Special Design Humidors

[istanbulin]

While I was looking for a humidor, I saw the David Linley's site. You may know him, a furniture and accessorices designer. One of the humidors in the web site is very interesting to me. "Turkish Humidor". The theme of the humidor is palaces of the Bosphorus in İstanbul. Every side of the humidor represent of an enterance door of a palace located in İstanbul (Dolmabahçe, Küçüksu, Çırağan and Beylerbeyi Palaces).

Actually real doors of the palaces are really more magnificent but as a humidor it may be hard to represent detailed work of them.

The door of the Dolmabahçe Palace in İstanbul.

Price of this humidor is £ 49000 ($ 73500) !

There're also different humidors inspired by different architectural symbols in the world, e.g. Partagas and El Laguito humidors.

http://www.davidlinley.com/furniture-and-bespoke-design/architectural-boxes/bespoke-commissions

 

[Knucklehead]

When your humidor arrives, we want to see more close up pictures. BarG could make one for half that much money.

 

[deluxestogie]

What a breathtaking piece! When I was in Incerlik many years ago, I visited a Meerschaum Pipe workshop. One item on display was a pipe that duplicated Michelangelo's Pieta. I wish I had photographed the pipe.

Bob

 

[istanbulin]

What a breathtaking piece! When I was in Incerlik many years ago, I visited a Meerschaum Pipe workshop. One item on display was a pipe that duplicated Michelangelo's Pieta. I wish I had photographed the pipe.

Bob

Actually when I saw that humidor, my first sentence was "what a breathtaking price !"

I didn't know that there's a meerschaum pipe workshop in İncirlik. A photo of that pipe would be great indeed.

 

[istanbulin]

When your humidor arrives, we want to see more close up pictures. BarG could make one for half that much money.

I never thought to buy that, its price is three times of my car's price But if BarG is interested in making a replica of it, the web site is providing some detailed drawings like these.

 

[johnlee1933]

Which suspension bridge is pictured? Golden Gate maybe?

 

[BarG]

That may be out of my league. If I was independently wealthy or had a year to work on such a thing and had a buyer. If you can draw it you can build it.

 

[BarG]

Heres a picture of a box I am going to repair. It was brought over from Slovakia by my son in laws grandfather. As you can tell humidity swings have not been kind to it. It would make a nice humidor though, maybe I'll have to say I lost it when I'm done.


You can see a pressure cooker in background for a second batch of black cavindish.

 

[johnlee1933]

That may be out of my league. If I was independently wealthy or had a year to work on such a thing and had a buyer. If you can draw it you can build it.

That's just you buddy. You give the rest of us too much credit.

 

[BarG]

Nah, I believe everyone has their own unique abilitys whatever the application.

 

[BarG]

Which suspension bridge is pictured? Golden Gate maybe?

I bet it is one of the unbeknownst to me palace references istanbulin cited.

 

[istanbulin]

Which suspension bridge is pictured? Golden Gate maybe?

It's Bosphorus (Boğaziçi) Bridge in İstanbul. Bosphorus is the strait connects the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea. This bridge is one of the suspension bridges in İstanbul. These bridges in İstanbul among the Bosphorus have a special point, they connect two continents of the World and İstanbul which is lying on two continents, Asia and Europe.

 

[istanbulin]

I bet it in france because of the palace reference.

Nope, all of these palaces are located in İstanbul/Turkey And the bridge too.

 

[BarG]

Nope, all of these palaces are located in İstanbul/Turkey And the bridge too.

I snapped istanbulin after rereading your post. You caught me before I edited. Your quick draw mcgraw.

 

[istanbulin]

BarG, are you planning to repair the box (in the 1st page) to its original state ? If not, I have a lot of motif patterns for wood carving. Like these ones below;

 

[deluxestogie]

I didn't know that there's a meerschaum pipe workshop in İncirlik.

I made a 1 day stopover there in 1983, while traveling from Riyad back to the States. I'm not sure if the workshop was in Incerlik or nearby Adana.

Bob

 

[BarG]

That is exactly what I'm talking about," out of my league," I just had this project how should I say "could you would you fix this" last weekend and forgot about it till today and retrieved from truck. I haven't given alot of thought other than the idea will be to restore as original as possible.

 

[johnlee1933]

Nah, I believe everyone has their own unique abilitys whatever the application.

Agreed. Where does "BS artist" fit in?

 

[leverhead]

Agreed. Where does "BS artist" fit in?

High office, salary commensurate with ability.

 

[johnlee1933]

High office, salary commensurate with ability.

Hurray, Hurrah -- I'm going to be rich ! Lot's of tough competition tho.