Spalted Pecan shallow bowl

[Travis Stinson]

This chunk of Pecan sat on a rack behind my shop for about a year. 10" diameter by 2" deep with double rim, buffed gel poly finish.

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[Ken Fitzgerald]

Pretty piece Travis!

[Jonathon Spafford]

You know how to take a beautiful piece of wood and make it into a stunning piece of art... once again you have done a beautiful job, Travis!!!

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Nice form and lip detail Travis.:)

[John Hart]

Must be Bowl Week. Good thing...I'm working on one too. Nice lookin' piece Travis.

I have a question...Do you intend for this bowl to be used for anything, or do you consider it strictly as a "looker"?

[Travis Stinson]

John, since my wife has it sitting on the coffee table, I guess it's a "looker". ;)

[Mark Pruitt]

Travis, It was definitely worth the time it took to let the spalting occur. Great lookin' piece of pecan and of course great form!

[Keith Burns]

Very nice Travis ! Like the rim treatment. Great job as usual:) :)

[Bob Hallowell]

Travis you ever going to make anything nice? that looks like something someone with years lathe experience could of done it. Oh Wait:eek: that must mean it 's nice.

Very nice I like it alot. I always show my wife your posts. Your hf are one of the reasons I started turning.

Bob

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice piece of art Travis! Your finish lets the spalting do all the talking. Very nice.

[Neal Addy]

Very nice! Pecan is nice to work with and you've done it proud.

[Ed Scolforo]

The Magic continues...

[John Hart]

Very nice! Pecan is nice to work with and you've done it proud.

Neal just brought another question to my pointed little head....Isn't Pecan just as rock-hard as Hickory, since they are the same species? I've turned Hick'ry, but never Peecan.

[Neal Addy]

I've never turned it green. The few pieces I have turned were from the same downed tree (and had sat for quite a while) so I can't claim to have turned a lot anyway. It may have been a tad dense but nothing like some Aussie burls I've turned (Mallee=Granite). I would rate Cherry as much harder than Pecan based on my limited experience.

Haven't turned Hickory yet so I can't compare.

[Jim Becker]

Nice hunk 'o chunk!!! Beautiful stuff and excellent execution!

[Jim Ketron]

Nice Piece Travis!
Love the form and the rim detail!
Oh and the wood is not bad aether!;)

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty Travis. Nice form and finish.

[Travis Stinson]

Thanks guys. John, like Neal said, I don't know if I'd rate it as "hard"....just a very tight, dense grain.

[John Chandler]

Nice work.

[Ernie Nyvall]

Beautiful Travis. You didn't happen to use your corererer to make that lip-in-a-lip did ya?

[Travis Stinson]

Nope Ernie, used my trusty 1/2" bowl gouge and a 1/4" skewchy gouge for the fine tuning. ;)

[Mark Cothren]

Nice bowl, Travis. I don't guess I've seen a double rim done like that before. Nice touch!