Mouse Burl

[Scott Hackler]

I am severly hindered, here in Kansas, by the absence of burled up trees! While working the other day I came across a white oak tree with small "warts" growing off the trunk. A slight whack with the hammer and I was able to retrieve almost 20 burls! Great news except for the fact that they are the size of a plum or smaller! Either way I was excited and took a fairly round one and was able to turn this. Too bad the burl wasn't larger because this little jewel has some cool grain patterns.

1 1/2" diameter. BLO and lacquer

Comments are always welcome.

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[Marty Eargle]

Wow..that's some great looking grain. Shame you don't have a 50 pounder of that burl.

Those little guys remind me of the owl pellets you dissect in school.

[Lupe Duncan]

Really cool mouse bowl you made there Scott. That is some pretty grain there, to bad we can't find then fully grown all the time. I guess it's harder in Kansas though.

[Paul Heely]

Those are great looking. Too bad you can't just plant one and grow a bigger burl.... Nice job on the HF.

[Bob Bergstrom]

How about segmented mouse droppings? They are neat looking. Maybe casting them in some colored resin?

[David DeCristoforo]

What I'm seeing here is a bunch of "Scott Hackler meets David Keller" ornaments...

[Scott Hackler]

Now there's an idea! Paging Dr Keller.....paging Dr Keller.... :)

[Sid Matheny]

If you had left them alone you might have had some nice big burls before you got to old to turn them. Maybe! :)

Sid

[Noah Barfield]

At first glance, I thought you were sharing some of your cat's "buried treasures!" Beautiful turning! How did you manage to turn something so small?

[Scott Hackler]

Noah, I knocked off as much bark as I could and turned it between centers till round. I then turned a 1/4" tenon on one end. This was super glued into a wast block held in the chuck and then I turned the whole thing including the hollowing with a 1/4 detail gouge from good ole Doug Thompson!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Scott that is a good looking little HF. I know what ya mean about no burls or lack there of. I walk the creek bottoms and tree stands around here with no luck.

[Jeff Welch]

There are trees in Kansas? :rolleyes: Nice little burls.

Jeff

[Scott Hackler]

Loads of trees (especially in eastern Kansas) but very few trees with burls.

[Baxter Smith]

Cool little mouse burls and bowl! Leave them alone and maybe in a few days you will have more.;):)

[Kathy Marshall]

That is just too cute Scott! Great looking mini burls!

[Rick Markham]

I like 'em. I like the ornament idea as well! I grew up in Eastern Kansas, and spent a lot of time in the woods and I can't ever recall having ever seen a burl. Plenty of barbwire though.

I've got a shortage of straight grained stock in my little hoard... It's ok... I will survive :)

[David Reed]

Good haul considering the source. Very nice grain indeed but I think a couple of those are in fact Shrew burls.