[GB] Handcrafted "Sunken" Honduran Mahogany Wristrests (COMPLETED)

[trayke]

Also looking forward to the scent now

Psst check your PMs

[limitz]

Also looking forward to the scent now

Ha me too. An unexpected bonus. I'm going to be sniffing that thing like the strawberry scented market my 1st grade teacher took from me.

[WOMBO]

Hey trayke, is there any way to smoothen out any very shallow scratches? Wasn't paying attention and very lightly scratched the coating I think.

[trayke]

Hey trayke, is there any way to smoothen out any very shallow scratches? Wasn't paying attention and very lightly scratched the coating I think.

Already? You're not supposed to go scratching it so soon. That's something that's supposed to happen over years until it has that beautiful worn and weathered look!

Send me a photo and I can advise. If it's shallow you may be able to scuff it out with some steel wool.

[tofgerl]

I don't understand, why would you take it out of the specially lit display case?  )

[trayke]

I just dropped 7 more wrests in the mailbox and emailed those that have theirs on the way.

My goal is to have all finished wrests mailed by the end of the week.  There were 2 wrests that I have decided to redo the finish on. It just wasn't good enough.  Unfortunately those 2 will take another week to complete and mail. My apologies.

[WOMBO]

Hey trayke, is there any way to smoothen out any very shallow scratches? Wasn't paying attention and very lightly scratched the coating I think.

Already? You're not supposed to go scratching it so soon. That's something that's supposed to happen over years until it has that beautiful worn and weathered look!

Send me a photo and I can advise. If it's shallow you may be able to scuff it out with some steel wool.

Haha, sorry. It's super, super shallow - like, honestly, it's very difficult to capture on camera. It's practically nothing, and I'm 99% sure it's only in the finish.

[airs]

Trayke how are my two wrests coming along?

[trayke]

Trayke how are my two wrests coming along?

Yours should go out in the mail today.

[airs]

Trayke how are my two wrests coming along?

Yours should go out in the mail today.

Great! No rush - I know quality work takes time

[trayke]

Great! No rush - I know quality work takes time

Ha!  Sometimes I think boxing and logistics takes even more time!  Ugh so much cardboard.

[trayke]

Haha, sorry. It's super, super shallow - like, honestly, it's very difficult to capture on camera. It's practically nothing, and I'm 99% sure it's only in the finish.

You could use a piece of steel wool or a piece of 400 or 600 grit wet dry sandpaper.  If It were me I'd use the wet dry sandpaper and dip it in some water and dish soap.  While polyurethane varnish is quite tough, it will scratch so don't get toooo wild and crazy with it.

[Rathmourn]

Extremely excited to open mine! Should be here on Friday.

[ryan92084]

Mine is also expected Friday.  If my wife doesn't go into labor I'll try to get some pics up.

[trayke]

Mine is also expected Friday.  If my wife doesn't go into labor I'll try to get some pics up.

Oh come now. Where's the dedication? We want photos of the wrest with your wife in the background laboring!

[tofgerl]

Wow, I did not expect this extra feature: The wrests apparently have faster-than-light travelling capabilities!

https://cl.ly/1i1A3N2o3A0V

[Bromono]

Wow, I did not expect this extra feature: The wrests apparently have faster-than-light travelling capabilities!

https://cl.ly/1i1A3N2o3A0V

lmao that is awesome

[trayke]

Wow, I did not expect this extra feature: The wrests apparently have faster-than-light travelling capabilities!

https://cl.ly/1i1A3N2o3A0V

I'm not even sure what to say to this! LOL

[MandrewDavis]

Mine arrived today, its just lovely how the grains of the numpad and the 60% portion flow together 

[limitz]

Mine arrived today, will have to get pictures later, but not sure I can do it justice.

The rest looks almost completely different depending on if viewed from the left, or right. Almost like one side is a negative of the other. Very interesting effect.

[tofgerl]

Tonight the wrests have been to Cologne and Malmo, although that might actually have some link to reality

[airs]

It is gorgeous and smells incredible - thank you Trayke! A bit of wobble, but not too bad. Going to try and find something thin to put under one of the corners now

[tofgerl]

And my wrest is supposedly back in Miami... I am beginning to have serious doubts about USPS' tracking systems :|

[trayke]

Alright, I'm not going to lie. I had absolutely no idea that the smell would end up being one of the things people liked the most!

