JJ

23/12/2004 10:31 PM

INSPIRATION - English Oak Bible Box

http://colonialarts.com/catalog_artwork/furn4.htm

I'm not clear on whether you'd have to be English to make a copy,
speak English, have to use oak from England, get special dispensation to
make it from any wood other than oak, or what. And, I'm not even going
to mention making one to hold anything other than a Bible. LMAO

But, if I run across some decent wood, I may see about making one
for a friend of mine, who's pastor of a local church - as hard as that
may be for some of you to believe. I think NC grown hickory would be
rather nice.



JOAT
WYGIWYGAINGW:
What You Get Is What You're Given And It's No Good Whining.


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"foggytown"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 23/12/2004 10:31 PM

24/12/2004 7:57 AM

Wish there was a pic of inside so we could see the lock mechanism.
That might clinch it.

FoggyTown

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Andy Dingley

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 23/12/2004 10:31 PM

24/12/2004 11:23 AM

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:31:35 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

> I'm not clear on whether you'd have to be English to make a copy,
>speak English, have to use oak from England,

It's not 18th century English either. It might be American (most
likely), or it might be older English work - it might even be rustic
Welsh, but it's not English-made and newer than mid-17thC.

JJ

in reply to Andy Dingley on 24/12/2004 11:23 AM

24/12/2004 3:25 PM

Fri, Dec 24, 2004, 11:23am (EST+5) [email protected]
(Andy=A0Dingley) claims:
It's not 18th century English either. It might be American (most
likely), or it might be older English work - it might even be rustic
Welsh, but it's not English-made and newer than mid-17thC.

I just found out the actual history on that box. It was made by an
old Englishman, living in the Welsh countryside, out of oak cut in
England, in the late 17th Century, and sold to an American tourist.
LMAO,



JOAT
Diplomacy is the act of saying, "Nice Doggie" till you can find a big
rock to bash in his skull.
- Unknown

TD

Tim Douglass

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 23/12/2004 10:31 PM

25/12/2004 2:45 PM

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:31:35 -0500, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

> But, if I run across some decent wood, I may see about making one
>for a friend of mine, who's pastor of a local church - as hard as that
>may be for some of you to believe. I think NC grown hickory would be
>rather nice.

I've got a lot of odd friends - some of whom would possibly be a bit
embarrassed to claim me.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

Aa

"AAvK"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 23/12/2004 10:31 PM

23/12/2004 8:22 PM


> JOAT
> WYGIWYGAINGW:
> What You Get Is What You're Given And It's No Good Whining.
>

JOAT have you ever seen this?: http://www.e-sword.net/ try it, you won't need the box.

Alex

JJ

in reply to "AAvK" on 23/12/2004 8:22 PM

24/12/2004 3:02 AM

Thu, Dec 23, 2004, 8:22pm (EST-3) [email protected] (AAvK) asks:
JOAT have you ever seen this?: http://www.e-sword.net/ try it, you won't
need the box.

I prefer the box.

Religious truth. Now that reminds me of "military intelligence",
"jumbo shrimp", and so on.



JOAT
WYGIWYGAINGW:
What You Get Is What You're Given And It's No Good Whining.

Ds

Dan

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 23/12/2004 10:31 PM

24/12/2004 3:13 PM

On Thu 23 Dec 2004 09:31:35p, [email protected] (J T) wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> But, if I run across some decent wood, I may see about making one
> for a friend of mine, who's pastor of a local church - as hard as that
> may be for some of you to believe. I think NC grown hickory would be
> rather nice.

Does he have an English Oak Bible?

AD

Andy Dingley

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 23/12/2004 10:31 PM

24/12/2004 5:57 PM

On 24 Dec 2004 07:57:58 -0800, "foggytown" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Wish there was a pic of inside so we could see the lock mechanism.
>That might clinch it.

I doubt it. Bible boxes are common, original locks are impossibly
rare. Most of the ones I see have obvious signs of two or three
locks, and many of them were originally unlocked, as you can tell from
the carving.


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