A walnut bowl

[Toby Bouder]

Hi all, I made this bowl a few months ago. It is walnut from a free tree I found on CL. It had been down for about 6 months and cut into 18in lengths. The largest diameter was about 26in. Two pickup loads still keeping me busy! This bowl is 8 1/4" W x 4" H the walls are 3/8". Finish is Formby's Tung Oil Finish. Lots of depth which doesn't show on the pics.
C&C please.

Thanks, Toby

[Tim Rinehart]

Nice shape and thickness to this. My suggestion based on personal preference for walnut and other woods that have possible utility use would be something more like walnut oil or mineral oil (salad bowl finish).
My other suggestion is to have me come get some of this to help prevent the eventual loss of wayyyy too many trunk sections for one person to turn before they go bad :D !

[steven carter]

Fine looking bowl, well done!

[Mike Cruz]

Toby, you want critique on this? Sorry, not a whole lot to give! The shape, in my opinion is perfect for the depth of the bowl. Anything I might say about it would be personal preference, like may some sort of detail on the rim (other than just rounded over). But again, simply one man's view. Great job.

[Scott Lux]

I'm with Cruz on this one. There's not much to critique. Form and finish are great. I like the rounded over rim. I'm a fan of tung oil, so I can't even critique your choice there.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Toby - that is one good looking bowl! Really like the form and rounded lip! What else you got?

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice bowl. Really like the simple form and the thickness is good.