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G3 --- $SOLD --- this is the orientation view --- more pics down below
diameter: 7 1/2"
height: 6"
finish: one application of natural stain then 3 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)
WOODS USED: [SEE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THIS SITE IF ANY OF THIS IS UNCLEAR]
base view 1: cypress above and below an obeche core
base view 3: cocobolo at the bottom backed by maple veneer then aromatic red cedar, all topped by yellowheart then bubinga then mahogany on top
base view 5: copy of view 1
base view 7: zebrawood at the bottom the a mahogany thin, then curly red maple with sapwood at the top
center: mahogany (4 central wedges and 4 small corner wedges)
view 1: the slants are, from the lower left: lacewood, cherry, wenge, purpleheart and the horizontal pieces on the right are cypress over mahogany. All of this is over thick walnut veneer the yew and it's all backed by maple veneer then walnut veneer then pine(?).
view 2: makore and to the left of it maple veneer
view 3: wormy limba, thick mahogany veneer, pine(?)
view 4: aromatic red cedar
view 5: on the left, a lamination of yew over ?(dark red?) veneer, over yew over bocote, holly veneer, bocote, padauk veneer, holly veneer, padauk veneer, holly veneer, bocote, cocobolo, oak thin, a tiny section of thick walnut veneer and an even smaller sliver of some tan-color veneer.
view 5: on the right: same as the lamination on the left except the small lower sections got turned off
view 5: in the middle: from the upper s small piece of oxhorn over bloodwood then to the right of that tulipwood then fir, then curly red maple. All of that is over maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, thick walnut veneer, maple veneer, then a big piece of spalted maple with bubinga in the lower left. All of that is backed by mahogany, aromatice red cedar, ebony veneer, and a thin of aromatic red cedar.
view 7: zircote, chechem, aromatic red cedar
view 8: makore and to the right of it maple veneer
flaws/issues: The pine in view 3 has some edge chip-out next to the pine of view 1 and unfortunately it shows up VERY clearly as little dark splotches as you can see in view 7a below (just to the right of the omega curve)
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Beautiful omega curve on the inside of view 3.
views 1b and 5b
views 4a and 7a
view 5d