Wooden boxes for pens and pencils made from an elegant straight grain American Walnut, with a simple and clever "lever action" lid system, where you press on one side and the other will pop out, due to the rabbeted end underneath the lid.

Constructively, the box frame is made with mitered ends, reinforced with veneer laminated spline keys (maple-sapele-maple), which acts also as a design element.

The inside bottom is made from birch plywood and covered by a synthetic leather sheet.

The box is finished with Danish Oil and a top coat of micro-crystalline wax (Renaissance Wax) for protection and meantime establishing a smooth touch feel and a beautiful silky sheen look.

Dimensions are 8.25"x 3.4"x 1.5" (210 x 87 x 39 mm), with an available inside space of 7.9"x 3"x 1" (201 x 75 x 25 mm).

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