrappile

[Peter N White]

Very very good.

[rjweb]

Beautiful work, RJ 

[wombatie]

They will be loved and used for many years to come, they are fabulous.

Marg

[Jim McDonald]

You interested in adopting a 67 year old who loves new pencils?

A seriously great job overall.

[barb.j.enders]

What a beautiful gift.  They will be loved for a very long time.

[daveww1]

terrific work

[Joe W.]

A lifetime gift they will cherish with fond memories of you.

[Charlie E]

Great job on fantastic gifts!

[Phantom Scroller]

They look good and great idea they'll love um. Roly

[John B]

So much nicer than the biscuit tins I used.
They will be treasured for many years

[FrankEV]

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

All 6 grandkids must be Artist, Draft Persons, Engineers or  Architects....right ?????? 

I used pencils and one of those metal erasing shields for many years in my engineering carreer until the pencils were replaced by computers..   Didn't need to use it on a PC screen .

[jerry walters]

Those are simply beautiful Bruce. This is a gift that will be cherished forever by your grandchildren. I remember when I was 9 or 10 years old my grandparents gave me a Sheaffer ink pen and pencil set.  Don't think ball points were invented then.  I know longer have the pen or pencil, but I do still have the bottle of ink the came with it.  I remember too, the pencil used thin lead. Now in my 80's and remember how excited I was. 

Jerry

[brew]

wow !

[Blaughn]

8 hours ago, FrankEV said:

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

All 6 grandkids must be Artist, Draft Persons, Engineers or  Architects....right ?????? 

I used pencils and one of those metal erasing shields for many years in my engineering carreer until the pencils were replaced by computers..   Didn't need to use it on a PC screen .

Thanks, Frank.  They were fun to make.

The grandkids are all "Pre-career" but love to draw and design.  I am trying to feed their creative hunger with non-electronic solutions.

[Blaughn]

5 hours ago, jerry walters said:

Those are simply beautiful Bruce. This is a gift that will be cherished forever by your grandchildren. I remember when I was 9 or 10 years old my grandparents gave me a Sheaffer ink pen and pencil set.  Don't think ball points were invented then.  I know longer have the pen or pencil, but I do still have the bottle of ink the came with it.  I remember too, the pencil used thin lead. Now in my 80's and remember how excited I was. 

Jerry

Thanks, Jerry.  The oak used to make these was harvested and rough-sawn to 8/4 dimensions by the my father-in-law - the kid's great grandfather.  I used tools inherited by their other great grandfathers and their great great grandfather.  The note in the box goes into all of that so there are some unique details I hope they will appreciate.

[Blaughn]

11 hours ago, John B said:

So much nicer than the biscuit tins I used.
They will be treasured for many years

Thanks, John.  Anything that potentially stimulates creativity is worth the effort.