Birch Matchbox/Tray

[THOaken]

I thought I'd try my hand at a small project today so I made this little Birch bark match box. It's a simple rectangle of bark folded into a box shape and held together by two thin sticks. It was a little tricky as the bark was dry and very near to tearing on multiple edges, but I managed to insert the sticks and it works quite well. I like the idea of using it for matches. You can see I made it originally with the white bark on the inside, but realised that didn't look good, so I inverted it without a problem.

A nice Sunday afternoon project.

 

[Stew]

Make another slightly bigger or smaller and it could nest together as a good box.

 

[Clouston98]

Make another slightly bigger or smaller and it could nest together as a good box.

My thoughts exactly!

Nice one .

 

[ozzy1977]

Great stuff

 

[Two Socks]

Glad to see you found some workable bark! Well done Clever idea to hold everything together with just two sticks too.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Nice work.

 

[Mesquite]

Nice work Taylor

 

[titanius anglesmith]

Hello all,
nice little container, as Stew said make a stackable set. A few hours well spent.
Regards Chris.

 

[Goatboy]

Nice work,

You're becoming quite the natural craftsman these days. Enjoying watching the transformation of your skill set as you explore materials and have fun. And you get lovely practical things to have and give as a result. Keep up the excellent work, always enjoy seeing stuff as you make it.

 

[THOaken]

Nice work,

You're becoming quite the natural craftsman these days. Enjoying watching the transformation of your skill set as you explore materials and have fun. And you get lovely practical things to have and give as a result. Keep up the excellent work, always enjoy seeing stuff as you make it.

Thank you, Goatboy. Your words are much appreciated.

I'm planning to make quite a few more utensils, and even a special Lord of the Rings themed spoon which has a complex design with multiple parts, but it's the wood I need to acquire first. That's the problem, sir. Believe me I'm looking.

Thanks again.

 

[Blood]

Lovely, thanks for sharing, and of coarse adding to my to do list...