You know what I’m thinking? I’m thinking it’s been three whole days since I posted about a wooden iPhone case. And since the last one before that was maybe at the beginning of last week, I’m thinking it’s about time for another one. So here it is: The Colors Handcarved Wood iPhone 5 Case.
This week’s (or today’s) wooden case is a beautifully sculpted number that is either a rough-hewn masterpiece or a dead ringer for your clumsy kid’s first school shop project. It’s the Colors case, and it comes in a variety of woods, all of which have been hand-carved by, uh, people with tools.
What I like the most is the way the volume and mute switches are set so deep into the case that you would need to either grow your nails to reach them, or travel with a small, thin-fingered child (or monkey) at all times to do it for you.
Actually, what I really like most is the $260 price tag. Not bad for a piece of hollowed-out driftwood, right?
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3 responses to “Hand-Sculpted Cherrywood iPhone Case: Guess The (Absurd) Price”
$260 for handcrafted cases? A definite pass. I can hire a carpenter to make it a heck of a lot cheaper. Maybe $260 for 12 of those, but one?
For $260 this case better have been chiseled by Jesus.
Before you go calling the price absurd, maybe you want to try making one yourself, with a flat head Japanese knife? As someone who has done a significant amount of woodworking and carving I can guarantee you that each case probably took someone several hours to make and that in the process they probably had to throw away one or two cases because they broke. So yeah, it’s expensive. But if you don’t want to spend the money, you can go ahead and buy another cheap Chinese case.
I do think it’s pretty ugly though….