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You now how it is when you start making things...
Making a case for my magnifying glass (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61650) inspired me to make a case for my weather meter (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90183) which in turn gave me the idea for this.
http://www.ravenlore.co.uk/assets/images/Tinder_Box.jpg
I usually carry a bit of tinder and tow in a pouch or a tin with my flint and steel separate because all the tins that would carry it all were too bulky.
I finally occurred to me that I could make an oiled leather box just the size I wanted so here it is.
HillBill
02-05-2012, 13:18
Nice one Gary :)
good job mate, I really like that! I am fond of little boxes and trinkets, so this little beast appeals to me alot!
How long did it take to make?
mountainm
02-05-2012, 13:21
Hi Gary
Could you give us a shot of the inside stitching on the bottom of the box please? - Interested to see what it looks like given you don't appear to have bevel the edges at 45 degrees on the lid? Curious as I intend to do some box stitch myself soon and if it works without the bevel it would make my life easier.
Thanks
Mike
John Fenna
02-05-2012, 13:24
Very nice Garry!
Nice!
(.....Resists the urge to get out the scrap leather bag)
Humpback
02-05-2012, 13:33
Wayland, once again a lovely piece.
Alan
Hi Gary
Could you give us a shot of the inside stitching on the bottom of the box please? - Interested to see what it looks like given you don't appear to have bevel the edges at 45 degrees on the lid? Curious as I intend to do some box stitch myself soon and if it works without the bevel it would make my life easier.
Thanks
Mike
I can if you want but there's nothing to see because the stitch goes through the leather at 45° and doesn't surface inside at all.
http://www.ravenlore.co.uk/assets/images/Box-Stitch.jpg
People tell me I do my leather-work all wrong but I just make things out of leather.
If it works, it works.
mountainm
02-05-2012, 13:39
I can if you want but there's nothing to see because the stitch goes through the leather at 45° and doesn't surface inside at all.
http://www.ravenlore.co.uk/assets/images/Box-Stitch.jpg
People tell me I do my leather-work all wrong but I just make things out of leather.
If it works, it works.
Cool thanks, don't think there are right ways and wrong ways - just common ways and uncommon ways. This suits me just fine.
Right or wrong, but that is some very nice work!
good job mate, I really like that! I am fond of little boxes and trinkets, so this little beast appeals to me alot!
How long did it take to make?
Sorry missed that question.
I reckon it took me a couple of hours because I was watching the telly at the time.
lovely work as always Gary
lannyman8
02-05-2012, 13:51
awesome, really like that allot, i do like tins for my kit as they are multiple use, char cloth etc, but the problem with them and items like this is they make a proper racket when they rattle around in the tin, the answer of course is as above....
very well done sir...:)
Stringmaker
02-05-2012, 13:58
Excellent work, and I agree with your sentiments; if it works it works.
I made the ultimate pound shop special for my flint/steel/tinder etc. A cheap chammy leather made into a pouch with an old shoelace.
Dreadhead
02-05-2012, 14:02
braw wee box that is does it have a fastener or does it just fit really snug?
forrestdweller
02-05-2012, 14:20
wish i had the skills to make a box like this... .
sorry for sidestepping: that's an unusual-looking steel - where does this design come from?
Manacles
02-05-2012, 14:37
Now, that is a very nice tinderbox :)
Manacles
02-05-2012, 14:39
wish i had the skills to make a box like this... .
sorry for sidestepping: that's an unusual-looking steel - where does this design come from?
I'm jumping in here so apologies:- It is a "viking" striker and I have seen them at Shark designs (google them)
braw wee box that is does it have a fastener or does it just fit really snug?
No, it just fits snug. The wrapped stitching on the top edge of the love part helps a bit and the saddle stitch around the bottom edge of the lid is drawn tight to reduce that edge a bit too.
wish i had the skills to make a box like this... .
sorry for sidestepping: that's an unusual-looking steel - where does this design come from?
Oval steels were popular from the 16th to 19th century, particularly in North America but the tear drop style seems to be a late 19th development, some being flattened at the end to make a turn screw.
I've not come across them in the Viking archaeological record myself though so I'm not sure where Shark designs get that idea from. If it's from Andrew Kirkham, who makes them for them, I'm sure he has a precedent so I'll have to ask him next time I see him.
I got this one from Andrew at the re-enactors fair but just presumed it was a later style so didn't ask.
Manacles
02-05-2012, 15:34
No, it just fits snug. The wrapped stitching on the top edge of the love part helps a bit and the saddle stitch around the bottom edge of the lid is drawn tight to reduce that edge a bit too.
Oval steels were popular from the 16th to 19th century, particularly in North America but the tear drop style seems to be a late 19th development, some being flattened at the end to make a turn screw.
I've not come across them in the Viking archaeological record myself though so I'm not sure where Shark designs get that idea from. If it's from Andrew Kirkham, who makes them for them, I'm sure he has a precedent so I'll have to ask him next time I see him.
I got this one from Andrew at the re-enactors fair but just presumed it was a later style so didn't ask.
I think it was just called viking rather than being of any historical context, the ones they have are from Andrew Kirkham :)
That's very tidy, good stuff Gary
It's not my neatest job Rich but I'm fairly happy with it.
shaggystu
03-05-2012, 08:50
cracking idea wayland, i like that a lot
Very nice, mate.
Topknot.