Ohana Custom Shop: Surfboard Bottle Opener

Waste not, want not! These bottle openers are made from pieces of solid wood left over from cutting the wood used to build our OCS custom ukuleles. The pieces are carefully chosen and arranged to bring out the artistic personality in this functional tool. 

Process
These sustainable openers are made from off-cuts of the ukulele-making process, including necks, fretboards, and various body parts.  This ensures hardly any wood at the shop goes to waste, and that the bottle openers are made of the finest materials in the shop, which would otherwise not be used in such a product.  

The process is time- and labor-intensive: first, all the off-cuts are accumulated, then each is drum-sanded individually so they all have flat glue surfaces.  Pieces are hand-picked and arranged in various patterns, glued together into a blank, then further drum-sanded and hand-sanded, and laser-engraved on both sides with a logo and design made in-house. Finally, a few coats of paint are sprayed, and the metal opener is added to complete the build.  

NOTE: Each unit produced will vary somewhat in the woods used and the resulting visual pattern.