Bowls-R-US

[Bruce Pratt]

Been doing a lot of bowls lately, some for consignment, the rest just because...
left - right:
1 & 2. 10 1/2 x 3; Ebonized Red Oak w/ AO finish
3. 9 x 3; Pear w/ WOP finish
4. 12 x 5; Hard Maple w/ Salad bowl finish
5. 7 x 2 1/2; Spalted Maple? w/ WOP
6. 14 x 6; Red Oak; pore-filled with Timbermate; stained with Transfast Extra Dark Walnut, finished with salad bowl finish
7. 12 x 5; Hard Maple w/ salad bowl finish

Both oak bowls came from the "small oak gloat" of 9/20
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Bruce Pratt

[Thom Sturgill]

Nice work. The pear is by far my favorite, followed by the spalted maple. Never turned pear or oak yet, but I would think oak is too open grained to give me a finish that I like.

[Baxter Smith]

Nice variety of woods and finishes! I like them all!

[Richard Madden]

I agree with Baxter, I like all of them.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow - real nice variety of work! Each bowl offers something totally different! Really like the ebonized bowl and the way it has warped!

[Jim Burr]

I love that maple...but the pear is working on me...Happy Thanksgiving!!

[Tony Pridmore]

Looking good! I really like the ebonized oak for its color and grain pattern.

-Tony

[Greg Ketell]

Those are all really nice! I think I like #6 best.

[John Keeton]

Nice batch!! Toss up between the pear and ebonized oak. I sure would have been tempted to using liming wax over that ebonized oak - just to see what the contrast would have done!;)

[Don Alexander]

nice bowls!!

Thom;
oak finishes really well , its one of the easiest woods I've turned to sand out scratch free , i use a bit of sand sealer on it for the open pore thing but thats it and it is easy to get a glass smooth surface on it

you also get some really cool grain patterns in oak which i tend to like alot

[gary Zimmel]

Nice looking herd of bowls Bruce.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great variety of wood and form. Really nicely done.

[bob svoboda]

All very nice. I am especially attracted to the spalted maple?, but then, I am a total fool for spalted wood.

[Bruce Pratt]

Thank all for your kind comments. The ebonized oak (1, 2) is a (Oneway)core-out from the larger oak bowls (like #6) I am doing.

John - I've not used liming wax - where in the process of ebonizing and finishing would it be applied? Is it essentially a white pore-filler?
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Bruce