[trayke]

if anyone is interested, I have a 60% rest that someone chose not to follow-through on.  Send me a PM or post here. Thanks!

[Rathmourn]

Received mine yesterday as well. AWESOME work and craftsmanship. Thanks!

[Rathmourn]

I'm not the world's best photographer, but here ya go! Smell is wonderful as well!

http://imgur.com/6Bv7Bd4

http://imgur.com/zbndgBu

[trayke]

As of this morning, all Wrests have been shipped!  Thank you everyone, this has been a very fun experience. I hope the wrests add that special extra something to your beautiful battle stations.

If you have not received any shipping information from PayPal or communication from me, please reach out to me ASAP.

[tofgerl]

I received mine today, despite the shipping info site being a little less... helpful
Confusion by to***erl, on Flickr

Anyways, they look better than I even hoped, and while I agree that the scent is nice, it also has quite a bit of finish in it. You guys might just be high

Anyways, thanks a lot, I love them, and when the glue is dry I can start putting new magnets on all my keyboards

[trayke]

Total relief you finally got it.  I was a little worried when the shipping site started going wonky. I can't wait to see how the magnets turn out!

[Bromono]

Got mine last week as well. Waiting for some keys for my keyboard before I take beauty shots.

[tofgerl]

Total relief you finally got it.  I was a little worried when the shipping site started going wonky. I can't wait to see how the magnets turn out!

Yeah, I think the Norwegian Post site had the right info all along, while the USPS site just had some incorrect info coming in.

[trayke]

Somewhere along the lines I got my wires crossed and may have sent an extra wrist rest to someone. Or possibly sent someone the wrong rest.  If you received a wrist rest with rounded corners in the front, please let me know. If only so I know I'm not losing my mind and didn't imagine fulfilling that special request. It's a TKL.

[tofgerl]

I saw this on Massdrop, and I just... laughed out loud
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/hardwood-wrist-rests
I know there is some way to make the link work for those of you without accounts there, but I don't know how.

[limitz]

I saw this on Massdrop, and I just... laughed out loud
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/hardwood-wrist-rests
I know there is some way to make the link work for those of you without accounts there, but I don't know how.

Like so:

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/hardwood-wrist-rests?mode=guest_open

And I know, it's hard to compare any of the Royal Glam or Battlestations.io rests to this one.

[frostylove]

I saw this on Massdrop, and I just... laughed out loud
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/hardwood-wrist-rests
I know there is some way to make the link work for those of you without accounts there, but I don't know how.

Like so:

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/hardwood-wrist-rests?mode=guest_open

And I know, the it's hard to compare any of the Royal Glam or Battlestations.io rests to this one.

Anyone noticed that the length doesn't even match... 

[Capmerica]

My babies


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[HungryPillow]

Received mine a while ago and finally had a chance to use it, it's beautiful and very well made (I'm in the minority and don't like the smell though haha). Thank you for the group buy, I think this may be the fastest and smoothest one I've joined here on GH!

[spanyam]

Trayke, I just wanna drop in and say thank you for an incredible product and one of the fastest group buys I have ever seen. Here are some glory shots (I had to put giant feet under the wrist rest to suit my angle; it's not actually magically floating):

[MandrewDavis]

I forgot to post this from a while back. I ordered a few sheets of these adhesive non-slip pads for an another project, but it works great to stop the wobble that was occurring with the wristrest. Uses real 3M adhesive too

[tofgerl]

Heh, I think I spent a week switching out bumbers, but in the end I did it with the included pack.

[spanyam]

I found the rest to be too low, so I ended up going with giganto stick-on furniture feet that are about 2/5 of an inch tall. Perfect height now, and looking gorgeous.

[dubious]

resurrecting this post... sry

any chance of a round 2 though? hard to find mahogany wrist rests!

[tofgerl]

I would be in! Love my wrests, but I think I need at least one TKL or 60+numpad