Hey /b/ my grandfather just died and going through his stuff

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thats a pretty generic one. heres mine

what's a finger box

>>743153988
faggot. obviously don't know the true monetary and sentimental value of OPs FB

>>743154023
kys newfag

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I've never really had a major interest in finger boxes but who knows, maybe this will start my passion for them just where my grandpa's ended

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>>743154067
Thanks anon, I'm sure my grandpa would appreciate your thoughts

>>743154161
do you know anything about it? did he pick it up during the war or something?

>>743153988
That's low tier as fuck. True fingerboxes are made of wood or other high quality materials. Plastic degrades the true value.

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>>743154228
I'm not sure, I never talked with him about finger boxes because I didn't know what they were but I think it's handmade because of the carvings on it, maybe that's what kept him busy and sane during nam

>>743154244
Have you tried the fingerboxes that have various felts n shit inside?

One of my friends's boxes interior consisted entirely of feathers. It felt like a dream. Made of plastic no less, not that I minded since my friend is notoriously cheap anyways.

I fuckin bought a fairly good priced cnc'd one. I fuckin lost it when I got caught for weed bc the cops thought it was some drug shit. I'm pretty bummed, but it's cool to see some og ones

>>743153988
>Plastic

AbsolutelyDisgusting.jpeg

>>743153988
Literally looks like trash.

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Rip grandpa anon
I love collecting finger boxes

>>743154366
shit man I'm glad he had something to keep his mental faculties in order during that shitstorm. funny enough my dad did the same thing. he said all he had over there was his m16, his sidearm and his fingerbox. thank God for them or we probably wouldn't be here my man.

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>>743154161
>>743154092
>Three Holes

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>>743154480
Thanks anon, I remember the first time my grandpa picked up a digital one, he looked so intrigued at first but he later picked up the old one again haha

>>743153830
Actually lost my girlfriend of 5 years over one of these. I used the thing so damn much that it literally tore us apart. The last time I used one was about 3 months ago but I moved house and it got lost in transit. I took this as a sign to give up the finger box life. Who knows maybe one day I'll go out and find a nice maple one but I can only guess that I'd just fall into a full time finger box addict again.
Also op, your grandpa had good taste, that's a nice finger box

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Plastic finger boxes are ruining the community. Get on my level.

>>743154722
It's hard to just fingerbox a little. Glad to hear you haven't given up on it though!

>>743154244
Seriously. I'm so FUCKING tired of these cheap ass "new age" finger boxes ruining the community.

>>743154828
That is a beautiful finger box anon, great details on it

>>743153830
Ooh, nice one anon, I wonder if it's got any inside padding? could tell us a bit about just how old it is.

i have a pic somewhere of a 6 holed one, an antique, that was said to have been made in Brazil....I dont get the 6 hole thing though, as one obvious only has 4 fingers and a thumb..ideas?
(ill see if i can dig up pic)

>>743154828
Meh. Sure its pretty, but it stretches the definition of "box" a bit too much for my taste.

>>743154828
damnnnnnnn

>>743154912
Thanks, anon. My father-in-law gave it to me last Christmas.

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What's your opinion on large boxes? Wasted space or more freedom?

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>>743153830
My grandpa was in the 101st and when they cleared out the Eagle Nest my grandpa found a case of Nazi finger boxes. We don't have them anymore though :/

>>743155204
It all boils down to taste. Personally I don't like large ones but I still buy cool looking ones that are made of rosewood or aluminum. But only for display.

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>>743154506
People don't understand the importance of finger boxes anymore... I sure didn't but now they remind me of my grandpa

>>743154828
shopped

>>743155321
DAMN SON how'd u let those get away???

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>>743154979
found it! would be a CLASSIC if it werent for that odd 6th hole. i just dont get it..maybe the maker had extra digits? idk

What do you do with a finger box

>>743155321
OMFG! would LOVVVE to have on of those!
did the finger boxes themselves have any Nazi markings?

>>743155559
you use it to lurk moar

>>743155485
My best guess would be that it's used with 3 fingers from each hand, excluding your pinky and your thumb, neat idea.

