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09-02-2017, 04:06 PM | #1 |
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Recent eBay buy
Bought this on eBay recently. It arrived a couple days ago. This is what it looks like fresh out of the box. It appears to be a book matched burl veneer over quartersawn oak. I guess they had a lot of nice oak laying around they could waste.
The inside is milk glass with fancy wood trim. There's a panel missing with part of the seal gone. I think I'm going to keep some of it but make it mostly cedar. It has a couple coats of varnish, the last inexpertly applied, so I'm planning on refinishing. The seller says it's Scottish. I haven't figured out why yet. Nice box though! |
09-02-2017, 05:38 PM | #2 |
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Very nice
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09-09-2017, 06:55 AM | #3 |
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That's a really handsome humi.
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09-09-2017, 07:04 AM | #4 |
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I am really jazzed to perform some magic on it! My buddy thinks I should keep it all original inside. It's glass lined and there's some pieces missing. Plus, it smells pretty musty. I think the old wood pieces have to go. I'll probably do the usual melding of old and new. Glass bottom and top and everything else in cedar.
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10-30-2017, 07:06 AM | #5 |
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I finished this one. I used True Oil for the finish. I was griping in the Close But No Cigar forum about a couple imperfections. But I had it sitting on my cabinet for awhile and finally realized that it's a really great old humidor.
I finished the liner in tandem with another project I was working on. So I charged the humidifier and emptied some of the full boxes I had in my coolerdor. RH was 65% in an hour. I'm going to use this humidor for awhile. I had to take the exterior pic on a dark background. I got a lot of reflection with a light background. The shine also messes with the focus. This is about the best I can do. |
10-30-2017, 07:34 AM | #6 |
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Gorgeous cigar porn. Enjoy1
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10-30-2017, 10:12 AM | #7 |
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Yet another Beautiful Cigar Humidor saved! I think you did it justice. Many people say things like: "oh, leave it completely original." Not realizing that to do so, undermines it's actual usefulness. After all, no matter how pretty the outside is, if it won't hold humidity, it's not going to be used as it should. It will end up on a shelf somewhere collecting dust. Better to tastefully and respectfully modernize it, to give it an extended/continued life in the use, it was purpose built for.
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10-30-2017, 10:31 AM | #8 |
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Once again Slack gets right to the heart of the matter!
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10-30-2017, 07:16 PM | #9 |
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Nice!
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You are an artist sir...very nice!
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