Box Elder natural edge bowl

[Travis Stinson]

This is from some of Jim Ketron's stash of Box Elder he left me a couple weeks ago. I had a little slip with the tool rest and ground some of the bark down, so I peeled the rest off and played with my burning rig.;). 9" diameter with buffed gel poly finish.
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[Dennis Peacock]

WOW!!!!! That's plumb purdy!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!!! :D

[David Fried]

Very nice! Using the burning tool on the edge was a great idea, it looks very natural and the dark edge really compliments the light wood.

[Bob Noles]

Yeah.... what Dinnis said doubled :)

That is a nice one for sure Travis!

[John Hart]

Nice idea Travis! I had some bark come loose and parts were dark and others were light. Wish I had thought of burning it. Next time for sure. It sure is a pretty piece!!:)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow that is beautiful Travis. I really like the fit and finish. Nice work.

[Rob Bourgeois]

Really nice Travis. Cool idea to do a pseudo"natural edge"

[Jim Becker]

Nice one, Travis. I also agree that the edge treatment brought this one around very nicely!

[Barry Stratton]

Another AWESOME piece! WOW.................

[Jim Ketron]

Oh yea nice piece Travis!
I like the burning, thats a good way to fix those loose bark ones;)

[Keith Burns]

Wouldn't expect anything less:) Nice treatment to the edge.:) :)

[Michael Stafford]

That is the proper way to make lemonade from lemons. You always make the best of it Travis. Nicely done!:D

[Mark Cothren]

Very nice, Travis! Love it!

[Andy Hoyt]

Whoooaaa there, Bessie. You go grab some feed while I check out this neat thang Travis just got done doin.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET, Travis! Even without bark!

[Jim Dunn]

Real nice Travis.

[John Timberlake]

Really like it. I'd say you were lucky some of the bark came off. Otherwise you would not have ended up with this beautiful treatment on the edge. Great job all around on a pretty piece of wood.

[Brad Schmid]

Nicely done Travis!

[Corey Hallagan]

Beauitful work Travis!! Very nice indeed!

Corey

[Cody Colston]

Travis, that's beautiful work as always. I really like the edge treatment.

I also appreciate knowing that even your bowls don't always end up as originally intended. Makes me feel a little more worthy. :cool:

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Nicely done Travis! Very nicely done!

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Yep, yet another nice one! :D

So this is actually a MMNE bowl....right ;) ?

Do you burn it, then seal it with the rest of the bowl, I cannot imagine finishing it, then burning through the finish, might get kinda stinky.:eek:

Sand it, burn it, then finish it?

Cheers!

[Travis Stinson]

Thanks everyone. Stu, it flames up enough with just the wood. So yes- sand, burn then finish.;)

[Ernie Nyvall]

Looks like that burning tool came in real handy on another one Travis. A mighty handsome bowl.

Ernie

[Steve Ash]

Very nice Travis, at some point in time I hope to find someone who can show me how that is done. Great job.

[Dick Parr]

That is outstanding Travis, really beautiful. Jim always leaves you the good stuff.:(