Hey Jeff, I think that is great! I wish more than anything I could attend. Food Safes (or as we called them in Piedmont NC..Pie Safes) are something I found beautiful as furniture as a small boy. I am now 65, and when I was about 9 or 10, my Mom would take me to auctions in Forsyth, Stokes, Davidson and Davie Counties of NC; she would always bid on Pie Safes and never paid more than $ 5.00 for them. Some were bought for a dollar. Amazing how things change. They all are completely handmade and pegged and nailed. Several are poplar and pine, but most are walnut. Different variations. Some have drawers on top, or a drop single door on top or bottom. Some of our Safes are 5', but one is over 6'...it's a beauty! All the tin was intact on the Safes, except for one, and it has been redone with linen. I am hoping to finish one I've started with the possibility of display at the SAPFM Booth at WIA in September. We need some furniture on display in the booth, and the Food Safe is hopefully a candidate for portraying Backcountry NC Style. Many other styles of Period Furniture are also needed for display.
