Interior Continued

On the left is the foam I'll be using, which is 1/8" thick and on the right is my cardboard. As you can see I've sprayed glue on them, then you wait at least five minutes and stick them together.
 

This is a two-step process: first you glue the velvet on while it's a rectangular shape, which is the easier part. Next you need to cut the excess off and then cut and notch it like you see below. Now it's ready for more glue to stick everything to the cardboard.
 

The trick here is not cutting too far on the backside, otherwise you'll see it on the front side. I've done a lot of this while doing the interior on my 33 Ford Coupe, which brought back some good memories.
 

I don't know if Tony wants to lay the display on it's back or on it's side (never got that info) so I made it so he can use it either way. If he wants to place the case on it's side, then he won't want the knives to fall over so there needs to be a way to prevent that. What I came up with is to cut some notches in the dividers, unique for each knife. This way they will stay in place without sliding around. 

I plan on putting the largest knife at the top (what you see below) and figure out exactly where each notch or cut needs to be (arrows). This was easy because nothing is glued yet so I can take each divider out, machine it and then check my progress.
 

I plan on putting a small paddle lock on this display case but nothing too large. I did some searching and found a lock that should work pretty good. But I'm pretty sure I won't be able to find a latch or hasp that would fit my application, so I'll make my own.

What you see below is an old piece of brass that I've had for years. I figure this should work great for one of the pieces that I'll need.