Original casket with a secret

Each person is mysterious in his own way. And everyone, no doubt, has his secrets. For example, often many people for many years store all sorts of trinkets, reminiscent of significant events of life. If you belong to this category, you may need a casket with a secret. In souvenir shops, you can easily select the item you like, and then lock on the key for secure storage of "secret" trifles. But in ancient times such devices were not on sale. And so those who wished to hide from anybody a thing, invented different tricks. One of these useful things was a box with a secret, made from an ordinary book. Only its owner knew on what shelf and in what series of the huge library (which in those days was an obligatory tradition) is the guardian of the hidden secrets. This article will tell you how a casket with a secret is made with your own hands - from a book, and even in the form of a book.

Making a real cache. Method one

You will need any book you do not need, which differs from the rest with its monumental thickness. It is desirable that the workpiece has a reliable hard cover and a thick cover. So, let's begin. Place the book in front of you and open it on the front flyleaf. Prepare a thin wooden dowel in advance, which should have the same dimensions as the book. Put it under all the pages on top of the back cover. After this, apply a pencil on the first page of the outline of the hole. It can be either rectangular, round or oval. Naturally, the rectangle is much easier to cut. Yes, have patience: you have to cut out a hole in each page separately. Use for this purpose a special sharp cutter or clerical knife. Drawing along the marked lines, bend the finished pages with a niche inside. So gradually process everything to the bottom cover. An antique casket with a secret is ready. The imitation of this product can be a self-made device, the description of which is offered below.

The second way: a box with a secret using cardboard

This craft can very well become an original gift with a surprise. Taking this little thing, bandaged with a bow, the birthday boy is unlikely to immediately guess that a boring plain-looking volume from the collection of classical literature is an interesting and unusual cache. The cover of the old unnecessary book is used as the cover. Cut out and glue from the cardboard four rectangles (these will be the sides) and place them inside the workpiece, following the example of the previous box, forming an empty niche in the middle. You can pre-draw lines on the front side of the sideboards that simulate pages. Then tightly glue the inner frame to the bottom cover and the spine. Make a rope bookmark for originality. For sure the gift will become memorable!

Japanese casket with a secret

One of the ways to store secrets is the traditional things of some people. For example, the history of wooden Japanese boxes is rooted in the distant past. Open such a device made by hand, you can in several stages (sometimes there are more than a dozen). It all depends on the level of complexity. By sliding in a certain sequence of fragments and walls, decorated with ornaments and mosaic, there is a gradual unfolding of all the secret boxes of the box. The process somewhat resembles a children's puzzle - specks, only here everything is much more complicated.

The world is full of wonders and mysteries! Build your casket with a secret, let the mystery settle in your house!