Cigar Box Pen Storage Case

[mateo44]

Great work!

[Sunburst]

I’ve just received slotted trays from gopens.com for the pen storage box.

I’ve decided to use Japanese confectionery gift box for my 1st project.

Japan is well known for their packaging and this one is no exception - well

constructed box with high quality material and nice coloring.

Btw - This box originally contained Cheese Cake and just the right size for 6 pens.

Edited August 12, 2010 by Sunburst

[skrutt]

Nice job! Thanks for sharing your box!

[fabrimedeiros]

Beautiful pen box! Nice job! thanks for sharing with us!

 

Like you it will be nice if more people show us their box!

[Sunburst]

My next project is using the cigar boxes given away by FPN member (JDE) at the Louisville pen meet back in July.

Each one holds 13 pens.

Now I need more pens to fill the boxes.

Edited August 24, 2010 by Sunburst

[Lsarios]

Wonderful ideas! Now I feel terribly guity that my pens do not have a home!

[soapy]

i like it a lot i wonder were i could get a box from as i dont smoke?

[txinsk]

  On 10/4/2010 at 9:39 PM, soapy said:

i like it a lot i wonder were i could get a box from as i dont smoke?

 

Just walk into a Tobacco shop and ask. I got one for free. If the shop sells individual cigars the box eventually empties.

 

Rick

[kathleen]

Looks great, nice work!

I made a cigar box into a pen storage box, but I did not think to support my upper tray with the paint stir-sticks as you did. My top tray is affixed to a heavy cardboard, once part of a legal tablet. My upper tray just rests lightly above the pens below. I think I have some more work to do, yours is definitely better. I like the supporting sides you made out of the paint stir sticks.

My pen trays ordered from gopens.com are black and were very easy to cut to size.

So much to learn on this site. So many good ideas shared. Thanks for posting with pictures.

[soapy]

  On 10/4/2010 at 9:49 PM, txinsk said:

  On 10/4/2010 at 9:39 PM, soapy said:

i like it a lot i wonder were i could get a box from as i dont smoke?

 

Just walk into a Tobacco shop and ask. I got one for free. If the shop sells individual cigars the box eventually empties.

 

Rick

 

 

thanks for the tip

[txinsk]

  On 10/5/2010 at 12:27 AM, soapy said:

  On 10/4/2010 at 9:49 PM, txinsk said:

  On 10/4/2010 at 9:39 PM, soapy said:

i like it a lot i wonder were i could get a box from as i dont smoke?

 

Just walk into a Tobacco shop and ask. I got one for free. If the shop sells individual cigars the box eventually empties.

 

Rick

 

 

thanks for the tip

 

No problem, I hope you find a good one and make it into a nice case. It is fun to do.

 

Rick

[soapy]

i have some one from another site sending me one that sounds ideal.

[dnb]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing and taking time to take the pics. Those pen sleeves are a great idea for people who leave their pens lying around in draws getting all scratched up.

[Halden]

Hmm I have an old cigar box....

[joep01]

I'm a huge fan of the cigar box to pen case conversion and performed one on a surprisingly high-quality Michel Delacroix art-inspired Montecristo Platinum box which is one of a series of four. It was fairly simple to complete and the hardest part was actually trimming the slotted display trays I got from gopens.com down to size.

 

As I wrote earlier this week, for some reason the fountain pen bug has bitten me again and I'm planning to experiment with a few different approaches to creating internals for cigar box conversions. I found three more Delacroix boxes this week and have them on the way - I'll probably try to sell one of them when I'm done, just to get some of my expenses back out of them.

 

But in the meanwhile, if anyone has a good tutorial for creating custom internals in the form of deep, wooden slots, covered in felt, wholly removable, I'd like to read it. As I said, in my conversion I used pre-fab tray liners from gopens.com and they worked fine, but this time I'd rather create INDIVIDUAL mini-coffin spaces for each pen. I'm sure someone has done this before and can explain it - I'm about the least wood-working savvy person in the world though, hence why I'd like some help. Thanks.

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PQKTRN9N-7s/TH8Awui2bUI/AAAAAAAAIMY/qoTE6s2uMV0/s1600/pens+with+mare.jpg

 

Note, in the image above I've since replaced the grey tray liner with a more pleasing tan colored insert.

[Jimothy]

Can anyone recommend a UK supplier for the type of pen trays used here. I need some for a little project of my own.

[Chris H]

This is so neat! Now my storage problem has been solved! Thanks!

 

Chris

[BamaPen]

  On 10/21/2010 at 8:32 PM, joep01 said:

...But in the meanwhile, if anyone has a good tutorial for creating custom internals in the form of deep, wooden slots, covered in felt, wholly removable, I'd like to read it. As I said, in my conversion I used pre-fab tray liners from gopens.com and they worked fine, but this time I'd rather create INDIVIDUAL mini-coffin spaces for each pen. I'm sure someone has done this before and can explain it - I'm about the least wood-working savvy person in the world though, hence why I'd like some help. Thanks. ...

 

I don't have a tutorial, but I did make a cigar box into a two tray pen storage unit. I made the trays from basswood purchased at Hobby Lobby and lined them with sticky-back felt from the same source. The sides of the trays are taller than the pen dividers and I found that making the "coffins" too deep would make it difficult to remove the pen. I use a paper cutter to cut the strips of felt. I left the top edge of the wooden dividers exposed - easier than trying to fold the felt over the top and also added a bit of visual interest.

 

Here's a link to a couple of pictures of my finshed box - scroll to the bottom of the page:

 

http://jehubbard.com/hobbies/new_page_3.htm

[pen2paper]

  On 10/27/2010 at 9:48 PM, BamaPen said:

 

 

I don't have a tutorial, but I did make a cigar box into a two tray pen storage unit. I made the trays from basswood purchased at Hobby Lobby and lined them with sticky-back felt from the same source. The sides of the trays are taller than the pen dividers and I found that making the "coffins" too deep would make it difficult to remove the pen. I use a paper cutter to cut the strips of felt. I left the top edge of the wooden dividers exposed - easier than trying to fold the felt over the top and also added a bit of visual interest.

 

Here's a link to a couple of pictures of my finshed box - scroll to the bottom of the page:

 

http://jehubbard.com.../new_page_3.htm

Nice job Bama!

will have to check out Hobby Lobby for some supplies..

[kathleen]

Pen2paper,I like your cigar box pen storage cases and I really like the beautiful quilt the boxes are sitting on. Besides vintage pens I love vintage handmade textiles.