Christmas gift for my Grandson

[Robin]

My grandson has really taken to hunting and fishing so I'm making him a box for his bedroom to keep his gear/possibles in. I will ad leather items and age appropriate gifts as he ages (he's 8)
I have to Thank Mihun and Murat for the instructions and inspiration.
I will ad some more burns to the sides, then varnish, but for now I'm taking a break to build some more boxes for other grandkids and one friend.

 

[southcove]

Nice work Robin and I know your grandson will really treasure your gift. I guess I have to go back and see about that wood burning and stenciling...my own boxes could use some similar northwoods embellishments.

 

[Mihun09]

Throw some varnish on it and he will have it his lifetime. Nice job.

 

[Grandpa Paddler]

You're a good grandfather Robin! But... where's the picture?

 

[Robin]

You're a good grandfather Robin! But... where's the picture?

No picture?
How is this?

 

[red langford]

Nice work

 

[Odyssey]

Good stuff. That box will grow with him. His treasures of baseball mitt and comic books will change in time to fishing tackle and old text books, then favourite shirts and forgotten important papers...and maybe back to comic books. Could become his personal time capsule filled with memories.

 

[Grandpa Paddler]

No picture?
How is this?

Wanna adopt me as a grandson?

 

[Yohawk]

Nice work Robin. I had an old toy box that I used for my camping stuff when I was a Boy Scout. Seeing that box brought back some fond memories.

 

[Yohawk]

As my mind wanders over memories of old, my Dad once told me I'd go from Field & Stream to Playboy, back to Field and Stream......the circle of life!!

 

[lowangle al]

That's really nice work Robin. Did you use a stencil and if so where did you get them? My 6 year old grandson wanted a scene with the sun, waves, and mountains on the paddle I carved for him. I did it for him but it looks more like he did it.

 

[lowangle al]

As my mind wanders over memories of old, my Dad once told me I'd go from Field & Stream to Playboy, back to Field and Stream......the circle of life!!

That's very true. My wife is in AK and I'm in Pa. right now and last night I asked myself which I would miss more back here, the wife or the canoe. The canoe won hands down.

 

[Robin]

Thanks everyone. Here's a couple of more burns I did. They where tests to see if I had the process down right. The top one is my own creation by freehand, yet the next few I tried where not very good, so copying others work is the way to go for me.
The bottom is from Cache Lake Country, I put a beard on the guy on the left to avoid copyright infringement weenies coming into my shop some day.
I have two more boxes to build and then I have a few short ash beavertail paddles I will burn images on for my 4 grandaughters for Christmas.

 

[Murat V]

Great idea as an heirloom gift for the grandkids, Robin!

 

[Kayak_Ken]

Robin,

Here is an idea you might try. Watching the video makes it look real easy.

Kayak_Ken (in a canoe)