Bill, I'm using this mid-19th century shaving box as a jumping off point for my
late 18th century shaving box.  You can see that the dividers are quite thin,
and every intersection is a V groove.  Looking at the joints in this box, I
would say the grooves are cut by a chisel, and the mating ends of the dividers
by a chisel or knife.  Neither are perfect.

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Cheers,
John

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