An Almond...

Well, been away a long while making lots of bowls and such to raise funds for an upcoming trip to Panama. But, I thought I'd throw this out for fun. A mahogany almond is what I'm gonna call this thing. There's someone on here that gets all the credit - sorry, I do not know who you are. But when I saw your odd-shaped turning, I had to give it a shot. Makes for a weird shape to turn and I just wished I'd thrown a couple ball bearings inside it so it could at least be a super-sized rattle!

So, here's my almond, a first attempt, made from african mahogany. It has some carving for embellishment and walnut stain, spray lacquer and buffed. I'll make a little three-legged stand for it later.

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The method is called "Lost Wood", that traces is origin back a few years. http://www.ovwg.org/New-OVWG-Site/Te...%20Process.htm

Of late, Art Liestman and Joe Landon have been doing quite a bit of work with the technique.

Love the almond. The texture and color are spot on.

Looks pretty good to me. Really nicely done.

Nice job, Steve! That thing looks real!

Ha!!! What a cool idea and a well executed one at that...but how big/small is it?

It looks so real one can almost smell it, nicely done.

I love almonds, and my mouth watered when I looked at this!! That is the true test - and, you passed with flying colors.

Thanks everyone. Sorry I forgot the size - it's about 7" long by 3 7/8" on the wide side, and 2 3/4" on the narrower side width. And thanks, Dale, those are the guys I was referring to...I am thankful for how they (and all of you) inspire!

Nice work Steve! It's about as real looking as you can get!

Oh, I like it.