This is a platter I made few years back from a large 8/4 x 15-1/2" piece of hackberry. Unfortunately, I gave it to a hunter friend of mine in MI (100 miles south of you know who) and was unable to get a bottom photo. Hackberry grows throughout the midwest from MN to the Gulf, and is probably more commonly used as pallet wood. The platter is 15" D x 2" thick. The bottom has a shallow lip at about 5" diameter for a base. I turned the bottom first using a face plate, followed by a recess chuck to finish the top, then finished off the bottom in a jam chuck. Finish is 400 grit, followed by multiple coats of shellac. I did not fill the grain as I feel the openess adds to the rough hunting theme. The rim decorations are shot shell brasses. Hope you enjoy. C&C welcome and desired.
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