Walnut Platter

[John Altberg]

Walnut crotch platter, 9.25" X 1.5". Finished with tung oil and buffed with tripoli and Renaissance.

[Billy Tallant]

Great looking platter! Love that wood grain.

[brian watts]

very nice ...

[Tom Sherman]

Great wood John, and an excellent way to display that wood. Very nice.

[John Keeton]

Nice way to accent a beautiful piece of walnut!

[Dennis Ford]

Great wood and you did a fine job with it.

[Jeff Nicol]

John, The contrast in the wood is wonderful! I have not seen many with the sapwood through the crotch like that! You used the wood to it's best potential!

Great job,

Jeff

[John Hart]

Very pretty. A while back, I did a platter from a crotch and it ended up warping at the feather. I didn't let it dry enough. You're showing me what I coulda had!:o

I like the rim work too. Nice Job John.

[David E Keller]

Very pretty and the little detail lines are a nice touch.

[Michael James]

That is a beautiful chunk of walnut, and your finish method was PERFECT!, IMO. Detail clean and not distracting.

[Paul Douglass]

That platter would be hanging on my wall had I made it. Beautiful!!

[Bernie Weishapl]

The platter is a beauty as is the wood. Really nice grain.

[Steve Schlumpf]

John - very impressive platter! Pretty wood and I love the sense of motion the grain radiates! Reminds me of a comet!

Very nice work! Looking forward to seeing what you turn next!

[James Combs]

Beeeau-Tee-Full

[Paul Douglass]

The first thing I saw when I looked at that, and don't let this take away the beauty of it, was a big walrus looking at me through a porthole with one eye open, his snout pressed aginst the glass. He's almosr upside down. No I haven't been drinking.... much.:rolleyes:

[David E Keller]

The first thing I saw when I looked at that, and don't let this take away the beauty of it, was a big walrus looking at me through a porthole with one eye open, his snout pressed aginst the glass. No I haven't been drinking.... much.

Somebody forgot to put the lid back on their lacquer!:D

[Thom Sturgill]

Nice one. Good form and a really special piece of wood. Platters are one (more) thing I haven't tried yet, but are getting high on the TODO list. I'll have to see if that any of that cherry is wide enough....

[Jim Underwood]

Wow. Gotta love the colors of that Walnut. Nice job capturing the figure in this wood too.

I thought the walrus sighting was hilarious! Laughed right out loud and everything. :D

[gary Zimmel]

Nice piece of walnut that you have made into a beautiful platter John.

[bob svoboda]

Beautiful wood and a nice job with it.

[John Altberg]

Thanks, all, for your kind words. I have entered this platter in the AAW Forum contest that ends in a few days. BTW, all of the vitriol has FINALLY been shut down, there, so it seems safe to venture on over if you are so inclined!

[Paul Douglass]

"vitriol":confused: Oh my, I am out of my class for sure. Had to use Google definition search! I think it has all moved to the IAP forun for now!:(

[Curt Fuller]

Wow, that sure shows of some nice wood! A beautiful platter!

[Harvey Ghesser]

Pretty amazing piece of wood, John! And you did a real nice job of bringing out its beauty!

[Thomas Bennett]

You got my attention, and respect for this platter! Well done.