>>743155396
It isn't. It's handcarved by a tribe of woodcarvers.

look up "ifugao woodcarving village" if you don't believe me. They make decent fingerboxes. They charge you double if you're white though.

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>>743155321
That's amazing, my grandpa always said that the Japanese made the best finger boxes but you know what they say about German engineering, best in the world!

Anyone have a steel finger box? I kinda want to make one.

>>743155685
ohhhhh! makes perfect fucking sense! THANKS anon! i never even thought of that..i have never tried 2 handing... genius!

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>>743155768
That sounds practical for the endurance of steel but you'd lose the rich texture of wood

>>743155855
^^^EXACTLY...and the metal gives it a rather "cold touch", i find VERY impersonal. just my .02

>>743155855
It's true but I personally appreciate the feel and appearance of cold Steel and nice quality TIG welds

at this point and age everybody knows what a finger box is so stop trying to make it a thing again faggots

>>743156010
true that..i can definitely appreciate the look of the metal finger boxes, but my heart is with the older wooden boxes...like the ones my grandpa had.. i guess im just sentimental that way. :/

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>>743156140
You seem stressed anon, need one? I'll mail it to you

>>743156140
fuck off degenerate!...you nig nogs want to take away confederate flags and statues...AND NOW finger boxes? when you pry it from my cold dead hands! the youth of tomorrow WILL have finger boxes! btw..i have a finger box that was my great grandfather's...it was LITERALLY..made by a SLAVE!

same 10 pictures in every thread, not even believable anymore

So, why do we not make up something different? Are we really that unoriginal nowadays? Come on lets see the suggestions.

>>743156621
how about toe squares?

What are finger boxes?
And by that I mean originally.

What was the real purpose behind these?
>>743155485
>>743155365
>>743153830
They can't all be custom boxes made by anons for the meme.

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This is my grandfathers top plank, it is of high quality and very robust. Some day I hope to make one of my own.

>>743156745
or can they?

top kek, not having Japanese carbon fiber fingerbox

>>743156800
hahaha! BAdass top plank /b/ro!!!
havent seen on of those in forever!

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>>743156800
i have one of those i was wondering what it was pc related

>>743156947
i believe that's a birch, i could be wrong, but i have a strong inkering.

>>743156947
Nice, ill bet the birch gives it a nice resonance.
smooth too

>>743157005
yeah its made of birch wood real quality stuff bro that thing will last you a decades with proper care

Hope you all get cancer.

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Hey guys I luckily hopped on this thread before it was too late. So recently I noticed some rusting on the corners of my wooden planks. Any ideas how to fix it?
Pic related

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heres a primative top plank made of gaboon ebony. old stuff..i dont use it because im afraid of ruining it.

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Well I guess thread is dead, rip grandpa and his finger box

>>743157286
10% hydrogen peroxide will take the stains out, but be careful because it will bleach the wood, and can raise the grain. do the whole plank, not just the stains. then oil with yak oil when dry to protect.

what yall think I should get a dovetail, box joint or one made out of a solid piece

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>>743157666
pic related

>>743157666
dovetail is sweet, but really too time consuming..
personally i like the look of a box joint, and contrast of color from the end grain.

>>743157780
good point I could get a deep red stain in the end grain without too much work

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all this talk of fingers in boxes
Just sayin

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shit this was just starting to get good
>not really so I'm out

>>743154637
I wish I could afford one of these but they are hard to find

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How to quickly kill finger box threads: " what's a finger box"

>>743159138
haha. not true...
why da h8 mate?
there will always be newfags
>>743155559
they have a right to know about finger boxes , and their proper use.

>>743157780
Dovetail is visually calming as fuck. I out right now or I would show you mine. It enhances the boxes effect on me personally but we each have our own uses I guess.

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Here's an old one I found at a yard sale.

I lost mine 3 years ago :(
I think I'm gonna work with a friend to build a new one soon, he's not interested though but his dad has a collection

what the actual fuck is a fingerbox?

