Osage Orange HF

[Jim Ketron]

This wood is awesome, I love it.
Its very hard but turns pretty nice with a sharp gouge.
It is such a bright color of yellow it almost hurts your eyes to look at it.
A thanks to Dick Parr is in order for giving me a nice hunk of log to work with.
Measures 7 1/2" wide X 4 1/4" tall.
Antique oil, buffed.

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[Keith Burns]

Just doesn't get any better !!!:) :)

[Philip Duffy]

I love the way you brought out the grain pattern. Fantastic execution. Phil

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Another Ketron! Jim you and some others really inspire me to keep on learning! Beautiful piece!

[Neal Addy]

Suuuuweeeet!

Don't you ever get tired of turning perfect forms?

[John Shuk]

Nice piece Jim. That Osage mellows to a really nice brown with exposure as well.

[Mark Pruitt]

Excellent!!!

[Jim Becker]

Jim, beautiful piece. Great form. Gorgeous.

Osage really polishes up beautifully, too...you almost don't need a finish if you take it up through the grits to something "really high" and then buff...neat wood.

[Ed Scolforo]

Beautiful wood, Jim, and the form is right on.
Ed

[Bill Wyko]

Once again bow to the king of HF. Very nice piece. Great color. I'd like to see you do one from Chakte kok. I think the red would really pop. Again, beautiful work Jim, top notch.:)
P.S. what do you use for a back drop in your pictures.

[Ron Erickson]

Jim just plain beautiful!

[mike fuson]

Super tough Jim, another beauty

[John Hart]

I agree with all of the above. Just plain beautiful!!:)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Yep absolutely beautiful Jim.

[Dick Durbin]

You know what I like about the folks on this forum? They let the wood do the talking instead of making it look like something not found in nature.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Love the form! The wood speaks for itself - absolutely beautiful!

Nice work!

[Bob Hallowell]

Jim,
That's an awesome piece of wood and an awesome form!

Bob

[Corey Hallagan]

Very nice! Some great striping!

Corey

[Nancy Laird]

I'm going to have to check the thesaurus for a word to describe this piece that hasn't already been used! Beautiful! Gorgeous! Stunning! Superb!

I love it!

Nancy

[Curt Fuller]

That's another beauty Jim. That show is going to be impressive.

[Travis Stinson]

Jim, I love this piece. Everything about it...........PERFECT! :D

[John Chandler]

Very nice looking.

[Tom Sherman]

Looks great Jim, I almost had a chunk of OO Thursday at our club auction, but had to let it go.

[Jim Ketron]

Thanks all for the complements!

[Jonathon Spafford]

Beautiful.... your HF's are amazing... ok, all your work is!! ;)

[John Miliunas]

Well, I'm late to the table on this one and everyone else has already beat me to all the great adjectives! :o One very fine piece, Jim! :) :cool:

[Ernie Nyvall]

It's a beauty Jim, and I really like the opening. It seems to fit this grain and color just right.