Check out my Big Walnut Crotch

[Mike Stephens]

Same Deal. Turned green, dried and returned. Sanded to 600 grit and finished with Mahoneys Walnut oil. Bowl measures 10 1/2" x 2 5/8".

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I am grateful to have the support of 2 local arborist. Thanks Jeff and Derrick.

Mike

[Robert McGowen]

Great work Mike. I like the nice shallow form. It looks all ready to fill with fruit and put it out on the table.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Good looking bowl Mike! Love the form and color!

[John Keeton]

Mike, I like this one better, I think, than the ash. Really like the turned out lip/rim! Beautiful wood, too.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking bowl out of some nice walnut. Gotta love walnut.

[David E Keller]

That's beautiful. Nice rich color and a warm, soft finish.

[Roland Martin]

Great piece of walnut, nice form and rim detail.

[David Christopher]

Mike, I like your crotch...LOL... couldnt resist

that really is a beautiful bowl

[Doug W Swanson]

Hey Mike,

Your bowl looks great. It's simple but you added that nice little flair to the rim.

JMO,
Doug

[Donny Lawson]

I like the design.Turned out great.Keep'em commin.
Donny

[Brian Effinger]

Another beauty. I like really like the grain, colors and the form.

Another title to this thread might have been "Check out my big 10 inch" :D Now I'm going to have that Aerosmith song in my head all night.

[Dan Forman]

Nice looking bowl, but I'm wondering if you turned away a lot of the most dramatic figure? How did you orient the piece on the lathe? If you dished out the flat face, and chucked the bark side, you lost a lot of the figure which would have appeared at the bottom if you had done it the other way around.

I usually try to make plates or shallow bowls of crotch pieces, preserving the most dramatic grain, even though that usually means a smaller finished product, both in circumference and in depth. Just something to consider with the next one.

Dan