Thread: Pencil cases

I have spent more time than I should have admiring the great work of some very talented woodworkers - and gaining a lot of ideas along the way. So I thought it was about time I contributed to the forum. I have three young granddaughters about to change school so I have just completed a couple of pencil cases and a pencil storage box for them to give to their teachers. The cases are made out of recycled Rimu from an old school desk (probably over eighty years old) and the box from an old Rimu log recovered from a Westcoast river after being exposed by flooding. (It could well be hundreds of years old.) The lids and splines are Kwila and came from offcuts of a deck I recently built for one of my daughters.
The base of the desk storage compartment was constructed from threeply and was covered in student writing, so I have used some of it for the pencil case base with the writing to the outside. A quirky addition! The finish is essentially Danish Oil and wax.
These are my first efforts at box making and that is even more evident in the photos than when I was lovingly handling them!
Thanks for your ongoing assistance.