Ash Bowl

[Baxter Smith]

This bowl was turned to finish last spring. I didn’t get around to sanding and finishing until early this month. It will be heading back to Maine as a thank you to my cousin for letting me pickthrough his firewood pile.

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15 ½ x 4 ½ x 5/16 except at the rim.
Finished with Walnut Oil.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

[Thomas Canfield]

That will hold a lot of salad. The little warpage adds character, and the endgrain almost looks like ridges and not growth rings.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

I love the looks of that wood Baxter, sure didn't grow very fast either but very steady year after year, that is a nice bowl, I'd be proud to have turned it, thanks for showing

[Roger Chandler]

Your cuz is gonna love it, Baxter.......thanks for showing it at our meeting last week also!

[Doug Herzberg]

That has everything going for it, Baxter. Nice curve, rim and foot, grain nicely aligned, and it's going home.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice bowl and gesture. I really like the grain of this wood and the nice form of the bowl.

[Richard Jones]

Great character, in both grain and shape. Also like the foot. Too many flat-bottomed bowls out there, glad you gave it some lift.

[Baxter Smith]

Thanks for commenting, I appreciate it!

Your cuz is gonna love it, .......

Not sure about that Roger, though I think he will remember the tree it came from.
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That has everything going for it, Baxter. Nice curve, rim and foot, grain nicely aligned, and it's going home.

Thanks Doug. The tree grew on a stonewall behind his house. He is a dairy farmer but cuts a fair amount of wood in the winter. The best hardwood logs get sold for lumber and the rest becomes firewood. The insulators kept the lower 2 feet of the log from going to the mill. If the checking from both ends hadn't been so bad by the time I hauled it off the pile, it could have been a good bit bigger.

[Prashun Patel]

Hi Baxter.
Really pretty wood. Sure you don't want to keep this one???

[mike ash]

Nice bowl Baxter. I like the form and especially the wood!!!

Mike Ash

[Baxter Smith]

Hi Baxter.
Really pretty wood. Sure you don't want to keep this one???

Thanks Prashun. This was the next to the largest out of a set of four. The other side of the log I cored into a set of three. Still have a few left to choose from! And he will be cutting more wood this winter.

Nice bowl Baxter. I like the form and especially the wood!!!


Mike Ash

Thanks Mike. The extra color was nice, along with it being "Ash" of course.

[Steve Schlumpf]

That is one pretty bowl Baxter! Love the grain and the rich color! You going to include the insulators with the bowl? Your cousin is going to love this!!

[Baxter Smith]

........ You going to include the insulators with the bowl? .......

Steve, he did say he wanted them back! The half that these insulators were on I cored to be returned. The largest outer bowl on that half does have some grey staining from the nails that I hope to be able to preserve. Would liked to have given him that one but don't want to wait another year. Maybe he will just get two.