My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
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My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Just finished up this project. I got tired of digging through cigar boxes to look at my knives, so I made this display to mount on the wall. It's cherry wood. Clear finish. No stain. I like cherry; it should darken with age.
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
That is some excellent craftsmanship there in that cabinet . Really like the cherry with no finish.
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Wow, that turned out great. Cherry is one of my favorites for woodturning.
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Awesome!
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Looks great!! Very nice!! 
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I like how you can adjust the height of each shelf to accommodate different size knives. Brilliant! 
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Very nice carpentry! If fact, the only problem that I can see with that case is ( drum roll ) that it appears to be completely full and you'll have to get busy and make another one.

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Great stuff! If I only had the time...
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Nice Job
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It looks like a lot of thought went into making the display case.
Excellent workmanship!
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Excellent workmanship!
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
That looks GREAT, Tom!
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
It’s hanging on the wrong wall for sure!
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
All the praise for this fine work is well deserved, Tom.
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Niiiice!

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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Great work, Tom! But, it's gonna' need to be a LOT bigger! 
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Thanks for all the compliments, guys. I thought about making another one. There's another wall spot on the other side of the window. I have a few more knives that didn't fit in this one. But then I came to my senses. It's a lot of work! And just having the one display might keep my collection to a manageable size.
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
I think you built a fine prototype for a whole-wall made up of multiple modules. I could imagine 30” of wainscoting and then 2-3 modules high for the width of the wall - that would hold a lot of knives all easily accessible- what a concept!
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Great idea, Tom. I'll get right on it. Should be done in a day or two. Send me a couple hundred knives so it doesn't look too empty. 
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Great looking display! Nice job!
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Just have to say,That Is Class. Out of envy, Give yourself a compliment from me.
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Re: My Ho-Made Knife Display Case
Excellent design and completion, headed out to the workshop right now to see if I have enough walnut to do one to house my dad's collection.