First pierced piece.

[Toney Robertson]

Not nearly as delicate as Mr. Hackler's wonderful cricket cage but my first attempt at piercing.

Spalted maple and walnut, 11" x 3" to the top of the knob, WOP and lightly buffed.

I thought I would try a knob for this piece instead of a finial, just for something different. Since the lid weighed virtually nothing, I hollowed out the knob stem and filled it with lead, just to give it a little more weight.

All comments welcomed.

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Toney

[Scott Hackler]

Toney, dont sell yourself short. This is really cool! I love the way the knob compliments the piercing pattern. Really good work!

[John Keeton]

Very nicely executed and a great design, Toney!! I like the manner in which you have carried the pentagon pattern into the knob - and, a very delicate looking piece overall with great contrast.

[David E Keller]

Very cool, but it's sad to see another Creeker has gone cross-eyed from piercing.:eek::D

Love the repetition of the star motif.

[Steve Campbell]

You guys are going to get me to try this someday. I love what you did with knob. You must have looked long and hard for that beautiful wood.

Steve

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Toney..I'd say you parked that ball. Gorgeous form....wood combinations....I really like the knob form....everything about it is great IMHO.

[Ted Calver]

Very nice Toney! So, having done one....do you feel a calling to do more? It looks like a test of patience.

[Sid Matheny]

Now I like that a lot!!! Great job all the way on that one.

Sid

[Jeff Nicol]

Toney, That has it all going for it, contrast, wood complents, cool knob, spalting and the form has an oriental flare to it that brings it all together!

Very nice,

Jeff

[David DeCristoforo]

I really like the way the piercing creates the arcs of the pentagram. The handle really punctuates it. Very nice work!

[Jim Burr]

That is cool Toney!! Great contrast and detail!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice wood combo and really like the form. The handle works well. Well done Toney.

[Steve Schlumpf]

This is very nice Toney! I like the random pattern of the holes and how they all come together to present a star pattern! As the others have already mentioned - great idea to carry that star into the knob! I also like how the grain in the knob matches the grain in the lid! It's the little things that make for a presentation!

The spalted Maple is quite pretty on it's own but I find the two woods make for a great color combination!

Very nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[Dick Wilson]

Very cool, but it's sad to see another Creeker has gone cross-eyed from piercing.:eek::D

Love the repetition of the star motif.

It's not sad....it's great. I don't want to be the only cross-eyed Creeker here;);)

[Dick Wilson]

Very cool, but it's sad to see another Creeker has gone cross-eyed from piercing.:eek::D

Love the repetition of the star motif.

It's not sad....it's great. I don't want to be the only cross-eyed Creeker here;);)

Tony, Very nice work. Everything goes well together. Keep it up!

[charlie knighton]

very nice, 1st try and you hit it out of ballpark, thanks for sharing

[Tim Rinehart]

Great job on this Toney...as said, nothing here to sell yourself short on. Beautiful wood, great job of carrying design element thru the piece. A winner!
Makes me think it would be a really nice way to hold potpourri.

[Toney Robertson]

Thank you gents for the nice comments.

"You must have looked long and hard for that beautiful wood.

Steve"

It is lovely wood but fortunately Steve I have plenty of it. The following is not all as heavily spalted but a lot is. Wood addiction is a terrible affliction!!!

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I will probably do another one Ted. I am like others here, I worked some and then go do something else. Not only is it tiring but I am too ADD to sit that long!!!

Toney

[Donny Lawson]

Great piercing. I love how you did the knob and the spalting is another nice part of it. Very nice job.

[Baxter Smith]

Love the lid and knob Toney. Individually they are nice, together they are great!

[Michelle Rich]

VERY PRETTY..the piercing design & knob are so complimentary. Some thought went on here! Love that lid!

[Cathy Schaewe]

Wow! Extremely well done!

[Terry Quiram]

Very well done. Proportions are excellent and a very pleasing shape.