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Hourglass - The selection of hourglasses in our collection includes a variety of standard running times from 30 seconds up to 4 hours as well as custom filled.

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The hourglass cases are handmade in the U.S.A. by Tom Young using domestic and exotic solid hardwoods that he selects personally.

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He absolutely loved it! I love it. I saved some sand for myself as well as sand from other trips. I will be in touch. Thank you!
Kimberly

Dear Tom,
At about 3:30 PM today the hourglass was delivered in The Netherlands. It came in perfect condition and is very beautiful. As you had said several weeks ago, we would make the 4th, and we have.
Thanks again,
Michael

Hi Tom
Just a quick note to let you know that my hourglass order arrived safely here in New Zealand yesterday. Many thanks for the prompt correspondence and fantastic service. Also the diligent packaging to ensure safe delivery was most appreciated.
Thanks again
Bepen

Hi Tom,
Just letting you know that I received the hourglass today. Thank you ever so much. It is perfect!
Julie

This handcrafted hardwood case was designed and made
in the USA by Tom Young. The colors that you see are
natural to the individual woods. The darker wood is
Padauk. The lighter colored wood is Cherry. The 28 inch
tall hourglass case is hand finished with a clear sealer and
polished to bring out the beauty of the wood and holds

glass running approximately 4 hours.

Why call it an hourglass?

Hourglass is the term commonly used to describe a sand
timer, a sand clock, a sand glass and even an egg timer.

Although they are called hourglasses, the amount of
time that it takes for the sand to run from one bulb to
the other through the neck or orifice of an hourglass
is not necessarily exactly one hour. The running times
of our standard hourglasses start at 30 seconds and go
up to 4 hours. In addition to that we do custom
running times by special order.

There is an hourglass in Japan said to be the world's
largest. It is located in the Nima Sand Museum and it
runs for an entire year. It is called an hourglass, a one
year sand clock as well as a sand calendar and contains
one ton of sand.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The collection of hourglasses designed and handmade by Tom Young includes hand polished natural solid hardwood cases - walnut, cherry, maple, padauk and others - as short as 3" and as tall as 28".

Unmounted hourglass in the full range of standard running times is available for your special project. A wide selection of empty hourglass that you can fill yourself or you may send your sand to Tom to have the empty hourglass custom filled and calibrated.

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Tom,
The hourglass arrived and is beautiful. Thank you so much for accommodating our time frame. We look forward to using the hourglass at our training session this Friday. It's nice to have a source should we need anything further.
Sue Wright
Church Administrator

Good morning Tom,
I just wanted to let you know that Diane was presented with the hourglass last Friday at a luncheon we had for her.
It was absolutely beautiful! Diane loved the hourglass and the laser engraving really made it special she kind of choked up when she read it.
Thank you very much for your suggestions as the hourglass came out just perfect. If I ever need another one as a gift I certainly will be in touch.
Thanks,
Sue

Tom,
I can't thank you enough. The
hourglass arrived right on schedule and was beautiful. I loved it. He loved it.
Thank you for making it a perfect experience.
Loretta