There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I could have used pick-and-pluck foam, but that stuff tends to degrade over time, and I'd rather not have to clean depolymerized goo/dust out of the knives. Also, it was kinda expensive to get a chunk of it big enough for my purposes.
In retrospect, it would have been less of a PITA to just buy a Pelican case of similar dimensions; probably cheaper too (I used jatoba and maple - not the cheapest woods - plus it took ages to finish). This is one of those situations where you start off thinking you're saving money, but in the end you find you've paid for it (or more) somehow or other.
However, ain't no Pelican looks this purty, if I do say so myself...
I also stuck a couple large silica packets in two of the middle holes to keep things dry.