Our Work

Real pieces. Personal details. Stories worth keeping. Explore a few examples of work made at Old Goat Custom Woods, from service keepsakes to custom recognition pieces.

These completed projects are inspiration for your own piece. Wood, engraving, artwork, and layout can vary with each build.

Custom builds & command boards

Original NAS Jacksonville K-9 Unit wooden command board with framed team-photo spaces

A command board for the team

A custom board bringing unit identity and team photo spaces together.

Custom SAR retirement display with carved wings, helmet, crossed paddles, and medals

A SAR story in wood

Carved wings, a helmet, and crossed paddles create a display with its own identity.

Open custom wooden sea chest with sword storage in the lid and a flag and medal display

A sea chest built around a career

Sword storage, a keepsake display, and personal details inside and out.

Custom Navy shadowbox with crossed paddles, an anchor, and service keepsakes

Crossed-paddle shadowbox

An anchor, crossed paddles, and service keepsakes brought together in one custom piece.

Custom star-shaped wooden shadowbox with carved stars, flag, medals, and service keepsakes

A shadowbox with its own shape

A custom frame built around the keepsakes and details of a military career.

Personalized wooden sea chest with a curved glass display top, carved Navy anchors, and a hat compartment

A curved display sea chest

A curved display top, carved anchors, and storage for treasured keepsakes.

Oval wooden Navy service display with carved chain frame, anchor, ribbons, and insignia

An oval display with carved chain

A carved chain frame and Navy anchor surround personal service keepsakes.

Shadowboxes & keepsakes

Flag-backed Navy shadowbox with carved wings, crossed paddles, and original service keepsakes

An aviation career on display

Carved wings and paddles framed alongside personal service keepsakes.

Three wooden retirement shadowboxes displaying flags, medals, patches, and Navy insignia

A career’s story

Personal layouts for flags, medals, patches, and the details that tell each story.

Octagonal wooden Navy shadowbox displaying a flag, medals, insignia, and ropework

An octagonal service display

A distinctive frame brings flags, medals, insignia, and ropework together.

Large wooden shadowbox displaying Navy uniforms, rank insignia, flags, and service details

Uniforms and a lifetime of service

A display designed around uniforms and the keepsakes of a military career.

Wooden Navy coin rack and personalized flag and medal shadowbox shown side by side

Displays made personal

A Navy coin rack and a personalized flag and medal display.

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Coin racks

Wooden American flag coin rack with the original challenge coins

A flag-inspired coin rack

Room for a growing challenge coin collection.

Explore custom coin racks →

Awards & service recognition

Original carved wooden Jacksonville Police sheriff lieutenant badge

Recognition for law enforcement

A carved wooden badge made for a personal service milestone.

Explore Awards & Plaques →

Farewell & recognition

Finished custom rank mallet with engraved crow head, wrapped handle, and pommel

A personalized rank mallet

Engraving, a wrapped handle, and a pommel bring the details together.

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Chief Season at Old Goat

Chief Selects can participate in building their own vessels in our workshop. The time in the shop and the personal details both become part of the story.

Matt in the Old Goat Custom Woods workshop with the vessels from this past Chief Season
Matt with the vessels from this past Chief Season.
Completed Chief Season vessel with personalized Navy Chief engraving and contrasting wood frame

Made personal

A completed vessel with its own name, engraving, wood, and details.

Chief Petty Officer Creed engraved on a wooden vessel panel

The meaning in the details

Chief Petty Officer Creed engraving on a vessel panel.

Explore the Chief Season experience →

Have a piece in mind?

Tell us about the person, occasion, and details you want to include. We’ll talk through your ideas and the options for your project.

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