Enigma, Love the box, nice job lining up the grain front to side. Ok I'm be the one to ask....how much for something like that?
Very good question....I was waiting for it from someone!
The issues are:
One, its a new venture startup, trying to get a feel for the market and then to throw in the economy crap...its going to be a "feely out" learning curve.
Two, Becuase we are going to build these custom order, we have to figure out how that info will be conveyed from customer to us. There are a multitude of options that have to be "captured" and pricing correlated with each. That being said, here is a short list of the variables:
Size of box
Pistol type (internal profile cut)
Wood type(s)
Style of box (sharpcorners, rounded, feet, etc)
Hinges and locks options
Engraving (inside and out, I.E. lid, inside lid, internal deck etc)
Inlay options
Weapon "nest" material (felt, leather, Alcantera, Etc)
Additional cutouts (Extra mag, acc, etc)
Recessed inside lid (for manuals or documents etc)
Finishes (natural, oiled, laquer etc)
Those are the major options. Others options include plastic, glass or crystal lids: extreme exotic wood such as lacewood, cocobolo, burled stuff that is either expensive, hard to get or difficult to work with.
...HOWEVER...to try and answer your question as best as possible without shooting myself in the foot...a "basic" type box out of more common materials such as walnut, mahogany, oak, cherry and the like coupled with a standard cutout with say a single burn on the lid with standard hardware would run in the 2 to 4 hundred range. It just depends on "options".
Quality and craftsmanship will be on par or better than anything else out there.
On another note, all this box stuff started from an unlikely event. We made a "shadow box" for a retiring Navy officer and presented it to him at his ceremony and the "other" attending "brass" went nuts over it. Here is a pic of it in progress. The ships at bottom were cut from a walnut (types he was on) and the map of the world burned into oak with the laser. The little "tags" are also cut and engraved with all the places he had been stationed. The frame is cherry. We wanted to present something "different" thanthe standard "off the shelf" presentation boxes and show his travels throughout his career. The tags and awards are "placed" in proximity to where they were "earned". The triangle in the upper right is obviously for the flag that was not yet "presented".
If these pics are too large...my apologies but just trying to convey detail. Pics doesn't do any of these things justice until seen in the flesh...
