Texas Ebony Bowl

[Neal Addy]

Great bowl and pic, Jim!

Looks like Texas Ebony to me. The color looks right and it often has a generous portion of yellow sapwood. One of my favorite woods to turn. It takes a polish like nobody's business! I used a piece as my example subject in the recent photo tutorial.

One thing Jim didn't mention is how dense the wood is. You'd have to turn it to fully appreciate what he was able to do with it. Really nice work!

[Jim Glock]

Thanks for the compliments and replies. We were attending a in-law funeral down at Brownsville, TX last year and I noticed these huge ebony trees. I asked one of the burial workers (habla english?) if they had any cut up trees and if I could have some (only a true turner would do that!). He took me to the grounds yard building and there were several full trees drying out in the back. I did bring several large sections back and only wish I would have loaded more. It is a VERY dense and heavy wood....dried, it becomes extremely hard! It polishes like marble. jim

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