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  1. 16th November 2007, 07:56 AM #1
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    Default Antique Knife Box Construction?

    Recently retired, I'm getting into woodworking as a hobby. I've always admired the antique mahogany knife boxes from the 18th century, and would love to eventually build one.

    Does anyone know of plans for such a box, or have any experience building them? They are generally about 13 in. (350mm) high and 10 in. (250mm) wide and deep, with shaped openings inside for holding silverware (not just knives).

    I've cross-posted this on the Bandsaw Box forum, but due to the height I'm not really sure if that's how they were made.
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    Hi KentMich

    Welcome to the madhouse forum. That is one fancy knife box and would take some patience to create it.

    Sorry to say in your attempt to talk the metric language you have mixed your millimetres up with your centimetres. We prefer millimetres here which in your measurements you need to add a zero on the end.
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    Knife box

    The knife-box is one of the most charming of the minor pieces of furniture which we owe to the artistic taste and mechanical ingenuity of the English cabinet-makers of the last quarter of the 18th century. Some of the most elegant were the works of Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Occasionally flat-topped boxes, they were most frequently either rod-shaped, or tall and narrow with a sloping tip necessitated by a series of raised veins for exhibiting the handles of knives and the bowls of spoons. Mahogany and satinwood were the woods most frequently employed, and they were occasionally inlaid with marqueterie or edged with boxwood. These graceful receptacles still exist in large numbers; they are often converted into stationery cabinets.



    That is from Wikipedia, not very helpful I know. It is however the only thing that looked remotely helpful when I Googled.
    I was intrigued by your pictures, would be nice to find out how our forefathers did that.

    Welcome to the forum BTW.
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    I have been interested in making a similar knife box since I saw a pair in an antique shop in London last year.

    They had a semi-circular rotating holder in a rectangular box.
    When closed it looked like a box, a bit wider than your dimensions. There was a raised platform above the box which improved the appearance and may have been useful to sit a tray of vase of flowers.
    It had a lock to allow the front door/holder to rotate 180 degrees and display the cutelry.
    It looked like mahogany.
    They said they came out of the Russian embassey.

    My searches have revealed a few variations, including the back cover of FWW a year or two ago.
    I couldn't find any plans.
    So I guess we are on our own.

    I will be interested to see what you turn up.
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    so would I.
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    Here are a couple of links:

    http://www.rubylane.com/shops/piatik/item/PS10-11-05-03
    http://www.rubylane.com/shops/piatik/item/PS11-14-06-09
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