Cigar ashtrays
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:59 am
A couple of months ago a friend of mine asked if I could make an ashtray. I told him I would see what I could do.
Here’s what I came up with. He smokes the smaller cigars and cigarettes.
I took a Hickory branch that had a crotch and turned it. I left the bark on it and put the rest slots at each branch end. I then got to thinking that there wasn’t a big market for cigarettes ashtrays, but I know a bunch of people that smoke cigars. I figured that I could make and sell some cigar ashtrays.
I ordered a 2x5 blank of Ebiara, also known as Red Zebra wood, and made this ashtray. One of my friends that smokes cigars looked at it and said that it was nice, but I should make them bigger. So I ordered a few 7x2” blanks of wood. I figured these would be big enough, but not to big.
Here’s the first one made from Curupau. It’s a very dense wood, heavy but easy to work with.
I sold this one to a friend and she gave it to her husband for Christmas.
Here’s what I came up with. He smokes the smaller cigars and cigarettes.
I took a Hickory branch that had a crotch and turned it. I left the bark on it and put the rest slots at each branch end. I then got to thinking that there wasn’t a big market for cigarettes ashtrays, but I know a bunch of people that smoke cigars. I figured that I could make and sell some cigar ashtrays.
I ordered a 2x5 blank of Ebiara, also known as Red Zebra wood, and made this ashtray. One of my friends that smokes cigars looked at it and said that it was nice, but I should make them bigger. So I ordered a few 7x2” blanks of wood. I figured these would be big enough, but not to big.
Here’s the first one made from Curupau. It’s a very dense wood, heavy but easy to work with.
I sold this one to a friend and she gave it to her husband for Christmas.