Little gloat with an ash crotch bowl.

[philip labre]

My wife decided to surprise me for my birthday with new bowl gouge, the Ellsworth signature from Crown. Spent most of yesterday getting materials and setting up a jig to sharpen it but today I gave it a good test and am quite happy with her choice. This ash crotch bowl is one of the things I got finished today. Had a couple of good sized checks I needed to CA. Size is 14.5" x 3.5" x 3/4" finished with walnut oil and beeswax. Comments and advice are welcome.
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[John Keeton]

Philip, that is a wonderful looking bowl - great centering on the grain, and that feather is fantastic!! Nice rim detail, as well. No advice needed as far as I am concerned!

Oh yeah, congrats on the gouge. I was so stricken with the bowl, I forgot!

[Baxter Smith]

Congratulations on the gouge. It must have worked well. Great looking bowl. I would hate to put anything in it and cover up that grain!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Phil - great looking bowl! Congrats on your new gouge! Obviously it works well!

[charlie knighton]

nice gloat with new gouge, where did she get the hint????

very nice bowl

[Jon Nuckles]

Really nice job with the grain. Either you wife must be a turner or you leave catalogs around with the pages turned down and items circled. OR she's checking your internet history.:eek:

[Mark Hubl]

Nice score on the gouge, it is my favorite. From the looks of the bowl, I would say it works pretty well. Lovely wood.

[David E Keller]

That's a sweet looking bowl... I'm sure the gouge is nice, but that bowl is really something.

[Thomas Canfield]

Nice looking bowl. That is quite a grain pattern. The bowl gouge is one of my favorites and one I go to most.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a sweet bowl. Congrats on the gouge.

[Mark Cothren]

That's as cool a bowl as I've ever seen - great wood and some nice turning.

[Dan Forman]

Beautiful bowl, and congrat's on the new tool. It's hard to find a suitable crotch to get that large a bowl from.

Dan

[Keith E Byrd]

great bowl -great find on the wood - great work. And I assume the gouge is great too!

[Michelle Rich]

I love that gouge..it is a winner. the bowl is just gorgeous. The wood sure makes it a stunner. i like that you just turned it real simply to show off 'ol mom nature's skill!

[gary Zimmel]

That chunk of wood sure gives this bowl a wow factor. Nice job Philip and congrats on the new gouge..