with all this talk about salt and how the Hobbits carried it because it was so precious, I decided to make my own salt box.
Earlier I had purchased fro mthe swap meet a box of antler pieces. The guy had kept the tips and chopped the rest into various lengths and sold me the box for $10 which has been a source of projects since.
I capped both ends with a piece of wood i shaped to the antler. Then drilled a couple holes in sme projections for a cord.
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Years ago I made this on a lark:
Then, when done with the salt box, I got some steel and brass wire and made a bunch of smaller pins similar to the cloak pin I made but only an inch or two across for smaller things like 'buttons'.
I got the original idea while playing around with some paper clips and instead of working, I made a bunch of straight pins for my sewing kit and the earlier versions of the above smaller pins.
that curved thing at the top is a fish rib I made into a needle and there is an elastic band at the bottom for scale.
Those who give up a little freedom in place of a little security will soon discover that they possess neither.