The toughest stretch here has to be starting from a rough-cut cherry board and getting it true without a machine. The maker debarked it with a chisel and wire brush, then flattened it with bench planes, checking with a try square and a long spirit level. From there the dovetails were laid out with a marking gauge and cut by hand with a pull saw and chisels driven by a wooden mallet. Doing through-dovetails in cherry with no power assistance is a real test of saw control, and the corners on the finished box look crisp in the photos.
The whole thing came together the slow way: stock cut to length with Japanese pull saws and trimmed on a shooting board, top and bottom panels resawn and planed down to thickness, and the bottom glued on under heavy steel weights. The finish is shellac, a 1.75-pound cut of amber flakes brushed on in several coats, and the lid sits into the opening on a rebated rim. I think that rim detail is the standout choice, since a loose lid would undermine an otherwise careful box.
Inside there is a dark lining, room for four bench chisels, and a maker's mark stamped into the floor of the box. The molded base and beveled lid edges give it a furniture-like character that a quick utility build would lack.
The trade-off is speed. The maker estimates the build ran about ten times longer than it would with power tools, and also says hand work is slower but more precise when done properly. That estimate seems believable given the flattening alone.
Project by dk builds. Watch it on their YouTube channel: