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Saturday 26 July 2014

Wooden Sword Box

Hello There Carpenters and Re-enactors!

As some of you may already know my older brother (Joe) owns a online sword business (click here to see). 
Myself and a few of my other brothers also help him with the business. We also sell products at re-enactments and many other historical events. However transporting lots of weapons in cardboard boxes has been quite a challenge. Until we thought of making some wooden boxes instead. Of course me being the carpenter in the family meant I had to make it. My Dad however has done quite a bit of woodwork over the years,  so with his help we both made it work. The pictures below show step by step how we put it together. Enjoy and leave a comment below to tell us what you think.


It begins



Drilling some screws into the bottom


Putting the side on


More drilling...




And more...


And more


Until...


TA DA! 
You have a box 


And a lid
We based the size on the boxes we had before








So all the swords could fit in together


Then I started staining it






Me and my dad also added a border around
the sides to cover up all the screws


Me drilling (again!) holes for the handles




I was a little squished while doing it though


Cutting some rope for the handles














And there you have it!

A brand new wooden box for all our future events