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  1. 10-20-2015, 11:26 PM #1
    Aaron Craven
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    First walnut bowl

    So thanks to a great friend, I was gifted with a couple of walnut blanks. These are the first pieces of walnut I've ever had the opportunity to work with and I was floored by the figuring and chatoyancy in this wood. The finish is a coat of walnut oil (allowed to cure for a couple of days) topped with wipe-on polyurethane. I did not do anything to seal the pores in the wood, and I'm actually glad I didn't. It's not a mirror finish, but I rather like the surface grain.

    I was very excited about this one, so I thought I'd share.

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  3. 10-20-2015, 11:46 PM #2
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    Wow!!! Awesome looking walnut bowl, Aaron!!! Good job!!!
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  4. 10-21-2015, 10:10 AM #3
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    that's beautiful. I like the setting too!
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    Nice! You've also got a nice friend.
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  6. 10-21-2015, 11:55 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Carey View Post
    Nice! You've also got a nice friend.
    Oh, very much so! He called me up one day and told me he was cleaning out his shop if I wanted some free wood...

    Well, yeah! Of course I want free wood!

    He loaded up my trunk with bowl blanks (cherry, maple, spalted oak, a couple of walnut, and a bunch of other stuff)... then told me to let him know if I ran out! So... yeah... nice doesn't begin to cover it.
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  7. 10-21-2015, 4:00 PM #6
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    Nice job be it your 1st or 50th.
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    Very pretty. Allan
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  9. 10-21-2015, 9:30 PM #8
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    Nice work. It looks like you are hooked.
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  10. 10-21-2015, 10:35 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thomas Canfield View Post
    Nice work. It looks like you are hooked.
    Hah! Yes. The vortex has me firmly in its grasp!
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  11. 10-22-2015, 8:14 AM #10
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    "Chatoyancy" -- learn a new word every day! Cats-eye. Had to look it up.

    Nice word. Nice bowl. Thanks!
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  12. 10-22-2015, 3:35 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Marshall View Post
    "Chatoyancy" -- learn a new word every day! Cats-eye. Had to look it up.

    Nice word. Nice bowl. Thanks!
    I forget where I picked up that word, but it is very fitting for the effect. I wish there was a way to show it in photos, but since it really depends on moving the bowl, I suppose the only way to really show it would be a video.
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