Spalted Shagbark Hickory

[Steve Paxman]

This is spalted shagbark hickory, a wood I'd never even heard of before. The tree looks awesome from pictures online.

This bowl is about 7.5" by 2.75 inches. It was supposed to be a full 8 inches diameter, but I confess the hole I drilled for the screw chuck somehow managed to be slightly off center...

Comments definitely welcome. Hah, well, sideways is better than nothin'! (Adding pictures from an ipad isn't so easy!)

[Tom Sherman]

that's a nice lookin bowl, even sideways.

[Dok Yager]

Nice looking! That spalted hickory had to be hard. Great job.

[Tony Pridmore]

Very nice bowl!

This weekend I'm picking up some shagbark hickory that's been on the ground in trunk form for a couple of months. I hope it's started spalting. The spalting in yours is fantastic.

[Tom M King]

We'll be cutting up a log that's been down for a while (some years?)in University Park, Md. next week if anyone wants any. Some of it is on the ground, but most of it is up off the ground. I wouldn't be surprised if there is spalting in it. 18 to 20 iches at the butt. I was just going to give it to the trash guys for firewood.

[James Tibbetts]

PM sent about hickory Tom.

[robert baccus]

Shagbark is one of the more desirable hickories. Cuts great and spalts. A good wood to twice turn for obvious reasons.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Nice bowl of some nice wood Steve.
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[Gus Dundon]

You did a fantastic job on this piece of shagbark hickory. Keep it up.