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Very good design. The box is an excellent addition.

Too funny. I actually want to move back to Iowa, after a few years in the high desert. You do summarize the seasons pretty well.

Is red oak what they built barrels from, or was that white oak?
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The OP is in Jersey City, and I moved to Colorado from Iowa, so I can still remember humidity. Actually, it's so dry here on the western slope that my paddle strop is cupped from drying out.

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Look for the swiveling clasps by the rope or wire rope sections. I'm thinking of the type you'd put at the end of a leash.

That is damn clever! Great thinking.

Did you varnish or otherwise seal the wood? The side against the door will experience different humidity than the side with the leather on it, and they may cup...