Workers Of Wood

A friend is an ex British paratrooper, who was attached to the SAS way back when, and he has his personal "numbered of 500 copies", copy of the "The War Diary", which is an amazing story of the formation of the SAS / commando units in WW2, written at the time by the people who were actually there.

for more info on the book, look here
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14952939

Its a HUGE book, weighs 11 Kgs (25 lbs). its 18" x 15" x 6" deep.

He asked me to make a storage box for it for safe keeping, so I have made this one that is also a kind of presentation box as well. It is Made entirely of Rosewood, with brass corners and clasps.
The SAS badge cap is inset into the lid behind glass. With the book inside the total weight is 17 Kgs (38lbs)

I hope he has grandchildren to handle it for him. It would be a shame for him to survive all that and the book and it's case be his final undoing.

Nice job Bob. That is the kind of book you hope gets handed down a couple hundred years at least and every so often someone in the future opens it up and reads it. The case should help preserve it.

I agree with all that Chuck said above, and beautiful wood too. Your craftsmanship on the box is impeccable, museum quality.
I like the way that the book can be opened without having to lift it from the box. That medal being inlayed behind glass is a unique idea.
Great job,Bob.
Herb

P.S. I just read through the link you posted, and it is truly an amazing story behind the achieve.

The book itself is unique. It is the actual typewritten pages by the officers at the time. Lists all of the raids, the personnel, even the numbers of enemy aircraft and machinery destroyed, numbers of German prisoners captured. And the men who took part in each raid and their outcome, returned, MIA, or killed.
No superfulities, just straight reporting, with lots of pictures taken at the time. An honour to have seen it and read some of it.