Made this special gift for my sister's birthday. Box and Ribbons made of Pine and Cedar. 

 

 

All done with hand tools only. I did hand cut dovetails on all four corners. 

 

The lid and bottom were radiused by hand plane. 

 

 

The ribbons were made with a Stanley Bailey No.3 smoothing plane. 

 

Just look at that grain! Just awesome wouldn't you say?!

 

 

Thanks for looking!!

Cheers! 

MrRick 

Love the ribbon!

Thanks lew! 

What a lovely gift!

59 minutes ago, BB1 said:

What a lovely gift!

 

Thank you Barb!

Nice box!  So what was the gift in it?    😉

4D

It was just the box. 😜

Well done 👍   

8 hours ago, aaronc said:

Well done 👍   

Thank you aaronc!

I came across this older discussion and wanted to add that the hand-tool work here is really inspiring. I’m curious how long the shaping of the ribbons took with the No.3. Did you run into any tear‑out on the Cedar? I’ve been trying similar decorative work and keep fighting grain changes.

3 hours ago, Mstatosh said:

I came across this older discussion and wanted to add that the hand-tool work here is really inspiring. I’m curious how long the shaping of the ribbons took with the No.3. Did you run into any tear‑out on the Cedar? I’ve been trying similar decorative work and keep fighting grain changes.

 

Thanks  @Mstatosh!  Glad you like it!

 

Making the ribbons only takes a few minutes. When I first developed the technique for making these ribbons, I had a little tearout out. Three things are very important.

First...

Make sure your plane blade is very sharp! I mean really really sharp. 

Second...

Take a fine set on your plane depth. Experiment to get the right set is important. Very little protruding blade. 

Third...

Yes... grain direction when laminating the blanks to cut these ribbons is also important. 

You'll get it. Keep at it. 

 

Also when you make your pass with the plane, position it at an angle. Skew it.

 

Cheers! 

MrRick 

Edited January 23Jan 23 by MrRick

I love projects where the hand tools do all the talking, and yours really has that calm, steady vibe. Whenever I’m working on something with that kind of focus, I like having a little ritual going in the background; reading about new year ritual incense gave me a few ideas for keeping my head clear while shaping small details. It pairs surprisingly well with slow, patient work like this.

Edited January 28Jan 28 by Mstatosh

I like working with hand tools alot. No dust. Just shavings. No real loud noise. I like the peace and quiet that comes with it and it soothes my soul. Once in a while I put some nice music on and that is very comforting as well.