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Thread: Mystery Wood Sunken Root Rough Bowl

  1. 08-13-2012, 4:18 PM #1
    Jeremy Leasure
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    Mystery Wood Sunken Root Rough Bowl

    Someone brought me a large root section of "driftwood" brought up from the bottom of Kentucky Lake. Here is the first piece from it, I have a large section with cracks that I haven't tackled yet. Any guesses? Red Oak maybe?

    Shavings



    Dry



    Wet



    Close Wet

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  3. 08-13-2012, 4:23 PM #2
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    I don't think it's Red Oak.

    With those ray flecks, it looks like Sycamore... or Beech. But the ray flecks on Beech are much more subtle, so I'm going to go with Sycamore.

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  4. 08-13-2012, 4:49 PM #3
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    It's around 8.5"x4.75".
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  5. 08-13-2012, 5:04 PM #4
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    looks like sycamore to me too
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  6. 08-13-2012, 5:16 PM #5
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    +1 Sycamore without a doubt.
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  7. 08-13-2012, 5:39 PM #6
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    What Nate said
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  8. 08-13-2012, 7:08 PM #7
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    Sycamore or...on a hunch...euc?
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  9. 08-13-2012, 7:28 PM #8
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    Another vote here for sycamore.
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  10. 08-13-2012, 7:36 PM #9
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    It's also a really wet piece of sycamore. I'll bet you got a shower when you turned it.
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  11. 08-13-2012, 7:56 PM #10
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    I have to agree it looks like sycamore.
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  12. 08-13-2012, 10:10 PM #11
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    If it isn't sycamore, it is London Plane, which is almost exactly the same thing. Super for bowls.

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  13. 08-13-2012, 10:12 PM #12
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    That's a beautiful bowl!
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  14. 08-13-2012, 10:19 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nathan Hawkes View Post
    +1 Sycamore without a doubt.
    +2 thinking the same
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  15. 08-14-2012, 11:26 AM #14
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    Sycamore. I'm sure of it.
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  16. 08-14-2012, 2:53 PM #15
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    Got to agree with Sycamore.
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