re: Japanese Incense Chest - Kodogubako

Thanks all. Its always good to have ones work appreciated.    James, I get my ebony off AliExpress - the Chinese get every thing website. It's amazing the range of specialist timbers, in small sizes, that they have. I got the hardware of the same site, together with all the jars, buners, fire tools - in fact everything except the veneer and plywood. It's always so cheap and often with free postage. Alibaba is similar but you usually have to buy in bulk. On AliExpress you can buy one-offs.  Slow postage can sometimes be an issue, but things do turn up eventually, and if they don't there's a quick dispute/refund process. Whether you want to deal with China, risk import duties, or CITES  conventions, is up to you. But there's no problems with any of that in the land-down-under.