>>743160463
This

>>743160463
You put your finger in and it's impossible to pull out without tearing your flesh from the bone

>>743160496
What this guy said

>>743160463
Fucking noob

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Turkish men are black

>>743160463
and THERE you have it! PROOF that there is STILL a need to educate the future, about the past! nuff said...let the finger box threads live on!

>>743155321
NO NO NO FUCK
The ones the Nazis made where the fucking best how can you loose the Diamonds of Fingerboxes how is that possible you god damn fucking discrace

>>743160463
It's pretty self explanatory

>>743160548
turkish men are black?
Man i know atleast 6 Turks in my town that would kick the shit out of you if you called them black

ITS A DICK IN A BOX

>>743156140
This anon is right. Only 2 posts asking what's a fingerbox, likely from just 1 anon, and possibly just bait. This is as retarded as the "reply or your mother will die"

Sad.

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sorry to tell you but my Swiss Fingerboxes are far superior to anything you plebs have

they even have rail systems so you can build a track while fingering your fingerboxes

I'll bet anyone his gpa put his dick in there.

Someone spoon-feed me and tell what the fuck a finger box is?

>>743153830
aw man im so jealous, I lost my finger box last week

>>743160923
Its a Box where you put your finger in

its like a figdet spinner but it wont make you autistic or gay

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I just bought this one.

>>743160812
meh.
besides OP asked nicely if "can we have a finger box thread to honor my grandpa?"
this is a FINGER BOX MEMORIAL THREAD!
and if newfags want to learn along the way...why try to stop them from learning the nostalgia of finger boxes?
you must be a "pro top plank guy" anon...smh

>>743161250
those kids have no respect for true art

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>>743160812
oh, and here you go anon...pic of vintage walnut Top planks for ya...makes your dick drool a little bit doesnt it?

>>743161241
ohhh fucking LOVE this one! jelly..
even has a built in TINKER slot! nice fucking find mate!

What the FUCK is a fingerbox and why the FUCK would you buy one?

You people fuck boxes?

>>743162167
asstard!
its a F I N G E R box...not a FUCK box..
"words are hard" much?

>>743162517

You put your finger inside it...whoop de fucking do.

Doesn't take much to entertain you, retard.

>>743162633
newfag alert.

Doesn't know what fingerboxes are or why /b/ loves them.

>>743162809

That's nice.

Go fuck a glory hole and get aids, faggot.

>>743162942
her we go again anon.....
its a F I N G E R box...NOT a FUCK box.
has nothing to do with fucking or gloryholes.

Everyone in this topic is a goddamn autistic faggot, kill yourselves, the lot of you, this is the stupidest gayest most pointless faggot meme ever, I hate you all and wish death upon your entire families for not aborting you fucking retards, it wasn't funny or cool in like 2008 and it definitely isn't today, I sincerely hope every faggot in this topic is dead by tomorrow

>>743163037
sorry i missed that...say again please?

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My nice Clementi model 30. Pretty rare. Got it from an auction years ago

>>743163084
nice one!..question though...on that model the hole looks to be rather small...is the model 30 a "child version", or is it just an illusion because the finger box itself is really big?

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>>743153830
I just buyed this for my family but the plastic is not so good, but a wooden one for all the familu would cost me a fortune so at least i dont have to share the one i have.

>>743156745
>What are finger boxes?
>And by that I mean originally.
>What was the real purpose behind these?
some jap invented them in the sixties. you pllace some materials (nylon, wool, etc) in them and when someone puts their finger in them, they can guess what they're touching.
pretty cool idea, imo

>>743153830
whats a fingerbox

>>743153830

Wtf is a finger box, some autistic time waster?

>>743154023
i thought school started again, fuck off kid

>>743163271
It's actaully quite large, the whole purpose with the Clemeti models was to make them bigger, so it's jsut an illusion. The ''child versions'' would be the Hausmann model 3 and 5

>>743163672
It's nothing but something that faggots talk about they don't exist it's a gay ass meme move along

>>743163672
you mean like YOUR FUCKING FIDGET SPINNER? NO! not the same

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hai guisse

wots a fingir bochs?

