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B170 --- $70.00 --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below

diameter: 7"
height: 2 1/2"

finish: 8 thin coats of satin-finish spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]

base: views 1 and 5 are partridgewood, views 3 and 7 are wenge

view 1: partridgewood, canary, BOX

view 2: tiny sliver of Honduras rosewood, billy webb wood, black ash, BOX

view 4: spalted red oak, cherry, BOX

view 5: African blackwood, spalted kekele, zircote BOX

view 6: yellowheart, padauk, BOX

view 8: curly mahogany, curly maple, BOX

BOX: bottom up; redheart, zircote, Honduras rosewood, yellowheart

flaws/issues: the zircote in the BOX has a slight separation from the redheart below it --- you can tell from the orientation pic at the top of this page that there is an irregularity at that joint. The separation was rather bad and caused a difference in levels of the wood at the point of separation, so I returned this bowl and subsequently refinished it, greatly reducing the effect of what is now a minor separation. Previously it had the high-gloss finish, now it has the satin finish. The pictures have been updated to show the new look. I buffed this one less than some and so it has a medium-gloss appearance rather than than the low-gloss apperance that most of the satin-finish bowls have.

The padauk in view 6 has a chipout just inside the top of the rim.

comments: The curly mahogany in view 8 has only a very slight curl. The spalted red oak in view 4 has an interesting color change but not the black lines that one normally associates with spalting, and the spalted kekele in view looks more "muddy" than spalted.

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views 3c and 5c


views 7c and 1d


views 1b and 5b

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view 1c as the bowl blank and then as the finished bowl