Beautiful Keepsake box made from Canarywood

This custom made “One of a Kind” Keepsake box is made from Canarywood, (Centrolobium spp, family: Leguminosae) from Panama to southern Brazil.  Yellow to orange in color, typically variegated with light to dark red streaking. It has a medium to high luster. It can be some what variable in density; it is mostly a hard, heavy and strong wood. Works very easily with both hand and power tools and finishes very smoothly. This is an exceptional exotic wood from Africa. Uses: Boat building, turnery, decorative veneers, cooperage, furniture, cabinetry, and custom treasure boxes of all kinds. Canarywood is my favorite wood to work with, it’s easy to machine with all tools, finishing very smoothly but attention must be paid to sanding to get the smooth finish that shows up the beauty of this wood. The top is made from Marblewood, Zygia racemosa (syn. Marmaroxylon racemosum, Pithecellobium racemosum) of the family Leguminosae (subfamily Mimosoideae), the legume or pea family.  There are numerous woods that have the common name "marblewood" (notably East Indian Ebony but many others as well), but this is what should really be meant when using that term. It is very distinctive, rare, and very expensive. It is a South American wood and looks somewhat like zebrawood but much more dense and a wider spacing of the light/dark stripes.  The color seems to be a constant “Golden Yellow”, whereas Zebrawood ranges from tan to white in color. Both having the dark strips. The joinery used to make this box is a “box joint” which is very strong. Bottom of box is lined with velvet. A unique "One-of-a-Kind" box signed and dated. Each Keepsake Box is custom built, one at a time by me. Most people love boxes and I collect boxes myself and now have over 35 in my collection. I even have the old cigar boxes from my childhood. I spend a lot of time choosing just the right woods to complement each other. Most are Exotic woods and none are on any endangered list. I use only solid stock; there is no veneer in any of these boxes, unless specified. All of the woods are their natural color; I use no dyes or stains. Everything I make gets a "Hand Rubbed Oil Finish”, usually three to five coats. This is a blend of five oils that provides the best finish possible. The finish was developed for the marine environment. The base is polyurethane.