A Gerstner clone

[bhigdog]

I've posted a few Gerstner type boxes I've made. They were mostly similar except for the type wood and grain. I wasn't planning to make anymore but I was re-stacking one of my wood piles when I stumbled on a few long forgotten rough cut cherry boards I'd picked from a local mom and pop saw mill near me maybe 20 years ago. A closer look and a quick surfacing showed they were nicely figured curly cherry. I wanted to do something with them before they ended up in a wood stove so I made one more box. Curly and what I'll call "smokey" cherry with maple and poplar secondary wood. Gloss Minwax wiping poly 4 coat finish.
I spent a lot of time selecting and arranging the grain pattern and I'm OK with the result.
With the flamboyant grain, brass hardware, and red felt it might be a bit over the top but I like it.
I still have to make the top lid mirror frame for it.........Bob

Last edited: Yesterday at 6:41 PM

 

[Joe Rogers]

The figure in that is spectacular! Awesome work!
Joe

 

[richard newman]

Nice work, gorgeous wood!

I used to drive around in PA & NY looking for sawmills like that, hoping they had hung on to some highly figured stock. Often someone would throw it up in the rafters. Fun way to spend a day, met some interesting people, and got some super wood.

 

[dcsipo]

Beautiful work, some guitar maker is crying his eyes out looking at that wood.

 

[metal-ica]

Beautiful!

 

[bhigdog]

Nice work, gorgeous wood!

I used to drive around in PA & NY looking for sawmills like that, hoping they had hung on to some highly figured stock. Often someone would throw it up in the rafters. Fun way to spend a day, met some interesting people, and got some super wood.

Sadly the mill is long gone. He used to let me pick through the stacks and take what I wanted for a buck a bf.............Bob

 

[stephen thomas]

Spectacular work and wood!
especially on the drawer fronts.

smt

 

[richard newman]

Sadly the mill is long gone. He used to let me pick through the stacks and take what I wanted for a buck a bf.............Bob

I'm curious, who and where was this mill?

My favorite one was in Mansfield, same sort of deal

 

[bhigdog]

It was an old circular mill just South of Tamaqua, PA. Last owner was John Wickizer. He retired and moved to Las Vegas. One of his relatives owns a mill near Montrose, PA but it's a big operation. John used to have a grader come in and he would pick out and put aside some good boards. I bought some nice curley maple from him. I forget his name but he was from near Montrose also........Bob

 

[bhigdog]

There's a small mill called Bailey lumber near me but he caters to the hobby woodworker and charges accordingly. ...........Bob

 

[texas385]

That is exactly beautiful! Wow! Nice work!