Finishes are blonde shellac or oil.

Walnut/elm box has brass hinges, Maple/purpleheart is held with a lining and the elm.sycamore is a push fit.

The purpleheart looks amazing-that is its natural colour, no dyes!

Sycamore/elm and Maple/paduak.

Ripple sycamore and burr elm.

The lids really look great in the different timbers.

Here the lids on the elm and paduak boxes are shown open.