Today I finished my latest Presentation Box. It was a new challenge for me, as it needed to hold both a sgian dubh and a dirk.





The wood is reclaimed white oak from an old house I dismantled on the family farm with accents of Irish bog oak for the mitered keys, the inlay in the lid, and the escutcheon. The hinges are extruded brass (Brusso). The lining is green suede cloth (real suede can tarnish silver, in case you didn't know that). The inlay in the lid was provided by Rab Gordon; it matches the brass disc used for the pommel of the dirk.

This will be my fifth box designed to hold a Rab Gordon sgian dubh. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

I did blog the whole process, so I won't repeat it all here. If you want to read more about it, you can start here. There are seven entries total, each beginning with "The Rusling Box..." all in April, so you'll want to begin with the first one and work your way backwards.

The person receiving the box said he would provide me with pictures of the box with the sgian dubh and the dirk in it. I will post them at that time.

Cheers,

Ethan