[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

That one's 19th Century, apparently. You're dog years older than I thought.

I think my father may have used one at home. I'll ask mum, as I wouldn't mind putting his fountain pens in it.

Cheers,
Marc

Originally Posted by Peverel

I think I may have had a modern version. They seem to be quite well priced really (although currently unavailable) but not quite as special as the old ones

http://www.wooden.co.uk/PicFrame/1728.html

I'm sure mine was dovetailed and very plain and it had that bashed around, well-used patina look.

I also recognize this one that had a ruler as the sliding lid.

It seems it was a good basic design, because someone is still making them in this example.

WDE (WoodDovetailEngineer)