The Barrel Back Box

I figured that if i was going to have a shot at making a viable  business out of the kbc, I'd need a few staple designs to use as a base for the business.  I wanted to hit on designs that would first and foremost be of the best aesthetic and construction quality designs that I could create.  Uncompromised inspiration.  The first piece was always going to be teh Barrel Back Box.

The initial inspiration came from a box that my brother gave me for Christmas in 1994.  Inside the box were two Swedish rifflers (a very big deal to me at the time).  Awesome gift.  I loved this box right away, for multiple reasons, and it was an obvious choice to grow the inspiration from it.  Here is the box that Tim gave me for Christmas:

It's big enough to hold a few pens and pencils, a watch, etc.  I used the proportions and curves, made it bigger, used a wood lining to secure the lid in place and added a larger radius to the top  I added in mitered dowels to anchor the corners and a few other tweaks and the Barrel Back was born.
Using Spanish Cedar as the lining gives this box a wonderful aroma when opened.  And, the construction method paired with the cedar allows this box to function as a 3-4 cigar humidor.  An attractive multi-tasker.