Mystery wood bowl

[Mike Vickery]

Not sure what the wood is but I woud guess Acacia on Chilean Mesquite. The piece is 10 x2 and the finish is Minwax Antique oil that was just rubbed out with 3m finishing pads to a satin finish.

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Comments and or critiques are always appreciated.

[Jon Lanier]

Could you give us a top view? :rolleyes:

[Raymond Overman]

Nice curve on the bowl Mike. It has a lot of walnut qualities from the angle you're presenting it but like Jon said, a little more of the inside might help with the identity.

[Glenn Hodges]

What ever it is, it looks just great.

[jeremy levine]

What ever it is, it looks just great.

My thoughts exactly :)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Great form Mike! Looking forward to a top view!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking piece Mike. I really like the form and wood.

[Keith Christopher]

My inital thoughs were claro walnut. Nice bowl !

[Mike Vickery]

Thanks everyone. Sorry never got around to taking a picture of the inside.
I should explain I am familiar and have worked with both Chilean Mesquite and Acacia before and have both in my shop right now. Their is a type of Acacia that the wood pretty much looks exacty the same as the Chilean mesquite (to me) and without the bark I can't tell them apart. I got this piece from a tree trimmer about 9 months ago before I had worked with either so did not label the rough out since I did not have any idea at the time. Since then I have gotten a lot more familiar with local tuning woods. Here in the desert we have less species then a lot of you have but a lot of what we have besides some Mesquites is not native to the US, so it can make it interesting to ID wood at times.

[Mike A. Smith]

What a beautiful curve! Way to go Mike. 'Dunno' wood is one of my favorites.