>>743153830
LOL HAY DUDZ WAT R FANGER BAXES

Oh yes an opportunity to share my passion, I was born into the fingerbox lifestyle, I was only 2 weeks old when I first started to experiment with fingerboxes, since then fingerboxes have come and gone, I had an ivory one, I've had wood ones, ones made from the stitched flesh and anuses of unfortunate souls who dared to question my art of finger boxing, I even used a small child as a finger box once

>>743163672
Gtfo newfag

>>743164074
^^^^^ the best! i love you anon!

>>743160463
There's about 30 pictures of different versions of finger boxes in here and you still need to ask?

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>>743153830
This finger box is 6000 years old

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found this BEEYOOT on ebay, just waiting for the bidding to close so I can finally get my fingerboxes.

>>743164353
That's amazing.

>>743160463
FUCKING NEWFAG.

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>>743164353
And the opposite.....here's a brand new one that's only available to premium members.
I do get commission on every purchase that is linked by me so I'd appreciate it.
[email protected]
Mention this email when you made a bid. You can't just buy them you have to bid.

>>743153830
that is a pocket-pussy, your grampa had a small dick

You faggots can't even do the finger box thing correctly.

Your over doing it, you are supposed to make people believe it's real, but now you sound like a bunch of hyper kids getting in on a fantastic joke.

>What's a finger box?
>A box you put your finger in
>Why?
>Because it's a finger box

That's the whole joke.

You other faggots are going on about Nazi finger boxes and all kinds of gay shit that makes it sound as dumb as it is and completely ruins the joke.

Fuck you new faggot scum.

>>743164891
meme police

>>743153830
I've got a fingerbox made of Siberian wood, what's yours made of ?

>>743164891
Well now you fucked the whole thing up by basically giving the newfags a history fucking 101 on fingerboxing, you can't tell me how to live my life Frederick, you will never be my dad! Just because your left toe is at a slight angle does not mean you and your son get first pick of my virgins, you would have understood that if you read the damn booklet you piece of shit, lurkmoar faggot

>>743164891
they're real>>743155743
some jap artist called ay-o made them
but yes, it is a meme also

>>743165277
Truth 100% I had the same problem in kindergarten, just put some vaporub on it every night before bed and make sure you sleep at least 3, no less, always three. ThReE

Finger boxes are essential to quantum mechanics, it is only in recent years that I have come to fully appreciate this, fingerboxes are actually a sort of entrance, if you will, to past timelines, once your finger is in the box (fingahboxxed to all you cool kids with your slangs and what not) it is actually transported to bieng inside a finger box in a past time, this is due to the astroprolifical waves recurving of the cerebelebelum cortex in the brain of a naked mole rat somewhere in Atlanta, his name is josh and he's an alright guy but his current girl has got him pretty whipped, she controls him, he is the past, whoever controls the past controls the universe
Mfw some slut of a mole rat named Jodie is the ruler of the universe

My great grandfather dated a Japanese woman in the 50's who worked for a place that manufactured them, he had an amazing collection of matsuhashi fingerboxes made of rare Japanese cypress, I got to see them one time before he passed, I have no idea what happened to them but I'd love to have them

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>>743153830
This is my personal favorite. Made for very thin fingers though

>>743154023
Summer is here

>>743165444
>>threes
You got trips, I don't even know man, I think he's on to something

>>743154023
Also newfag here. Don't worry it just /b/ usual autistic behavior got itch again. Basically Fingerbox is an item fad that began on 4chan’s /b/ board sometime in the summer of 2010.

The fad involves someone posting a picture of a Fingerbox with a seemingly genuine question or remark, followed by other users acting as if they not only all know what the OP is referring to, but have owned one since childhood.

The common discussion points are the number of holes, the materials the box is made of, and different custom boxes and their merits.

Inevitably a user finally asks what a Fingerbox is, at which point they will promptly be laughed at and called a Newfag.

Sauce:knowyourmeme

>>743153830

>Inevitably a user finally asks what a Fingerbox is, at which point they will promptly be laughed at and called a Newfag.
UNLESS some fucktard HAS TO WHITE KNIGHT>>743166002