00:00I'm Scott Mitchell, I've been a woodworker for a long time and today I'm working on a
00:14box.
00:15Well it's a pretty flash little box, it's going to house a nice glass plate and it will
00:19be a gift for King Charles.
00:21A box fit for a king, I hope.
00:29If we close it up to start with, there's his new cypher which includes Charles Rex III,
00:36his crown as opposed to the late Queen's crown which is quite a different shape.
00:40So this is one of the first times this has been put together.
00:43On the inside of the lid, our Australian states and territories floral emblems are shown and
00:51the golden water which is our national emblem in the middle.
00:54So what I chose is Tasmanian bird's eye hewn pine, rather old, I believe this particular
00:59stock is around 2000 years old, I have a small stash, and Victorian fiddleback blackwood.
01:05I mean everyone knows he spent some time in Victoria a long time ago when he was at school
01:09at Timbertop.
01:10So he'd certainly be aware of a few of the Australian native species I'm sure, he takes
01:15quite an interest in nature from what I gather so I think he'll get a real buzz out of seeing
01:21a few of the territories and states' emblems.
01:23Yeah it's a big deal, I mean it's a very important piece, it serves a ceremony and a purpose
01:29so it was a pretty nice conversation when they confirmed that I was going to make a
01:34box for King Charles.
01:36He'll probably spend a bit of time in the dark somewhere and then come out at the right
01:40time I hope, not just under the royal bed with all the other presents.
