The workshop

Made by hand. One at a time.

No factory, no assembly line. A bench, a box fan, a lot of sandpaper and nearly two decades of doing it the slow way.

Where it happens
Every PaintBook passes through the same pair of hands more times than you would believe. That is the whole secret.

It is a small shop. Sawdust on everything, the fan always on, tools hanging where they were last used. Nothing leaves until it feels right to hold.

The EDGE logo in raw wood, with a gouge and wood shavingsmade by hand
From flat wood to PaintBook

Five stops on the bench.

Sanders and rotary tools on a dusty benchthe tools of the trade
01

Shape

Every case starts as flat wood on this bench. It gets cut, shaped and rounded until the corners are soft enough to carry all day.

Hand sanding a PaintBook lidby hand, every time
02

Sand

Then it is sanded by hand. Over and over. Machines get it close, hands finish it, because the only real test is how it feels in your palm.

Sanding back a stained PaintBook lidcoat, sand, repeat
03

Stain

Stain goes on by hand and gets worked back between coats. It is why no two Walnuts, Cherries or Ebonies ever come out exactly alike.

Checking a PaintBook at the workbenchone more look
04

Check

Every PaintBook gets opened, closed, turned over and looked at closely under the lamp before it is allowed to leave.

A finished Ebony PaintBook with the EDGE logoready for you
05

Finish

Then it is done. Wrapped up, boxed and sent to you, ready for its first painting.

Around the shop
Hand tools covered in sawdusta lot of dust
Sanding a lid in front of the box fanthe fan stays on
Working on a PaintBook at the belt sanderalmost there
Hand sanding the EDGE logo on a lidfinished by hand
One at a timeNever in batches of a thousand.
No two alikeEvery stained finish is its own.
Nearly two decadesOf making tools for painters.
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