These are the first 2 boxes I made, about 2004 or 2005. The one with the swan decor was gifted to Mr. Tommy Joyner of Wake County, NC. The other is mine and I still use it each year.
This box was made from cedar that was salvaged from an old Pitt County tobacco barn. It was gifted to a friend in New Jersey. Bodie Island Gun Club was a hunting club in Dare County, NC close to where the current Bodie Island lighthouse now stands.
This group and forum is the best place for sportsmen and sportswomen on the internet in my opinion. The information, the knowledge, the stories, and the decorum are all what the internet should be about. I have learned here and enjoyed speaking with people who post here. I have a...
I seem to be in a repeat mode. I've been doing some shelves and candle sconces, and then veered back to the gunning boxes...
Here's another gunning box variation. This one is all cedar, painted driftwood gray with a drake redhead on the front. I rub it down with a dark antiquing wax to...
Thank you, Steve. I bent them cold by securing them in a vise and using a 3 lb sledgehammer applied gently to bend them to approximately 90 degrees. pre-drilled the holes in the wood and tapped them home.