Spalted Pecan Bowl

[Mike Ramsey]

Turned this spalted Pecan bowl last night, almost blew thru the bottom with my new heavy home made scraper. Roughed out 2 weeks ago, soaked in alchy for a week, then let dry for a week. Finished with Shellac then hand buffed, put on PC desk to take pics. Comments are welcome! Dims are 9 1/2" x 3 3/4"

[Mark Cothren]

Looks good, Mike. I like Pecan and this is a nice piece. Nice bowl.

Thanks for the pictures!

[Dick Parr]

Very nice Mike, looks great.

[Jim Ketron]

Nice Job Mike!
Nice form and finish!

[John Hart]

Nice looking bowl Mike!! Nice to see you amongst the living!!!:)

[Carole Valentine]

Nice piece Mike. Looks like a very silky finish. There is a lot to be said for Shellac rubbed out and buffed by hand. There is no other finish quite like it. I keep meaning to order some Ultra Blond dewaxed flakes for just that purpose.

[Dennis Peacock]

Very nice Mike!!! I like Pecan.....OH!!!!!!!!! That reminds me, I gotta go get one out of the "drink". Been in there for a few days now.!!!:eek: :o

[Glenn Hodges]

Nice one to be proud of. When you make a pecan bowl you have made something to stay around for a while.

[Bill Stevener]

Nice looking bowl Mike. A good looking finish as well.
Bill.>>>>>>>>>>:)

[Keith Burns]

Very nice Mike. Nice form, nice finish. What more could you ask for:)

[Ernie Nyvall]

Well done Mike.

Ernie

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Nice Lookin', Mike.

Bruce

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great work Mike. Really like the finish.

[Andy Hoyt]

Around here we call ones like that "a keeper".

[Mike Ramsey]

Thanks everyone for your nice words. I Love turning Pecan. I need to get
my longworth chuck repaired or build another, hard to finish the bottoms
with out it. Thanks John, nice to be living again (turning) finished our
annual shutdown at work which meant working 3 weeks with no time off!

[Michael Stafford]

I had the pleasure of turning a piece of spalted pecan a while back but my piece was much farther gone than yours and had a pukey yellow color. Yours still retains the natural wood color and looks great. Nicely done, Mike!