Thread: Smart Box Maker Hardware

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Robert,

Yes, Andrew’s hardware is expensive but wonderfully precise. Have you looked at Ian Hawthorne’s Neat hinge and lock (fineboxhardware.com)? High-end stuff but a bit less expensive when I last bought from him.

Other souces of box locks are:

Anton Gerner in Melbourne: Catches & Locks
– Gerner Hinges

Paxton Hardware: Jewelry Box Locks, 1/2 to pin - Paxton Hardware

Lee Valley: Home page

Whitechapel: whitechapel.com

Regards,

Brian

So, $210 per box. Ouch!

Only used on the high end commission jobs not for the small trinket box market.

Originally Posted by aldav

So, $210 per box. Ouch!

That’s a bit more than ‘ouch’

These are only really intended for high end boxes sold by companies like Linley, who charge nearly $14,000 for a box like this:

Celestial Jewellery Box | Luxury Home Accessories & Gifts | LINLEY

Suddenly the cost of hinges and lock pale into insignificance

Or Little Halstock who produce what I think are the finest boxes in England:

Cabinetry - Little Halstock

I love looking at Little Halstock’s site just to see what’s possible (just not by me )

Regards,

Brian

Best not to mention Linley within the hearing of Andrew Crawford, he's liable to go in to an apoplectic rage.
Linley smartHinge Disgrace – The Facts | smartBoxmaker

Originally Posted by aldav

Best not to mention Linley within the hearing of Andrew Crawford, he's liable to go in to an apoplectic rage.
Linley smartHinge Disgrace – The Facts | smartBoxmaker

Unfortunately, his position is not unique. There are many small makers, and inventors, out there who have had their Intellectual Property appropriated by others that know full well the "little guy" has very little chance of achieving a mutually satisfactory outcome and exploit that imbalance.

Originally Posted by homey

These are only really intended for high end boxes sold by companies like Linley, who charge nearly $14,000 for a box like this:

Celestial Jewellery Box | Luxury Home Accessories & Gifts | LINLEY


Regards,

Brian

Except that Linley copied Andrew's hinges and refused to pay a royalty (no pun intended.)

Originally Posted by homey

Robert,

Yes, Andrew’s hardware is expensive but wonderfully precise. Have you looked at Ian Hawthorne’s Neat hinge and lock (fineboxhardware.com)? High-end stuff but a bit less expensive when I last bought from him.

Other souces of box locks are:

Anton Gerner in Melbourne: Catches & Locks
– Gerner Hinges

Paxton Hardware: Jewelry Box Locks, 1/2 to pin - Paxton Hardware

Lee Valley: Home page

Whitechapel: whitechapel.com

Regards,

Brian

Hi Brian

I was not familiar with Whitechapel locks and hinges so I tried to have a peak on the above website, but got a message "Domain name available for sale". Oops!

Bit of googling and I found it - an American site - that looks interesting:

• Home page - whitechapel-ltd

Thanks.

Originally Posted by homey

These are only really intended for high end boxes sold by companies like Linley, who charge nearly $14,000 for a box like this:

...... but still screw over the "little guy" and their customers who are duped into believing they are supporting UK crafts people & small industry.

Last century I bought some brass cabinet hardware from Beardmores in UK.
They still exist but not sure what they offer now.
It was first class reproductions and I was very happy.

Originally Posted by Avondale

Last century I bought some brass cabinet hardware from Beardmores in UK.
They still exist but not sure what they offer now.
It was first class reproductions and I was very happy.

They are still in business it seems ... You searched for hinges - The Beardmore Collection

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

Unfortunately, his position is not unique. There are many small makers, and inventors, out there who have had their Intellectual Property appropriated by others that know full well the "little guy" has very little chance of achieving a mutually satisfactory outcome and exploit that imbalance.

And that little guy can actually be quite large.

• GMC = Genuine Makita Copy
• LVMH has major counterfeiting problems (*),
• More Rolex watches made in China than Switzerland.

Intellectual property protection is incredibly difficult, incredibly expensive, and there are 200 jurisdictions in the world. Even if you do win against one company in one country it can just reinvent itself. Alpha-one phoenixes as beta-two, and the "game" starts again.

(*) PS: Anyone know where I can get some counterfeit Hennessy ... at the right price?