Custom Humidors

Gorgeous Wood Humidors – Michael Dixon

| Alice Dixon
Wood Humidors

So Many Beautiful Woods to Choose From We are often asked by our customers, especially the ones who are having a hard time choosing a wood for their future custom humidor purchase, “What are the most popular woods that you sell?” Well, truthfully, the answer is that there are no ”most popular” woods because they are all popular and beautiful in their own special way. We don’t sell more of one type of wood than another. For instance each wood grain is distinctive whether it be pommele, curly, mottled, beeswing, lightning bolt, or quilted. There are also a variety of color combinations; Brazilian Rosewood – brick red to orange with black streaks, Indian Rosewood – dark purple and black streaks, Macassar Ebony – black with cream streaks, Curly Koa – light tan with brown to yellow streaks, and on and on it goes. So our potential customers have many choices…

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Why I started making handcrafted and custom made cigar humidors

| Alice Dixon
Michael Dixon Cigar Humidors

September 7, 2016 I was making wooden products for the home and office in the seventies, eighties and into the mid nineties. I participated in 30 to 40 art and craft shows a year. I traveled extensively throughout the East, from Boston to Miami and as far west as Kansas City and Madison, Wisconsin. Most of these events were weekend shows. So I was traveling and doing shows 4 or 5 days a week throughout the year. We made kitchen items such as a full line of laminated cutting boards, salt and pepper shakers, rolling pins, butcher block tables, etc. Probably 30 or 40 items. Then in the mid eighties we added a desk accessory line as well. So now I was carrying over fifty multiple items to each show and had about 15 employees helping me make several runs at a time. In the late eighties we added a…

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Custom Humidors

Custom Humidors from the studio of Michael Dixon Humidors

| Alice Dixon
Superman Custom Humidor

August 19, 2016 A desktop custom humidor is one that is made for a customer who specified his or her choices of woods, finishes and other options.   Our custom, handcrafted humidors however, stay within the parameters of the Michael Dixon Humidor line.  Each model in our line is a particular size and that size won’t vary.  Other choices include types of wood, trims, marquetry inlays from those we stock, and finishes.  We can include branding a logo, adding a decorative picture or logo such as the Superman  S logo shown in the photo.

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