Yet another Mesquite NE

[Keith Burns]

This one measures 7" x 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" tall. Walls are 5/16". Finished with antique oil and beall buffed. As always your comments are welcome. Thanks for looking.

[Neal Addy]

Wow! This is gorgeous, Keith. I love the contrast in that band of sapwood.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Keith that is a beautiful piece. I really love working with mesquite. Nice work.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful bowl Keith! Love all the color variations!

[Jonathon Spafford]

Another beautiful piece, Keith! I really like this one! Great work!

[Mark Pruitt]

The color in that grain is outstanding! And so is the profile!:)

[Dennis Peacock]

Very, very nice Keith. Awesome form and the wood is very pretty. Another Tennessee Turning well done sir. :D

[Jim Ketron]

Love the colors Keith!
Great Job!

[Glenn Hodges]

Keith, I am so impressed with your photo's. That mesquite is one of my favorite woods with rich color and nice contrast. You have reached near perfection with this one on the curves of a NE, the only improvement I could see would be to make the walls a little thinner, what do you think?

[Keith Burns]

Glenn, thanks for your comments. The photos are just shear luck, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. I agree with you on the wall thickness. Now you force me to tell a story. My intent was to go to about 3/16" or so but as I was approaching the thickness it is, half the bark came flying off. I stopped the lathe, said a few words and turned around to see if I could find any bark. To my surprise, they it was, still in one piece. I was able to superglue it back, perfect fit. At that point I was scared to go any further so just a little more finishing cuts and it was done.

[Glenn Hodges]

Keith, I certainly know that feeling. Someone asked me why the bottom of one of my bowls was so think. I gave them some dumb sounding reply. The real reason was that the last bowl I had turned I had gone through the bottom and ruined it. Down here in South Georgia, we call that getting gun shy.