Shoe Polish Box

After a few months out of the shop someone finely gave me a good reason to get back out there, I had a repeat customer that needed a shoe polish box made for her husband as a Christmas Gift, he had been using an actual cardboard shoe box to carry his supplies in. I had never made a polish box before so I had to do some research and came across the TRUMS box in which gave me this design idea, since for it’s purpose I Omitted felt lining, I gave it side handles for carrying. The wood used is Chinaberry a wood not sold commercially that I am aware of, I obtained this from cut logs a neighbor had several trees taken down, after I milled them I stickered air dried them for a little over a year.

It measures 13″ × 8 1/2″ × 9 3/4", I finished it with a single coat of tung oil and several coats of my own made up mix of wipe on poly satin finish.

Here is the box picture his wife sent me he’s currently using.

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