Yes, this bowl is simply nice. Most everybody says hackberry is nice
looking, and it certainly is. Look at
the natural dark and light colors it has.
Add the spalting lines and you really have a bowl worthy of sitting on
your table. Use it as a serving bowl for
veggies or as a display bowl for fruits and nuts. And don’t forget it would be great for
popcorn! Lest we forget the good tasting
popcorn. This is the first bowl from a
new batch of hackberry logs that I just acquired. This bowl is 9 ¾” in diameter, 3” high, and 2
¼” deep. The volume came to measuring
about ½ gallon. The wood was sealed with
food grade walnut oil. It was then finished
with a walnut oil/shellac mixture. This
gives the bowl a nice hard long lasting natural finish. The lip starts at 1/8” and then the sides
taper down to the center. The bowl
weighs in at a nice 1 ½ pounds.
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Love the colouration, pattern and the spalting makes this bowl look really classy ( artistic name for beautiful ). Lovely shape and size. Nicely turned and finished Dave. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Les! Was in my log acquisition mode the other day and brought in some of this hackberry. Not a lot but enough to get some bowls and such out of it. I like it a lot, and fairly easy to work with. Take care, my friend!
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