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B221 --- $90.00

diameter: 6 3/4"
height: 2 1/4"
shipping weight: 1lb 12oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)

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

comments: This is a "soft" type C3, with rounded edges everywhere including the joint of the vertical inner rim and the flat surface of the inside of the bowl. As a consequece of the style, the inner rim has what in a C1 type bowl would be omega curves but which here are more like a soft, elegantly curved letter "U". The canary at the top works particularly well with this, emphasizing the "U" shape with grain lines.

I particularly like the way the padauk veneer works in the upper right and the bocote in the upper left is a marvelously figured piece along the upper and inner rim. The padauk in at the bottom was a particularly beautiful piece, with a bright blood red color and excellent grain lines (as you can see below in the pic of the bowl blank) but as noted in "issues" it has darkened a lot.

flaws/issues: The Honduras rosewood in the upper right has some chip-out at the vertical edge inside the rim next to the right side and there is an even less noticeable chip-out line up the side of the cumaru at the upper left where it meets the canary at the top

There is a small, very slightly raised area, in the very center that should have been turned down flat. It isn't noticeable visually but you can just feel it if you rub your finger over the bottom of the bowl.

LATER: the padauk at the bottom has darkened severely since these pics were taken many years ago and is now a very deep blood red. The bocote at the upper left has also darkened but this is minor.

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the bowl blank and the finished bowl